Bee balm

Bee balm

Botany

Wild flowers

Plants

This pen-and-ink drawing is of a bee balm (Monarda didyma) with stem, leaves, flowerhead. The drawing is signed and dated in pencil and labeled: “Alum Cave Trail between Arch Rock and Alum Cave.” 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

1937-07-28

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drawings (visual works)

eng

StillImage

20198

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2015-06-01

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Alum Cave Bluff (Tenn.)

Sevier County (Tenn.)

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

12.5" x 9.25"(dimension)

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