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Wildflowers

Artist Frederic James (American, 1915 - 1985)
MediumSilverpoint on composition board
DimensionsUnframed: 29 x 19 1/2 inches (73.66 x 49.53 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Menefee D. Blackwell
Object number2000.12.5
Signedl.l.: "Frederic James"
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionThis is a large, vertically oriented and detailed drawing of various wildflowers and plants. The vegetation in the lower half of the composition is dense, while the top half features single strands or stems of long plants silhouetted against the flat white (gessoed) support.
Copyright© Estate of Frederic James
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Street Scene
Frederic James
2000.12.3
Boats on Shore
Frederic James
1968
2000.12.4
Venus Returning to the Sea
Frederic James
ca. 1957
57-72
Studio Still Life
Frederic James
1947
2023.25
recto overall
Parmeggiani Tancredi, called Tancredi
n.d.
57-75
Madonna and Child Between Saints Jerome and Augustine
Giovanni di Paolo and Workshop
1445/1450
F61-58
Long Country Road
Frederic James
n.d.
2019.57.5
Untitled
Nellie Mae Rowe
n.d. (possibly ca. 1982)
2023.26
Frame
ca. 1880s
F96-39/2
sheet recto overall
Albert Bloch
1948
2022.42.5