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Classification:Art Objects
Object Number:499-2-104
Object Name:painting
Title:White Fiesta Flower (Pholistona membranaceum)
Date:March 29, 1952
Subject:White fiesta flower wildflowers
Description:One wiry green stem and leaf plant in front of eight thick brown branches on left. Thin stems have few leaves, large at base, small at stem ends. Tiny five-sided white flowers with green and gold accents. Brown soil with blue hills and blue sky. I.D. Marks: Lower left pencil-plant name "M-6." Plant description on mat. "Specimen from under a juniper bush near Quartz Hill."
Medium/Materials:watercolor on paper
Dimensions:Image: 24.1 x 17.8 cm. (9 1/2 x 7 in.)
Framed: 38.1 x 30.48 cm. (15 x 12 in.)
Inscriptions:Signed lower right black ink "Jane S. Pinheiro 3-29-52/2-8-61." "M-6." On mat, "Specimen from under a juniper bush near Quartz Hill."
Park Unit:Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve (SR)
Artist:Jane S. Pinheiro, 1907 - 1978
Collector:Wildflower Preservation Committee