Artist:
Charles Demuth
(American, 1883 - 1935)
Red Cineraria and Cyclamen
Medium: oil on board
Date: ca. 1916-17
Dimensions:
19 1/2 x 15 in. (49.5 x 38.1 cm)
Accession number: 2023.12
Curatorial RemarksThis work belongs to a series of rare works that Charles Demuth completed circa 1916-17. Demuth conducted a brief experimentation in tempera, creating a distinct set of flower subjects that were a material departure from his previous watercolor explorations of the same subject matter. Demuth deviated from his earlier style by eliminating spatial depth and emphasizing the two-dimensional nature of the paintings by incorporating window and curtain elements in the foreground.