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White Flowers
White Flowers
White Flowers

White Flowers

Artist (American, 1884 - 1949)
Date1935-1945
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions27 x 30 1/8 inches (68.6 x 76.5 cm)
Frame: 30 1/4 × 33 × 2 1/4 inches (76.8 × 83.8 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.17.6
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextFor Higgins, floral arrangements served as realistic subjects that he could abstract into meditations on pictorial elements. In White Flowers, Higgins used the exploding profusion of blossoms to explore texture. He also experimented with various ways to depict the color white. Higgins created the illusion of flowers through thickly applied paint. He then spun variations on his theme by depicting flowers as patterns on the vase and in the gold cloth. His approach revealed a modern sensibility.
ProvenanceConsigned to Eulialia Emetaz, La Galeria, Escondida, Taos, May 13, 1948; Unknown; purchased August 10, 1056 through (Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Galleries, Taos, New Mexico) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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