Applique Coverlet (Detail)

1941

Adolph Opstad

Associated Names
Adolph Opstad

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image displays a textile square with a dark purple border and a light cream inner square. There are decorative elements on the cream panel, including two stylized leaf-like shapes (one red and one green) and a textured stick-like element above them. A branch with yellow flowers extends from the bottom left corner onto both the cream and purple sections. The color palette consists of deep purple, cream, red, green, and yellow. The red and green leaves are centered on the inner square, while the yellow flowers and their stem angle diagonally from the lower left corner towards the center in the layout.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 61.1 x 45.9 cm (24 1/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 12 1/2" long; 13" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.2556


Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: ADOLF OPSTAD

Wikidata ID

Q64533372

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