Accession Number
2000/2.141.3

Title
Sand and Wild Roses

Artist(s)
Alice Boughton

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1906

Medium & Support
photogravure on paper

Dimensions
12 7/16 in x 9 1/16 in x 7/16 in (31.59 cm x 23.02 cm x 1.11 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

Subject matter
A nude figure crouches in the sand, looking at flora. The title names the flowers as wild roses, which comprise the top half of the composition. The young woman's hair is down, and her right arm is outstretched to give her balance in the sand. The woman's body and the light sand are similar tonalities. Similarly, her hair and the wild roses bushes are darker than the majority of the composition.

Physical Description
A nude female figure crouches in the sand with her right hand extended toward the ground. She is turned away from the camera, looking at vegetation in the background.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
Figures
Rosa (genus)
bending
flowers
nudes
nudes (representations)
sand
sitting
women (female humans)