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Maker(s):Moser, Barry
Culture:American (1940 - )
Title:Maianthemum canadense from Flowering Plants of Massachusetts
Date Made:1969
Type:Drawing
Materials:pen and ink on medium-thick, moderately textured cream paper
Place Made:United States
Measurements:sheet: 7 in x 4 7/8 in; 17.8 cm x 12.4 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: signed in ink in image lower center: BMoser; Verso: inscribed in ink lower center: Monispermum canadense 4/8; stamped at center in black ink: 10
Accession Number:  SC 2014.54.85
Credit Line:Gift of Elizabeth O'Grady and Jeffrey P. Dwyer
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Drawing of a leafy plant with flowering buds. To the lower left is a close-up of one of the blooms, with six petals. Entire drawing is contained by oval. "Menispermum canadense" (handwriting unclear, likely alternate spelling of title) is written on the lower center verso. The plant is native to Canada and the northern US, and tends to grow under forest trees.

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Moser, Barry
American (1940 - )
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