Plate 44: Painted Chest Designs: From Portfolio "Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico"

American 20th Century

National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a bird surrounded by floral patterns. The image features a brightly colored bird in a rectangular frame, surrounded by flowers and leaves. The bird is pink with rounded eyes and a beak, set against a dark background. The flowers are pink, red, blue, and green, with a decorative border of zigzag and wave designs in black, yellow, green, and red. The style is reminiscent of folk or primitive art, with bold colors and stylized forms.