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Classification:Art Objects
Object Number:499-2-32
Object Name:painting
Title:Checker Bloom (Sidaleae malugflora sparsifolia)
Date:April 18, 1961
Subject:Checker bloom wildflowers
Description:One plant with main green-brown stems topped with groups of pink-red five-petal flowers with yellow center. Green buds at top of stem; large green leaves cluster at base. In grassy earth with green mountains. Blue sky in background. I.D. Marks: Sketch at lower left pencil, showing parts of flower. Unintelligible pencil writing left side. "M-31-71" blue pencil. On reverse, blue pen, latin name, habitat description.
Medium/Materials:watercolor on paper
Dimensions:Image: 36.2 x 26.3 cm. (14 1/4 x 10 11/32 in.)
Framed: 48.26 x 38.1 cm. (19 x 15 in.)
Inscriptions:Signed lower right pencil "Jane S. Pinheiro 4-18-61." "M-31-71" blue pencil.
Park Unit:Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve (SR)
Artist:Jane S. Pinheiro, 1907 - 1978
Collector:Wildflower Preservation Committee