Record Details
Urn of Flowers with Scene from Ballet Swan Lake
Artist
Alice Knight
((1861–1963))
Datec. 1940
Place/RegionHillsboro, New Hampshire, United States
MediumReverse painting, and foil on glass
Dimensions15 5/16 x 11 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Susan and Laurence Lerner
Accession number2009.13.30
CopyrightCopyright for this work is under review.
DescriptionThis is one of the most exuberant and finel executed tinsel paintings in terms of color and design. It is one of several examples signed by Alice Knight that have surfaced over the years; a glass negative of the painting exists as well.
Lee Kogan, "Urn of Flowers with Scene from Ballet Swan Lake," FOILED: Tinsel Painting in America (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2013), 105
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