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Plate LXXIX (79)
its linear structure enriched by subtle carved details
circa 1700Hand-colored copperplate engravingSheet size: 24 x 19 inches
a fervor caused as much by desperation as by scientific and aesthetic high-mindedness
It is connected to the southern tip of South America in the western hemisphere and joins to Giava Minore (i
MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909-1988) Guzmania monostachia (Tufted Airplant) 08_03_23 Plate LXXIX (79)MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909 1988) Guzmania monostachia Signed Margaret Mee and inscribed with title, [circa 1968] Gouache over pencil on paper Watermarked Raffaello Fabriano Image size: 8 3 4 x 11 1 2 in. Frame size: 19 x 23 in. Provenance: Margaret Mee A fine, finished painting by Mee of Guzmania monostachia (commonly known as the West Indian Tufted Airplant), which is an epiphytic bromeliad found in Brazil, the West Indies, and Florida (where it is