Watercolor: Cornucopia of Fruit

c. 1939

Mabel S. Kelton

Associated Names
Mabel S. Kelton

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a cornucopia filled with fruits and flowers. The color palette includes red berries, blue grapes, and green foliage with hints of yellow. The cornucopia curves from the bottom left to the right side, with the fruits and flowers extending upwards and outwards. The background is beige and the image is framed in black and gold.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40.6 x 50.1 cm (16 x 19 3/4 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 11 3/4" high; 12 1/2" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.12862

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2013

  • Florida's "Useable Past": The Sunshine State and the Index of American Design, The George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, 2013, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 470.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Mabel S. Kelton

Wikidata ID

Q64594556

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