FLOWERS IN A VASE
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Picture represents a large bouquet of loosely arranged flowers in a blue vase standing on a marble ledge. The flowers are in a variety of colors. They are sketched in with paint on the glass and filled from behind with crushed foil and paper. There are two carnation like flowers on the left side and two mum like flowers on the upper right. There are other leaves and branches and toehr flowers depicted as well. The vase is a large oval shape standing on a small base. Picture created in hinterglasmalerei with areas left unpainted. Some areas have crushed foil paper.
- Object name:
- FLOWERS IN A VASE
- Made from:
- Hinterglasmalerei (reverse painting in glass)
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 50.2 × 38.7 cm (19 3/4 × 15 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 51.116
- Class:
- PAINTING
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973