Amaryllis
Medium
watercolor over graphite
Dimensions
45.8 × 30.4 cm
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
Accession Number
1923.2490
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
LGBTQ+ (after 1900)male
About this artwork
Still-life was one of Charles Demuth's favorite genres, and he created works on this theme throughout his career. This drawing of a blooming amaryllis was completed while the artist was convalescing with diabetes in his hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Because of his physical weakness, he was limited to working in watercolor, a less demanding medium than painting, and to subjects that he could easily observe, such as flowers. Demuth drew the amaryllis's form in graphite and then brushed on w...