Coconut Palm, Two Views

American Frederic Edwin Church • 1853

Coconut Palm, Two Views, 1853

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Botanical study showing two views of the upper portion of a coconut palm tree in Colombia or Ecuador. Below, the tree sways in the wind as its fronds are blown from left to right. Above, the tree stands upright with fronds unmoving, as the gable of a domestic structure is visible half-way down trunk. Graphite on tan wove paper

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