Fruit Basket
c. 1936
Frances Lichten captures the delicate beauty of a blue-and-white ceramic basket in this charming watercolor study from around 1936. She gives us two perspectives: a top-down view revealing the intricate, lace-like rim and a central floral motif, and a side profile showing off the basket's depth and floral decorations. It looks like a piece of fine porcelain, but it's actually a painting! Lichten was famous for documenting decorative arts, and this piece shows her keen eye for detail and texture, making the fragile object feel almost tangible on the paper.
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