Helen Gwinn Mixed Media Collage on Paper of Pink Hibiscus Flowers and Envelopes

Item Details

paper, Watercolor, embossed paper

A mixed media collage on embossed paper by New Mexico artist Helen Gwinn (20th/21st centuries). The piece depicts a group of four pink hibiscus flowers rendered in watercolor and layers of cut and painted paper. They are shown growing through a small light brown envelope to the center, with two similar envelopes on either side that contain cut-paper fences. The paper ground features a row of embossed U.S. mailbox designs to the lower half of the work. The collage is signed in pale green paint to the center right and is presented under glass in a natural wooden shadowbox frame with hanging wire to the verso.

Condition

- minor edge wear to frame; slight toning to paper; residue to glass.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 13.5" W x 21.5" H.

Item #

17AUS035-053