Edmund Archer

Buying Flowers
1930

A painting depicting a man in a suit and bowler hat, his face obscured by a large, colorful bouquet of flowers he is holding. In the background, there is a green potted plant on the left and a green vase on the right, both on a wooden shelf. In front of the man, there is a table with a red pincushion and loose coins, and he is also holding a few banknotes in his hand. The artwork is rich in detail and color, with a focus on the textures of the flowers and the man's clothing.

A painting depicting a man in a suit and bowler hat, his face obscured by a large, colorful bouquet of flowers he is holding. In the background, there is a green potted plant on the left and a green vase on the right, both on a wooden shelf. In front of the man, there is a table with a red pincushion and loose coins, and he is also holding a few banknotes in his hand. The artwork is rich in detail and color, with a focus on the textures of the flowers and the man's clothing.

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Date
1930

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 31 × 26 1/16in. (78.7 × 66.2 cm)

Accession number
31.89

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/1764

Exhibitions

Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011

Edmund Archer
3 works in the collection

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