Drawings

Artichoke

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1897
Accession number: 2000.5.64
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (21.6 x 21 cm.)
Medium: watercolor, graphite and ink on paper
Description: Blossoming artichokes in pink, entwined with pink vines and blue-green leaves. This piece is colored from the center outwards, so the other parts of the design are in graphite.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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