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Museum purchase, 1983.130.1a,b. Photograph by Joseph Szaszfai © The Connecticut Historical Soci…
Panels
Museum purchase, 1983.130.1a,b. Photograph by Joseph Szaszfai © The Connecticut Historical Society

Panels

ArtistMade by Elmer Livingston MacRae American, 1875 - 1953
Dateabout 1910-1915
MediumCarved tulip poplar boards with silver, bronze, and pale green metallic pigments
DimensionsOther (overall height x width x depth): 60 x 44 x 3/4in. (152.4 x 111.8 x 1.9cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineSeymour Fund
DescriptionTwo carved boards depicting a bed of irises with a branch of cherry blossoms above them.
Object number1983.130.1a,b
NotesSubject Note: These panels were probably part of a larger frieze that was installed in the living room of the Holley boarding house (now the Bush-Holley House, home to the Greenwich Historical Society) in Cos Cob, Connecticut. The boarding house served as a residence for visiting artists and writers and became the unofficial headquarters of the Cos Cob art colony, of which MacRae was a member.
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