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Artist's scratchboard technique documented in multiple copies at eleven progressive stages in the work, for use in a 2004 Visiting Artist Series at the Arboretum.
Stage 2: Application of ink over new area, completion of calligraphy and acorn, with tree trunk, flowers, ivy and oak leaves emerging
Photostats represent progress-copies washed to archival standards and used for teaching purposes
