Maud Purdy collection : 1922-1953. 1922-1953.

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Maud Purdy collection : 1922-1953. 1922-1953.

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The collection ranges from her vivid botanical gouaches to watercolors, pen and ink, and pencil illustrations. Purdy's work reflected the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's mission to share the wonder and beauty of horticulture, environmental education, and science by illuminating the Garden's collections. Her watercolors depict its now rare irises and the crabapples the Garden still maintains. She painted many plants of the New York metropolitan area and plants collected during the 1930 Astor Expedition to the Galapagos. These works are well represented in the Garden's collection. Included also are a "pen and ink" series on "paleobotanic" plants and one hundred and twenty-nine sketchbook illustrations.

235 (art originals) : watercolor, gouache on black, pen and ink, pencil and ink, pencil and watercolor, pencil and ink, pencil, ink ; smallest item : 11 x 16 cm. ; largest item : 67 x 53 cm.

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