Butterfly Pea / Clitoria mariana
Artist
Elizabeth (Bessie) Murray Tyler
(American, 1892 - 1980)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1934
MediumWatercolor and graphite
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 7 in. (20.3 x 17.8 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 at lower right; dated June 15.
InscribedA perennial with partly upright stem. Grows along dry banks and woodland borders, occurring in provinces from New Jersey to Florida. Blooms from May through August. This pea is found on the Khasia Mountains of India. [edited transcription]
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number41.45.11
Not on view
DescriptionPart of the Tidewater Wildflowers series, done as a WPA Project. Watercolor depicting Butterfly Pea.Label TextButterfly Pea / Clitoria mariana, ca. 1934 Watercolor and graphite A perennial with partly upright stem. Grows along dry banks and woodland borders, occurring in provinces from New Jersey to Florida. Blooms from May through August. This pea is found on the Khasia Mountains of India. Museum collection 41.45.11 Exhibition HistoryShown at June, 1970, meeting of Chevy Chase, Maryland, Garden Club by (Mrs. John A.) Virginia Tyler Webster, Horticulture Chairman. "Tidewater Wildflowers: Watercolors by Bessie Tyler," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, April 16, 2015 - March 6, 2016.
