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Sweet Peas

1891

James David Smillie

Associated Names

James David Smillie

Artist, American, 1833 - 1909

The image displays a cluster of sweet pea flowers with delicate, flowing petals, rendered in fine lines. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of light to dark gray. The flowers are positioned centrally, with their stems and tendrils extending upwards. Various petals appear to be opening in different directions across most of the image. In the upper right corner, the number "6" is inscribed, and towards the bottom right, there is a signature and date.

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Artwork overview

Medium

drypoint in black on wove paper
Credit Line

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

plate: 14.9 × 15.2 cm (5 7/8 × 6 in.)
sheet: 31.5 × 24.6 cm (12 3/8 × 9 11/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.4468
Catalogue Raisonné

Witthoft 1992, no. 68, i/i (6th proof)

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. 200, no. 68.

Inscriptions

upper right in graphite: 6; lower left in plate: J.D. Smillie / Aug / '91; lower right in graphite: 6th proof from plate / James D. Smillie

Wikidata ID

Q76551952

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