Trivet
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 35.9 x 26.7 cm (14 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 5 3/4" long; 5 3/4" wide; 1" high
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.17034
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...