Object Details
- Created by
- Pauline Powell Burns, American, 1872 - 1912
- Description
- This oil painting depicts a cluster of violets against a light gray surface and background. The violets are done is deep navy blues and purples, the blossoms lying in a jumbled heap amidst strands of greenery and a few green leaves. The pile of flowers lies on an off-white surface that gradually fades to grey shadows at the right most edge of the painting.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- ca. 1890
- Object number
- 2014.42.2ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Type
- oil paintings
- still lifes
- Medium
- oil paint on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Unframed Painting): 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (21.6 x 31.8 cm)
- Framed Painting: 12 1/2 x 16 3/4 x 1 5/16 in. (31.8 x 42.5 x 3.3 cm)
- Place made
- Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Agriculture
- Art
- Women
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.42.2ab
- GUID (Original Record Link)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56f68edb0-8d4b-401a-ae19-41b1005ab328
