Name: SUZIE ZUZEK (AMERICAN 1920-2011)
Brand: Lilly of the Valley II
Price: 3500.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

SUZIE ZUZEK (AMERICAN 1920-2011)
Lilly of the Valley II
watercolor and ink on paper
15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm.) (unframed)
Executed in 1967.

Created for Key West Hand Print Fabrics, Inc., Key West, Florida, 1967.
Acquired by Lilly Pulitzer, Inc., Palm Beach, Florida, sold Key West Hand Print Fabrics, Inc., 1985 to private owners.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2016

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Zuzek was an avid gardener and maintained an expansive garden at her island home. But when it came to creating her iconic floral watercolors, she often looked northward for inspirations. Reminiscing on childhood memories of collecting wildflowers with her sister in northern New York, Zuzek went so far as to profess "I still like northern flowers better". Here, woodland lily-of-the-valley tumble across the page, "Lilly" artfully hidden amongst the leaves.

The lily-of-the-valley pattern here showcases Zuzek's mastery of the watercolor form and understanding of the printmaking process. The crisp lines of the flowers were achieved through use of rubber cement as a frisket, or resist. This technique creates a rare precision that translated well to textiles.