STUDY OF PEONY STALK WITH BLOSSOMS
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Study of Peony Stalk with Blossoms

Sophia L. Crownfield (American, 1862–1929)

early 20th century

Medium
Brush and gouache, graphite on gray paper
Classification
Studies (visual works)
Dimensions
64.8 × 50 cm (25 1/2 × 19 11/16 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

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About this work

Vertical sheet illustrating a peony stalk drawn just left of center. The stalk contains two blossoms - one fully opened closer to the foreground the other only partially, both in pale pink.