Elizabeth R. Coffin
Chrysanthemums
Albert F. Egan Jr. & Dorothy H. Egan Foundation
Elizabeth R. Coffin
American
1850-1930
Chrysanthemums
signed and dated Elizabeth R. Coffin/ 1888 (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 30¼ by 25 in.; 76.8 by 63.4 cm
framed: 37 by 32¼ in.; 93.9 by 81.9 cm
The canvas is wax lined. The paint surface is stable and in good condition though slightly soiled. Under UV light, two small areas of retouching to background at left and in vertical line approximately 1 inch in length above signature to repair possible tear.
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Among Coffin’s larger canvases, this arrangement of chrysanthemums and daisies, set against a swag of green drapery, was perhaps inspired by the many Dutch still lifes she encountered during her studies in the Netherlands.