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Watts, May Theilgaard

Tree Portraits: Wild Plum


Identifier
3.31805
Format
ink and airbrushed watercolor on tan Bainbridge board #80
Digitization Status
Digitized
Reproduction:
Original
Dimensions
27.7 cm W x 35.5 cm H (Item)
Extent
1 sheet
Type
Painting
Date created
1940 – 1950
Description
Color silhouette of a Wild Plum tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, a drawing of a fruit, and descriptive text.

Header: WILD PLUM 

Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
  • leaf: conspicuous net-work of veins [arrow pointing up to tip]
  • fruit
  • tree: bark peeling showing reddish-brown inner bark; [arrow pointing right to trunk] horizontal lenticels branching near base
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Artwork
Language
English