Victorian Still Life #2
Object NamePrint
Artist / Maker
Minnetta Good
(American, 1895 - 1946)
Date1930s
MediumLithograph
Dimensions18 1/8 x 14 3/4 in. (46 x 37.5 cm)
ClassificationsPrints and Printing Plates
Credit LineTransferred from the Applied Art Department, Iowa State University. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museusms, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM82.253
Status
Not on viewCollections
Label TextIn this lithograph, Good chooses to illustrate the surplus and remaining Victorian aesthetic treatments still practiced by some artists during the Depression. A tiger lily arrangement in an urn and a seashell rest on a dark fabric. The dark background gives the illusion of continuing fabric and contrasts with the floral focal point. The flowers, leaves, and the fallen flower petal are all similar in shape to the shell, thus complementing each other.
PeriodDepression Era
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Brunnier Main Storage
