Flowers

Julian Alden Weir, 1880

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Flowers, 1880. Watercolor and gouache on cream wood-pulp laminate board.

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Watercolor and gouache on cream wood-pulp laminate board · 66.5 × 56 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Flowers
Artist: Julian Alden Weir American, 1852-1919
Date: 1880
Medium: Watercolor and gouache on cream wood-pulp laminate board
Dimensions: 66.5 × 56 cm (26 3/16 × 22 1/16 in.)
Credit line: Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1852–1919

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Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.