Grape vine

Grape vine

Botany

Grapes

Botanical illustration

Mountain plants

Plants

This pen-and-ink drawing is of a grape vine with leaves and tendrils. The drawing is signed and dated in pencil and labeled: “Bullhead Trail.” 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

1937-06-10

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drawings (visual works)

eng

StillImage

20206

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2015-06-01

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

Sevier County (Tenn.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

14.5" x 11.5"(dimension)

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