Maple Candlestand
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor, gouache, graphite, colored pencil, andpen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 30.6 x 23.1 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 35"high x 14"wide.
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.4056
Art Historical Context
Behold the delicate rendering of a *Maple Candlestand by Vincent P. Rosel, created around 1938 as part of the Index of American Design (IAD). This watercolor gouache, graphite, pencil, and pen-andink work on paper (30.6 x 23.1 cm) meticulously captures a graceful 35-inch-high by 14-inch-wide wooden, showcasing the elegant turned legs and simple, functional form typical of early American furniture. The IAD, a Federal Art Project the Works Progress Administration (WPA) from 1935 to 1942, employed artists like Rosel to document everyday objects of American folk art and craftsmanship during the G...
About the Artist
Vincent P. Rosel
Vincent P. Rosel is an artist about whom very limited documentation survives in the accessible art historical record. His dates, nationality, artistic training, and the scope of his career have not been definitively established in scholarly sources, placing him among the many figures whose names appear in collection records but whose biographies remain to be recovered. Where works attributed to R...