Artist:
Henriette Wyeth
(American, 1907 - 1997)
Blue Cineraria
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: n.d.
Dimensions:
24 × 28 1/8 in. (61 × 71.4 cm)
Accession number: 70.3.4
Copyright: © artist, artist's estate, or other rights holders
Label Copy:
Henriette Wyeth produced lyrical, vibrantly colored floral still lifes throughout her career. Here, her solid, fluid brushwork carefully distinguishes each blue flower, yellow bloom, and surrounding leaves. Rather than composing a traditional table-top still life with vase, Wyeth allows the flowers to float on the canvas, emerging almost magically against the monochrome background.