Thistles

Jahr	1883
Technik	Watercolor on paper
Abmessungen	54 × 37 cm
Typ	painting

Sargent's botanical watercolor depicts a cluster of purple thistles with a spontaneity and energy that lifts plant study into art. The loose washes of colour, the controlled wet-on-wet passages, and the sense of plants in actual light and air are characteristic of his finest watercolors.