Long Prayer Stick

Ainu

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Object Label

Flowers in a Vase is one of approximately ten canvases painted by Maurice Prendergast between 1910 and 1913 that feature a simple tabletop arrangement of flowers. In these he synthesized his understanding of the art of the French artists Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse to arrive at his own decorative Post-Impressionist style. He used deliberate, broadly applied strokes of a paint-loaded brush to describe both form and space--a technique that creates an allover surface of patterns reminiscent of a mosaic.

Caption

Ainu. Long Prayer Stick, late 19th–early 20th century. Hardwood, 1 x 1 x 13 5/8 in. (2.5 x 2.5 x 34.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Herman Stutzer, 12.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 12.230_bw.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Culture

Ainu

Title

Long Prayer Stick

Date

late 19th–early 20th century

Medium

Hardwood

Classification

Ceremonial

Dimensions

1 x 1 x 13 5/8 in. (2.5 x 2.5 x 34.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Herman Stutzer

Accession Number

12.230

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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