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Dark Single Hollyhocks

1890

James David Smillie

Associated Names

James David Smillie

Artist, American, 1833 - 1909

The image shows an etching of large hollyhock flowers in monochrome colors. The flowers are central with buds and stems around them. The artist's signature is at the bottom right.

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Artwork overview

Medium

drypoint in black
Credit Line

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

plate: 17.1 × 12 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
sheet: 27.1 × 23.2 cm (10 11/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.4473
Catalogue Raisonné

Witthoft 1992, no. 61

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1992

Witthoft, Brucia. _The Fine-Arts Etchings of James David Smillie, 1833-1909: Catalogue Raisonné _. Wales, UK: Edwin Mellen Press,1992, p. 188, no. 61.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: J.D. Smillie; lower left in graphite: J.D.S. imp -; lower right in graphite: James D. Smillie

Wikidata ID

Q76549525

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