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Classification: | Art Objects |
Object Number: | 499-2-23 |
Object Name: | painting |
Title: | Golden Girls (Chaenactis lanosa), Desert Mariposa (Calochortus kennedy), Squaw Root (Perideridia giardneri), Rose Sage (Salvia pachyphylla ramona) |
Date: | May 14, 1969 |
Subject: | Golden girls, desert mariposa, squaw root, and rose sage wildflowers |
Description: | Four plants intertwined. Three-leaf red flowers with black center dominate. Center has green wiry plant with long thin leaves topped with golden clusters. At right front, tall thin-stemmed with leaves at base and cluster of blue, white & yellow flowers at top. Blue flowered plant behind on left on grassy earth, mountains behind, blue sky with clouds. I.D. Marks: Lower left in pencil, "Acton Turn-off Hwy 14 5-20-69." Lower right in pencil "9-30-69." Reverse in pen, description of plant and habitat "44-70." |
Medium/Materials: | watercolor on paper |
Dimensions: | Image: 56.3 x 38.2 cm. (22 5/32 x 15 1/32 in.) Framed: 63.5 x 48.26 cm. (25 x 19 in.) |
Inscriptions: | Signed lower right pencil "Jane S. Pinheiro 5-14-69." Lower left in pencil, "Acton Turn-off Hwy 14 5-20-69." Lower right in pencil, "9-30-69." |
Park Unit: | Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve (SR) |
Artist: | Jane S. Pinheiro, 1907 - 1978 |
Collector: | Wildflower Preservation Committee |