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Study of Peonies
Sophia L. Crownfield (American, 1862–1929)
early 20th century
- Medium
- Graphite, pen and ink, brush and white gouache on tracing paper
- Classification
- Studies (visual works)
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 48.2 x 59.3 cm (19 x 23 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- USA
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of Starling W. Childs and Ward Cheney
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Vertical sheet depicting two peony blossoms whose stalks cross at the right. The blossom on the left has been drawn in pen and ink with white gouache; that at right, in graphite.
