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Print of a large, stylized blue flower with two leaves and a stem contains winding negative spaces. Surrounding the flower are golden-brown paint drips, splatters, faint line drawings, ring stains, and a small text clipping.
Blue Flower
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Blue Flower

Artist Donald Baechler (American, born 1956)
Printer Nebojsa Lazic
Date1995
MediumColor lithograph on paper with collage
Dimensions22 3/4 x 17 7/8 in. (57.8 x 45.4 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Clinton and Mary Adams
Object number1998.14.4
Collections
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