A romantic serigraph on paper titled "Oriental Iris" by Lowell Nesbitt. Hand signed in pencil on the bottom right and dated 1981 with an annotation of A.P. 6/20 on the bottom left. Photorealist flowers are an iconic subject matter from Lowell Nesbitt's artistic oeuvre. His floral paintings were so popular that the United States Postal Service issued four stamps based on Nesbitt's flower motif in 1980. When viewing this artwork, there is a likeness and a nod to the floral works by Georgia O'Keefe. A powerful artwork that makes a statement in any space. Dimensions: 43"h x 40.5"w (framed). In very good vintage condition. Lowell Blair Nesbitt (1933-1993) was an American painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor. He served as the official artist for the NASA Apollo 9, and Apollo 13 space missions. In 1976 the United States Navy commissioned him to paint a mural in the administration building on Treasure Island spanning 26 feet x 251 feet, then the largest mural in the United States. Lowell Nesbitt's artwork is owned by hundreds of public collections worldwide. Those collections include The Art Institute of Chicago, Baltimore Museum of Art, Collection of the Vatican Museums, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, Detroit Institute of Arts, Harvard Art Museums, and Smithsonian Institution to name a few.

43 x 40.5 in