Apricot Branch
Item
Title
Apricot Branch
Creator
Helen Searle
American, 1830–1884
American, 1830–1884
Date
1868
Materials
Graphite on paper
Description
Helen Searle produced this drawing in Dusseldorf, Germany, where she received her formal artistic training from 1867 to 1871. Curled leaves sprout from the foreshortened sprig with an elegant simplicity. Such close scrutiny of botanical specimens served Searle well in constructing her still-life paintings, which were usually arrangements of fruit on tabletops. The branch in this drawing is strikingly similar to the one in her 1869 painting Still Life with Fruit and Champagne (Smithsonian American Art Museum).
Source
The John Driscoll American Drawings Collection
Identifier
2018.192
Rights
This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses may not be permitted.