Object Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Fertility No. 2 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Object ID |
2009.042 |
Description |
Fertility No. 2 Hamzeh Carr A landscape in watercolor, featuring a farm scene with a large tree that spreads its branches across the top of the image. At bottom, a planted field in rows. Superimposed on the landscape is a large glass bottle, a glass funnel, and a quartet of test tubes, filled with clear green and blue liquids. The image celebrates the advances in farm chemistry and agricultural science during the first half of the twentieth century. |
Artist |
Carr, Hamzeh |
Date |
ca. 1949 |
Dimensions |
H-14.125 W-14.125 inches |
Material |
Watercolor |
Medium |
Watercolor Paint |
Search Terms |
Agricultural chemistry Agricultural productivity Agriculture Chemicals Chemistry Farming Farms Watercolor Painting Carr, Hamzeh |
Provenance |
Purchased from Roe + Moore, London, UK, September 2009 Sotheby's London Modern British Paintings Sale W02818 Session 1, Septmeber 12, 2002. |