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Watts, May Theilgaard

Tree Portraits: Water Beech

3.31804
ink and airbrushed watercolor on tan Bainbridge board #80
Digitized
Original
27.7 cm W x 35.5 cm H (Item)
1 sheet
Painting
1940 – 1950
Color silhouette of a Water Beech tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, a drawing of fruit with seeds, and descriptive text.

Header: WATER BEECH

Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
  • leaf [arrow pointing right to stem]: scarlet and orange in Autumn
  • tree: bark with "muscles"
  • fruit and seeds
Leaves
Seeds
Trees--Identification
Drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Carpinus caroliniana Walter (American hornbeam)
Artwork
English
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