

The Plantation, ca. 1825
Unknown artist
American
Oil on wood
Unknown artist
American
Oil on wood
19 1/8 x 29 1/2 in. (48.6 x 74.9 cm)
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1963 (63.201.3)
Landscapes by folk artists generally show a particular location, yet this painting is conceptual. Everything is symmetricalvegetation functions as a decorative fringeand considerations of line overrule the depiction of reality.







