Coralberry or Indian Currant / Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Artist
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
(American, 1892 - 1980)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1934
MediumWatercolor and graphite
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (18 x 16.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
SignedSigned lower right; dated June 6.
InscribedLow-branching shrub growing along wayside woodland borders from Delaware to Georgia. June to August. [edited transcription]
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number41.45.16
Not on view
DescriptionPart of the Tidewater Wildflowers series, done as a WPA Project. Watercolor depicting Coral Berry or Indian Current.Label TextCoralberry or Indian Currant / Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, ca. 1934 Watercolor and graphite Low-branching shrub growing along wayside woodland borders from Delaware to Georgia. June to August. Museum collection 41.45.16 Exhibition History"Tidewater Wildflowers: Watercolors by Bessie Tyler," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, April 16, 2015 - March 6, 2016.
