1940s collage of plants and bird feathers by North Dakota artist Ida Bisek Prokop Lee (1902-1990)
1940s collage of plants and bird feathers by Ida Bisek Prokop Lee (1902-1990) The artist's statement and sales pitch on the back side of this image is: "Out of the West, from the rolling, windswept prairies of North Dakota, comes this new kind of art, original and completely American, at a time when America appreciates and seeks development of native arts and crafts. To own this picture is to actually possess a bit of beauty of America's prairie lands, and the artist shares with you her love for common things at hand; these native roadside weeds and grasses, these feathers of barnyard fowl, and the colorful plumage of pheasants from the land of the hunter's paradise--from the bread basket of America. Enhanced with gray color, the exquisite texture of dainty grasses and wild prairie flowers is combined with feather-tips carefully matched for jewel-like color, form and pattern, to make many petaled feather-flowers and buds, and sometimes fragile butterfly wings. Simple, understanding, natural arrangements in infinite variety are made in a modern manner against softly hand-airbrushed water-color backgrounds. Exquisite workmanship and careful detail make these little treasures of today the heirlooms of tomorrow, for each one bears the personal signature by the talented hand of Ida Bisek Prokop, artist-sculpture who created this unique artcraft."
Size: 3481px × 4446px
Location: United States
Photo credit: © Todd Strand / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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