Tree and roots

Tree and roots

Botany

Tree trunks -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Trees -- Roots

Botanical illustration

This pen-and-ink drawing is of a tree and roots. The drawing is signed and dated in pencil and labeled: “Alum Cave Trail between Grassy Patch and Arch Rock.” Irving Rhodes Fromer (1913-1994) was a self-taught artist who was employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s. He worked for both the TVA and the National Park Service and later lived in California, where he was known for creating socially conscious art.

Fromer, Irving Rhodes, 1913-1994

Civilian Conservation Corps Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1937-07-06

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drawings (visual works)

eng

StillImage

20192

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2015-06-01

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Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Sevier County (Tenn.)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

14.5" x 11.5"(dimension)

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