Floral Design
by Print Collector
Title
Floral Design
Artist
Print Collector
Medium
Drawing - Illustration
Description
Floral design, Ukraine, 1925, (1928). Petrykivka painting, 'work of a peasant woman...from the village of Petrikovka [Petrykivka] (Ukraine, Government of Ekaterinoslav)...In Petrikovka the decorations are not applied immediately to the wall surface, but are painted on paper like wall-paper. These painted pieces of paper ("Rushniki") are then stuck to the wall'. After an original water-colour on paper. Plate CXIX, fig 222, from "An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century" with explanatory text by Helmuth Bossert. [Ernst Wasmuth Ltd., Berlin, 1928]. Creator Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
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January 28th, 2021
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