Mixed Flowers No. 2
signed 'Laura Hills' (upper left) and inscribed with title and dated '47' (on the reverse)
pastel on paper laid down on board
16 7/8 x 14 1/4in (42.9 x 36.2cm)
Executed in 1947.

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Provenance
Private collection, Newbury, Massachusetts.
Estate of the above.
Sale, H.G. Webber Auctions, Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, April 2, 2000, sold by the above.
The Greenwich Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Private collection, Riverside, Connecticut, acquired from the above, May 24, 2000.
By descent to the present owner.

Exhibited
Boston, Massachusetts, The Guild of Boston Artists, Pastels of Flowers Including Twenty New Pastels by Laura Coombs Hills, November 17-December 6, 1947, n.p., no. 23.
Greenwich, Connecticut, The Greenwich Gallery, Laura Coombs Hills: A Tribute, May 19-July 1, 2000, n.p., illustrated.

For her floral still lifes, Laura Coombs Hills often used bouquets that she handpicked and designed from her garden at her summer home in Newburyport, Massachusetts and would then set her arrangements against a backdrop of scarves and fabrics that she collected on her travels. In the present work completed in 1947, Hills achieves an elegant design by contrasting the vivid palette of bright yellow, orange, pink, and purple flowers against the more subtle tones of the vase and decorative drapery in the background. Shortly after its completion, she exhibited Mixed Flowers No. 2 at The Guild of Boston Artists.

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