Kansas Sunflowers

1933

Birger Sandzén

Associated Names
Birger Sandzén

Artist, American, born Sweden, 1871 - 1954

The image displays five large sunflowers in a monochromatic palette of black and white. The sunflowers are positioned across the image, with one large flower towards the bottom left, and the others spreading upwards and to the right. Stems and leaves are visible in the lower section, adding movement to the composition.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    linocut in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.32 × 22.38 cm (11 15/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.88 × 28.58 cm (14 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1381

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Greenough 2001, no. B72

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

2001

  • Greenough, Charles Pelham. The Graphic Work of Birger Sandzén. Lindsborg, KS: Birger Sandzén Memorial Foundation, 2001, no. B72.

Inscriptions

lower left in block: BS; lower left in graphite: Kansas Sunflowers; lower right in graphite: Birger Sandzén

Markings

stamped lower right verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77012579

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