Lotus Flowers: A Landscape Painting in the Background

Artist Martin Johnson Heade American, 1819–1904

Datecirca 1885–1900

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions16 7/8 x 36 in. (42.9 x 91.4 cm)
Frame: 31 x 50 x 4 3/4 in. (78.7 x 127 x 12.1 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of the Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation in honor of Mrs. Sarah Graham Kenan

Object numberG.75.25.1

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Provenance**Created United States, ca. 1885–1900; collection of the artist. Henry Morrison Flagler (1830–1915), Palm Beach, FL; Flagler System, Inc., Palm Beach; [Peridot-Washburn Gallery, New York, 1971]; private collection; [Peridot-Washburn Gallery, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1975.

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