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Classification:Art Objects
Object Number:499-2-17
Object Name:painting
Title:Desert Dandelion (Malacothrix californica glabrata)
Date:May 30, 1952
Made:Antelope Valley
Subject:Desert dandelion wildflowers
Description:Two large and two small plants shown with nine large round many petaled yellow flowers with orange centers. Flowers on tall, wiry stems colored rust and green. On brown sandy soil with grey hills behind. Grey-violet sky. I.D. Marks: Name of plant in lower left in pencil. Desc. of plant on mat, "Specimen from Quartz Hill, Antelope Valley."
Medium/Materials:watercolor on paper
Dimensions:Image: 51 x 36 cm. (20 3/32 x 14 3/16 in.)
Framed: 63.5 x 48.26 cm. (25 x 19 in.)
Inscriptions:Signed lower right in black ink, "Jane S. Pinheiro 4-30-52/2-15-62." Description of plant on mat reads, "Specimen from Quartz Hill, Antelope Valley."
Park Unit:Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve (SR)
Artist:Jane S. Pinheiro, 1907 - 1978
Collector:Wildflower Preservation Committee