BC049

Tulips

Still life featuring tulips and daffodils in a pale vase. The lower third of the canvas is a horizontal band of mid tone colour which contrasts with the bright yellow of the upper two thirds of the canvas. Green foliage spills out of the vase to the lower band.

Date
1965
Object type
painting
Medium and materials
oil on canvas
Dimensions
350x270mm
Place Made
France or England
Inscriptions

LL green and blue/white brush point H or F Scales (initial unclear)

LL green and blue/white signature overpainted with ochre brush point Scales

LR blue/white brush point 1965

Verso UL pencil on strainer (not in artist's hand) 92157 1/2 19 ATL Scales, Helen Flora V [Tulips] 1965 oil 35.5 x 28cms Rack 391 M 20 (now covered by frame)

Verso UR pencil on strainer (not in artist's hand) H F V Scales, 1965 (now covered by frame)

Verso Upper Centre label 523

Verso UR (not in artist's hand) pencil 15mm

Verso UR (not in artist's hand) pencil 391

Verso Left Centre (not in artist's hand) pencil 391

Verso UL label artwork details

Verso UL label Alexander Turnbull Library

Verso LL framers label

Verso LR framers label

Details
Provenance

Donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand by H. F. V. Scales, 1979

Condition Report

Framed with glass.

Copyright Licence
Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Reference no. G-523
Current Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand

Current Location

Wellington, New Zealand

General notes

Title supplied by artist at time of donation, 1979.