Pitcher
c. 1936
Medium
graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
overall: 29.5 x 23.1 cm (11 5/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.13262
Art Historical Context
Yolande Delasser's *Pitcher* (c. 1936) is a vibrant rendering of an everyday American design object, captured through graphite, colored pencil, and on paper. Measuring 29.5 x 23.1 cm, this intimate-scale work showcases the artist's meticulous hand in depicting form, texture, and subtle color variations, blending the precision of graphite outlines with the luminosity of watercolor washes and the richness of colored pencil highlights. Created as part of the Index of American Design—a groundbreaking WPA Federal Art Project during the Great Depression—this drawing documents the nation's folk and ...
About the Artist
Yolande Delasser
Yolande Delasser was an American artist active during the mid-1930s, best known for her meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Amid the Great Depression, this ambitious New Deal initiative commissioned artists to document America's rich heritage of folk art and utilitarian objects through precise watercolor ren...