"The Plantation" 
by an Unidentified Artist (1770-1822)

ca. 1825. Oil on wood
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 symmetrical—vegetation functions as a decorative fringe—and considerations of line overrule the depiction of reality.

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