Artist
Vincent Colyer (American, 1825–1888)American, 1825–1888
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Crimson Cactus bud of New Mexico
Date1869
PlaceNew Mexico, United States
MediumWatercolor with pen and ink and scraping over graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet (irregular): 5 × 4 3/8 in. (12.7 × 11.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by AIG American General at "One Great Night in November, 1997"
Object numberB.97.23
Not on view
Explore Further
Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to Cypress Creek Christian Church and Community Center, Spring, Texas, for display in Colyer exhibition, February 9–July 16, 1999
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on lower left: Crimson Cactus bud / of New Mexico / June 26th 1869
[no marks]
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.
Frederic Stafford
c. 1931
Watercolor, pen and ink, color pencil, gouache with gold over graphite and blue ballpoint pen on wove paper
95.254
Paul Klee
1928
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper, on artist's paper board mount with pen and ink
39.111
Léon Bonvin
1865
Watercolor heightened with gouache, pen and sepia-toned ink over graphite with stumping on wove paper
96.729
Thomas Rowlandson
c. 1790
Watercolor and pen and ink over graphite on wove paper, laid down on artist's mount with washline border
2018.233
Richard Parkes Bonington
c. 1823
Watercolor and pen and ink over graphite with scratching out on wove paper
2023.499
Edward Lear
c. 1840s–1860s
Watercolor over pen and ink and graphite on wove paper
2017.119
John White Abbott
July 16, 1791
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper, and mount with hand drawn wash-line border, attached to backboard
2019.192
Edward Lear
September 10, 1883
Watercolor and pen and ink over graphite on wove paper
2017.1
