Balsamroot From North American Wildflowers (1925) By Mary Vaux Walcott by Mary Vaux Walcott Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm line almost dissolved into colour

line almost dissolved into colour field

angular distortion of form

offering a window into the material culture of Victorian Britain

clean precision

The design draws from Art Nouveau's organic sensibility while pushing toward the flatter

Balsamroot From North American Wildflowers (1925) By Mary Vaux Walcott by Mary Vaux Walcott Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm line almost dissolved into colourFrom the landmark 1925 Smithsonian publication North American Wild Flowers, this watercolour of Balsamroot by Mary Vaux Walcott exemplifies her rare gift for combining scientific exactness with artistic grace. Every petal, leaf vein, and stem is rendered with the steady hand of a naturalist who truly loved what she painted the result sits somewhere between field study and fine art. Printed as an archival fine art print in our Berlin studio, Walcott's