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| Classification: | Art Objects |
| Object Number: | 499-2-38 |
| Object Name: | painting |
| Title: | Venus Mariposa (Calochortus venustus) |
| Date: | May 19, 1946 |
| Subject: | Venus mariposa wildflowers |
| Description: | Thirteen flowers on wiry thin green stems in varying shades of white, pink, purple and deep red. Nine buds visible. Bases of plants not shown. Plants dominate all of paper. Set in grassy hills with golden hills in background. Blue sky upper two-thirds of paper. Edges of paper unpainted. Lines of color on bottom and side, edges. I.D. Marks: Name of plant in black ink, name and address bottom edge. |
| Medium/Materials: | watercolor on paper |
| Dimensions: | Image: 55.6 x 35 cm. (21 7/8 x 13 25/32 in.) Framed: 63.5 x 48.26 cm. (25 x 19 in.) |
| Inscriptions: | Signed lower right "Jane S. Pinheiro 5-19-46." |
| Park Unit: | Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve (SR) |
| Artist: | Jane S. Pinheiro, 1907 - 1978 |
| Collector: | Wildflower Preservation Committee |