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Artist
Wealthy O. Sawin
Fruit and Flowers
Date1822
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsSight: 20 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (52.7 × 39.8 cm)
Object numberN0079.1961
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextTheorem paintings are watercolors or oils on velvet or paper. Whether painted freehand or more characteristically by using stencils, this type of painting was constructed in parts, according to a kind of formulas. It consisted of tracing a design on transparent paper, cutting out the pattern and using the resulting stencil. Despite the use of stencils, it required considerable deftness and imagination to combine shapes and shaded colors into pleasing designs. The still life composition was a popular motif, often depicting fruit or flower baskets, or birds.On View
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