# Hitching Post, in American folk and design

Albert Ryder painted this in about 1938, aged 27. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1938
- Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
- Dimensions: overall: 42.5 x 30.9 cm (16 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1943.8.17002
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Albert Ryder](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/albert-ryder), American, 1911–2001

1 works in the collection.

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