Study: Budding Flower

1976

Harvey Dinnerstein

Associated Names
Harvey Dinnerstein

Artist, American, born 1928

The image shows four botanical sketches of a flower's blooming process from left to right, with dates labeled from May 4 to May 9. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting of varying shades of brown on a light cream background. Standing in a straight vertical alignment, the first flower head is closed on the far left, gradually opening as we move to the subsequent sketches, with the fourth sketch on the far right showing a significantly opened blossom.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William and Abigail Gerdts, New York; gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • For Beauty and for Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life, Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, May-June, 1998, p. 44.

Bibliography

1998

  • Danly, Susan, Frederick D. Hill, and William H. Gerdts. For Beauty and for Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life. Amherst, 1998: 44.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: to Bill and Abby from Lois and Harvey, 1976

Wikidata ID

Q64573348

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