Crumpled and Withered Leaf Edge Mimicking Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer, Gerald H. Thayer, Crumpled and Withered Leaf Edge Mimicking Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.25A
Emma Beach Thayer, Gerald H. Thayer, Crumpled and Withered Leaf Edge Mimicking Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.25A
Free to use

Artwork Details

Title
Crumpled and Withered Leaf Edge Mimicking Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
Artists
Location
Not on view
Credit Line
Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — foliage — leaf
  • Animal — insect — caterpillar
Object Number
1950.2.25A
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1950.2.25A

Works by this artist (4 items)

Avery F. Johnson, The Isabelle, ca. late 1930s, watercolor and gouache on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1980.128.2
The Isabelle
Artist
Dateca. late 1930s
watercolor and gouache on paper
Not on view
Avery F. Johnson, Skating on Bonaparte's Pond (mural study, Bordentown, New Jersey Post Office), ca. 1940, oil on canvas mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1965.18.6
Skating on Bonaparte’s Pond (mural study, Bordentown, New…
Artist
Dateca. 1940
oil on canvas mounted on paperboard
Not on view
Avery F. Johnson, United States Coast Guard Wet, 1934, watercolor, tempera and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1965.18.93
United States Coast Guard Wet
Artist
Date1934
watercolor, tempera and pencil on paper
Not on view
Avery F. Johnson, Low Tide, ca. late 1930s, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1980.128.3
Low Tide
Artist
Dateca. late 1930s
watercolor on paper
Not on view