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Drawing, Six Studies of Thistles
This is a Drawing. It was created by Sophia L. Crownfield. It is dated early 20th century and we acquired it in 1937. Its medium is brush and watercolor on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
In pencil and ink (far left), Crownfield’s seemingly simple line drawing shows how she explored the structure of the bristly heads and prickly leaves of the thistle plant. In the center, she filled the sheet with several watercolor studies of thistles, many with curved stems, which seemed to inform her final design for the textile below.
This object was
donated by
Starling W. Childs and Ward Cheney.
It is credited Gift of Starling W. Childs and Ward Cheney.
Its dimensions are
H x W: 27.3 x 56 cm (10 3/4 x 22 1/16 in.)
It is signed
Signed in black ink, lower right: S.L Crownfield
It is inscribed
Inscribed in black ink, upper center: No. 20
Cite this object as
Drawing, Six Studies of Thistles; Sophia L. Crownfield (American, 1862–1929); USA; brush and watercolor on white paper; H x W: 27.3 x 56 cm (10 3/4 x 22 1/16 in.); Gift of Starling W. Childs and Ward Cheney; 1937-59-48
