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Painting

Title:
Untitled
Object Name:
Painting
Object ID:
1971.016A.12
Creator:
Skinner, Esther C. (1866-1960)Artist
Place of Origin:
Waltham, MA
Date:
1891
Description:
Still life painting, untitled, by Esther C. Skinner (1866-1960), 1891. Watercolor on paper. Blue flower, five blossoms. Horizontal rectangle, bottom not cut straight. Verse in black ink: "In the joyous / Spring-time, / When the grass grows / green, / Then the Baby-blue-eyes / Opes her bonny Een." Dated in pencil on reverse, "Apr. 1891".
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-3.3 W-5.9 inches
Provenance:
Said to have been done at Waltham, MA. Esther C. Skinner (1866-1960) was a resident of Massachusetts and a summer resident of Greenfield, NH, before moving to California.
Credit Line:
Gift of Alice Perry Van Boven
Subjects:
Flowers, Poems
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