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Fourth of July

Fourth of July, New England

Originally created abt. 1845 by Susan Merrett, South Weymouth, Massachusetts.


The great annual event of a small town-a Fourth of July picnic-is captured by the artist in the assemblage of watercolor cutouts of an elegant company in a familiar setting. The composition is signed by Susan Merrett who is known only through this single work. To our modern eye, she achieves an almost surrealist quality in her collage of holiday celebrants, arranged in precise and undiminished ranks against a painted background. Real events as subjects in young ladies work are rare, and in this delightful assemblage the real and ideal are combined into a unique creation.


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