Mortar and Pestle
Wellington Blewett
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 41.4 x 32.9 cm (16 5/16 x 12 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/2" high; 5 1/2" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.16615
About the Artist
Wellington Blewett
**Wellington Blewett (1875–1962)** was a Canadian-born American artist renowned for his meticulous watercolor renderings of everyday American folk objects. Active primarily in the late 1930s, Blewett contributed significantly to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) that sought to document the nation's vernacular artistic heritage through...