This color lithograph on BFK Rives paper, titled Les Ombelliferes, is by Gilbert Michaud. Frame measures 33 by 28 1/2 inches. The artwork presents a botanical composition featuring white umbellifers, commonly known as Queen Anne’s Lace, and slender grasses in the foreground. The mid-ground shows a distant field of red poppies and a lone tree, all set against a saturated teal-blue sky. The print is hand-signed in pencil by the artist at the lower right as G. Michaud. It is numbered in pencil at the lower left as 214/300. The lithograph is housed in a white mat under glass within a molded gold-tone frame with an ornate foliate pattern. The reverse of the frame features two adhesive labels and a handwritten note. One white rectangular adhesive label contains the following information: 86) 50498 / Michaud, Gilbert / Les Ombelliferes / 18 1/2 inch x 22 3/4 inch / Lithograph in color on BFK Rives paper. Signed / in pencil, numbered. / From the edition of 300 (several artist’s proofs also / exist). / Gallery Price: $595. A second smaller white rectangular label repeats the title and reference number. A handwritten note in black ink on the brown paper backing reads: Purchased 3/1/90 175.00.
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