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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