Design for a Plate: Clover Pheasants

Artist:Charles Volkmar

Medium: Pen, ink, white highlights, and pencil on wood pulp laminate board

Geograhical Locations:

• United States

Dates:July 20, 1906

Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 13 1/16 in. (36.2 x 33.2 cm)

Collections:

• Decorative Arts and Design

Accession Number: 1992.103

Catalogue Description:
Drawing. Pen and black ink, pencil, white opaque highlights on laminate board. Study for a ceramic plate. Scalloped border plate with sprigs of flowers and leaves on either side of wide rim. Central area with two large pheasants and two chicks in landscape. Central large pheasant stands upright, second large pheasant stands behind with beak to ground. Two chicks at proper left. CONDITIOIN: Good. Old horizontal tape marks above and below image; proper lower left corner missing. See conservation report in file.

Brooklyn Museum