Wall Pocket
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 48.2 x 37.1 cm (19 x 14 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 24" high; 18" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.16053
Art Historical Context
Behold the delicate *Wall Pocket*, a vivid rendering by artist Beverly Chichester, created around 1938. This artwork captures a charming example of American folk art—a functional yet decorative wall-hanging pocket, originally measuring 24 inches high and 18 inches wide. Chichester's precise depiction, sized at 48.2 x 37.1 cm overall, showcases the object's whimsical form and intricate details, inviting viewers to appreciate everyday craftsmanship from America's past. As part of the Index of American Design (IAD), a groundbreaking Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WP...
About the Artist
Beverly Chichester
Beverly Chichester was an American artist active in the mid-1930s and early 1940s, whose contributions to the Index of American Design reveal an eye particularly drawn to the world of American toys, dolls, and childhood objects. Working in watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard, Chichester produced a body of work distinguished by its delicacy of observation and its sympath...