The Patriarch, Florida

W. R. Locke

1942

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Tall stone cliffs above ruins of buildings.
This painting represents a boy standing against the corner of a building, holding pink carnations. In his left hand is a bouquet, and in his right hand are three flowers. He wears a cap, a white shirt with the collar and cuffs open, suspenders, brown breeches, black stockings, and black boots. Leaves from the carnations surround his feet.
Hand-carved wooden frame in the so-called "whirlwind" pattern. According to Virginia Couse Leavitt, the artist's granddaughter, his earliest frame design "incorporates a scroll (whirlwind) at the center of each side, from which a barbed feather motif extends to the corners."
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