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Accession #	31.748
Artist	Alma Hirsig Bliss
Title	Still Life
Date	1930
Medium	Watercolor painting in brass frame under glass
Dimensions	Image (sight): 2 15/16 x 4 1/8 in. (7.5 x 10.5 cm) Frame: 4 11/16 x 6 1/8 in. (11.9 x 15.6 cm)
Signed	Signed lower right: "A H BLISS / 1930"
Credit Line	Museum Collection Fund
Location	Visible Storage: Case 47, Drawer D

Curatorial Remarks: Alma Hirsig Bliss was one of many women active in the miniature revival of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She belonged to professional organizations, exhibited widely, and won awards for her work, which included landscapes and still lifes in addition to portraits. Exemplifying the expanded repertoire of subject matter that artists explored in the miniature format, this painting allowed Bliss to showcase her skill at capturing the material properties of a range of different objects.