{"product_id":"vintage-poppy-still-life-impressionist-floral-painting","title":"Vintage Naive Still Life of Red Tulips, Inscribed \"So It Will Not Vanish\", Oil in a White Painted Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA dozen red tulips in a glass vase on a doily, painted by someone who wanted to keep them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOn the back, in blue ink: \u003cem\u003e\"Peter, I am giving back this bouquet so it will not vanish. With love, Mother.\"\u003c\/em\u003e Below it, a second note: \u003cem\u003e\"Martha, thank you for your part in my getting this,\"\u003c\/em\u003e dated 7\/7\/07.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe don't know any more than that. Our guess is the flowers were Peter's to begin with, and his mother painted them so they wouldn't wilt. Somebody named Martha helped it find its way back to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOn the front, the table tilts up, the doily is a flat white oval with blue dots, and the background is scrubbed in yellow-green. One tulip leans out of the vase the way real ones do by the third day. The paint is thin enough in places to show the canvas weave. The white frame is worn to bare oak at the corners, and the back is original, with both notes intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOil on canvas (or board), unsigned on the front; inscribed and dated on the back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage: 12\" x 16\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: [any notes]. Frame wear as shown; the backing paper shows light foxing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShips free in the U.S.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Tallmadge Ave","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53423830237365,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/4655\/5317\/files\/ffr.png?v=1791089581","url":"https:\/\/tallmadgeave.com\/products\/vintage-poppy-still-life-impressionist-floral-painting","provider":"Tallmadge Ave","version":"1.0","type":"link"}