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Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth, 1885–95. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 38.6 × 61.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth
- Artist
- Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904)
- Date
- 1885–95
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 38.6 × 61.8 cm (15 1/4 × 24 3/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Gloria and Richard Manney; Harold L. Stuart Endowment Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1819–1904
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.