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Flowers and Grapes in Compote
Medium/Technique
Incised velvet and relief printing
Dimensions
Sheet: 47.3 x 57.5 cm (18 5/8 x 22 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number62.140
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CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1300 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- velvets. Roses and other flowers with two bunches of grapes in dish with stem. Black background. The lines are pressed by wire, or thin strips of metal, edge out, fixed to a block and heated. Color is added probably by use of wood blocks rather than stencils.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik (1893-1963, Newport); by whom given to MFA June 8, 1964; accessioned February 14, 1962