Bamboo Sketch, Ecuador

American Frederic Edwin Church • 1857

Bamboo Sketch, Ecuador, 1857

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Botanical sketch showing a view of several split bamboo poles in Ecuador. Situated at center, three pieces of bamboo are split in half and rest on top of a whole bamboo pole, shown at lower center. The divided sections of the bamboo are clearly delineated and highlighted in white gouache. Graphite and white gouache on thin, gray wove paper