Crock

c. 1936

Yolande Delasser

Associated Names
Yolande Delasser

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This is a drawing of a bird design for ceramics. The image shows a stylized bird in blue tones against a neutral-gray background within a square frame. Above it is a faint depiction of a jar-like vessel with the bird motif sketched onto it. The bird is elegantly drawn, perched on an abstract branch with circular leaf-like details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and colored pencil on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.7 x 22.5 cm (11 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 9 3/4" High 10 1/2" Dia(top) 7 1/4" Dia(base)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.6300

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 347, pl. 1211.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Yolande Delasser

Wikidata ID

Q64640806

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