Low Glass Dish
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper
Dimensions
overall: 31.9 x 24.5 cm (12 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.11013
Art Historical Context
Behold the delicate *Low Glass Dish*, a captivating rendering by artist Beverly Chichester, created around 1940. Measuring 31.9 x 24.5 cm, this work on paper masterfully combines watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil to capture the subtle elegance of an everyday American glass object. Chichester's precise technique highlights the dish's graceful curves and translucent qualities, transforming a humble utilitarian item into a study of form and light. This artwork is a gem from the Index of American Design, a monumental WPA Federal Art Project (1935–1942) that employed artists to document Ame...
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...