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Blue Compote with Fruit and Flowers
Artist unidentified
Probably New York City
c. 1859
Reve…
Blue Compote with Fruit and Flowers
Blue Compote with Fruit and Flowers
Artist unidentified
Probably New York City
c. 1859
Reve…
Blue Compote with Fruit and Flowers Artist unidentified Probably New York City c. 1859 Reverse painting with tobacco-package foil on glass 22 1/2 x 18 1/2" Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York Gift of Susan and Laurence Lerner, 2009.13.62 Photo by Gavin Ashworth
Record Details

Blue Compote with Fruit and Flowers

Datec. 1859
Place/RegionProbably New York City, New York, United States
MediumReverse painting and tobacco-package foil on glass
Dimensions22 1/2 × 18 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Susan and Laurence Lerner
Accession number2009.13.62
Description

The foil backing on this painting derives from tobacco packages that bear the labels John Cornish Virgin Leaf tobacco 79 Ave D, New York and John Anderson & Co. SOLACE, No. 106 Broadway, corner of Pine Street, New York.

Lee Kogan, "Blue Compote with Fruit and Flowers," exhibition label for FOILED: Tinsel Painting in America. Lee Kogan, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012-2013.

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