Water Jug

1935/1942

Yolande Delasser

Associated Names
Yolande Delasser

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a large ceramic jar with two handles decorated with blue floral patterns and inscriptions. The color palette includes brown, beige, and deep blue. In the top left corner, there is a smaller depiction of the same jar. The large jar is central, while the smaller version is in the upper left corner against a neutral background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and heightening on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29.1 x 22.8 cm (11 7/16 x 9 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 11 1/4"High

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.6394

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 18, as Batter Pitcher.

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 354, no. 1231.

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003: no. 18.

Inscriptions

lower left: Yolande Delasser

Wikidata ID

Q64640917

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