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Flower of Death–The Bursting of a Heavy Shell–Not as It Looks, but as It Feels and Sounds and Smells

  • Claggett Wilson, Flower of Death--The Bursting of a Heavy Shell--Not as It Looks, but as It Feels and Sounds and Smells, ca. 1919, watercolor and pencil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice H. Rossin, 1981.163.18

Title
Flower of Death–The Bursting of a Heavy Shell–Not as It Looks, but as It Feels and Sounds and Smells
Artist
Claggett Wilson
Date
ca. 1919
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 16 1⁄2 x 22 in. (41.9 x 55.9 cm) 
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of Alice H. Rossin

Mediums
watercolor
pencil
Mediums Description
watercolor and pencil on paperboard
Classifications
Painting
Keywords
  • History – United States – World War I
  • Disaster – accident – explosion
  • Occupation – military – soldier
  • Figure group – male
  • Architecture Exterior – military – battlefield
Object Number
1981.163.18
Palette
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