Genevieve Filson
Martha's Garden

Martha's Garden
Martha's Garden
Martha's Garden
ArtistAmerican, 1913–1993
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Martha's Garden
Datec. 1939
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumWatercolor on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 18 1/2 × 23 1/4 in. (47 × 59.1 cm)
Credit Line15th Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, museum purchase prize, 1939
Object number39.9
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"1980 Houston Area Exhibition," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, The University of Houston, June 7–July 27, 1980.

"The American Scene," Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, September 6–November 28, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto lower right in watercolor: G FiLSON
verso a watercolor-seated woman painting

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