The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 16, 2026

A vertically oriented painting depicts a star flower with six azure petals marked by delicate arcing veins. At the core, a fuzzy brown border rings a yellow center marked with a green swirl. Below, a slender stem curves upward, sprouting four dark emerald, almond-shaped leaves that splay across a cream background. Elegant cursive script reading "Star Flower" anchors the bottom right corner of the composition.

Star Flower

1800s

Mary Altha Nims

(American, 1817–1907)
America
watercolor
Gift of Richard Seymour Bayham 1934.138
Location: Not on view
  • Henry S. Francis, “Water Colors Made by the ‘Theorem Method’ and Drawings”, The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 21, 1934, pp. 128-131, p. 135. www.jstor.org
  • 19th-Century American Drawings by Mary A. Nims. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 16-November 2, 1934).
  • {{cite web|title=Star Flower|url=false|author=Mary Altha Nims|year=1800s|access-date=16 September 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1934.138