Drawing for Plate 12: From the Portfolio "Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania"

American 20th Century

National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a stylized floral arrangement with two birds perched on it. The composition features a decorative pot at the bottom containing a large, leaf-like plant. Nestled amongst the leaves are two brightly colored birds—one brown with yellow accents, and the other red with black and yellow markings. Above them is a symmetrical flower with layers of red, green, and yellow petals. The artwork is rendered in flat, bold colors on a cream background and is in the style of traditional Pennsylvania German fraktur art.