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Exotic Blooms

1965

Barbara Fumagalli

Associated Names

Barbara Fumagalli

Artist, American, born 1926

There are two orchids with elongated petals and a circular plate with a face design. The color palette used is primarily gray and black. The orchids are positioned diagonally from the upper left to the center, while the plate is in the bottom right corner, partially covered by a hand. A small bird is near the bottom left, close to the plate.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

plate: 60.96 × 38.42 cm (24 × 15 1/8 in.)
sheet: 73.03 × 51.12 cm (28 3/4 × 20 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.1973

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

in pencil, lower left: Exotic Blooms 7/50; lower right: Barbara Fumagalli 1965; verso, bottom left: #65-2

Wikidata ID

Q76442212

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