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Orchid Blossoms
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About this work
At the time he created this work, Martin Johnson Heade had made three trips to Central and South America. As an outgrowth of these experiences, he made a large number of paintings of birds and flowers, especially orchids, in a tropical setting.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineOrchid Blossoms, 1873. Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904). Oil on canvas; framed: 47.6 x 40 x 7 cm (18 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 38.1 x 30.6 cm (15 x 12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1915.461
