Shown from the lap up, a woman looks down at a basket of flowers held on her lap in this square painting. The woman’s body is angled to our right, and her head tips down in that direction. The woman’s skin is pale, nearly white-colored and shaded with icy blue except for her faintly flushed cheeks and pink lips. Her brown hair, which is pulled up and back, and her bangs are shaded with violet purple. A necklace of pale turquoise-green beads hangs around her neck. The dress has a white bodice with a straight neckline and a full pearl-white skirt, which are also shaded with pale blue and…
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The Basket of Flowers

Frederick Carl Frieseke (American, 1874 - 1939)

c. 1913/1917

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 81.4 x 81.5 cm (32 1/16 x 32 1/16 in.) ; framed: 93.8 x 94 x 6.7 cm (36 15/16 x 37 x 2 5/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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