II. FLORAE Temple where Flora, crowned with garlands, presides. The walls are green, painted with the most glorious flowers in all colors....

Rachelle Puryear, American and Swedish, born 1947

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1977

Color etchings on paper

15/25

Plate: 4 3/8 × 4 7/16 in. (11.1 × 11.3 cm)

Sheet: 11 1/8 × 7 15/16 in. (28.2 × 20.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Miriam H. and S. Sidney Stoneman Acquisition Fund

2024.24.2

Portfolio / Series Title

Deliciae Naturae

Geography

Place Made: Sweden, Europe

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Print; Portfolio

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed, lower right, in graphite, Rachelle Puryear; inscribed, lower left, in graphite: 15/25 Florae Tempel

Provenance

The artist, Stockholm, Sweden; to Dolan/Maxwell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by 2020; sold to present collection, 2024.

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