Still Life

 

Ralph Alexander Chesse

  1900 - 1991 (biography)

c. 1930  

etching 

6 7/8 x 4 7/8" platemark 

pencil, l.r. 

not stated 

titled & dated & imp 

 

heavy cream wove 

published 

 

14961 

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Three whimsical flowers bloom on stark branches offset against the simplicity and starkness of the interior in this "still life." These highly decorative branches, flowers and buds seem controlled by an interior designer (or set designer) for their impact rather than by nature herself.