Bean Sprouts
Artist
Rebecca Salsbury (Strand) James
(American, born England, 1891 - 1968)
Datecirca 1934
Mediumcharcoal and wash on paper
DimensionsImage: 18 1/4 × 6 7/8 in. (46.4 × 17.5 cm)
Frame: 28 9/16 × 22 1/2 × 3/4 in. (72.5 × 57.2 × 1.9 cm)
Frame: 28 9/16 × 22 1/2 × 3/4 in. (72.5 × 57.2 × 1.9 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineGift of John Robertshaw III, 2014
Object number2014.7.7
DescriptionVertical plant form at center of sheet, ten stems emanating up from bottom, each with an abstract bean sprout at its tip.eMuseum Notes
Captivated by her early visits to Taos, New Mexico, in the mid-1920s, Rebecca James often drew inspiration for her art from its landscape and the natural world. This abstract depiction of a growing bean plant, representing a traditional staple food of the city’s Hispano culture, is charming in its simplicity and directness. James celebrates this humble subject with graceful lines and bulging pods that enfold their hidden source of life and nutrition.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- bean
- gardens
- plants
- vegetation
- vegetable gardens
- botany
- abstraction
- food
