The Butterflies
Object Details
- Artist
- James Amos Porter
- Date
- c. 1945
- Medium
- sgraffito drawing and oil paint on coated paper
- Dimensions
- 9 1/16 × 11 15/16 in. (23 × 30.4 cm)
- Caption
- A small tan and brown butterfly near the bottom of the image spreads its wings wide next to the larger blue, brown, and white butterfly in the center of the image. A third butterfly with closed wings appears to drink nectar from a white flowering plant near the top of the image. The work demonstrates artist James Porter’s interest in experimenting with mixed techniques, such as sgraffito drawing and painting, to create his images.
- Accession Number
- 2001.0003.0005
- Type
- drawing
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- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Record ID
- acm_2001.0003.0005
