Tripterocalyx pedunculatus, Botanical Watercolor by Mary Vaux Walcott

A watercolor botanical study on pale cream paper shows a slender stem with clusters of small white flowers at the top and a rounded, magenta-tinged bracted cluster at lower left. Soft green lance-shaped leaves and reddish stems extend across the composition, with the artist's initials and date noted in the lower left corner.

Artist

Mary Vaux Walcott

Date

1935

Medium

watercolor on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2091 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum