# Preserving Jar, in American folk and design

Wilford H. Shurtliff painted this in about 1938. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1938
- Medium: watercolor, graphite, colored pencil, and gouache on paper
- Dimensions: overall: 36.2 x 29.1 cm (14 1/4 x 11 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 13 1/2" High
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1943.8.7445
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Wilford H. Shurtliff](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/wilford-h-shurtliff), American

1 works in the collection.

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