Albert Robert Valentien
American, 1862-1925
Gray Day, 1924
Signed A.R. Valentien (lr); dated 1924, inscribed To Mrs. E. B. Scripps / with compliments / of A. R. Valentien and as titled on the reverse
Oil on board
5 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches

Ellen Browning Scripps commissioned Albert Robert Valentien to document the flora of California. Although the project was never published, a collection of over 1000 of these illustrations was donated by the estate of Mrs. Scripps to the San Diego Museum of Natural History.

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A label on the reverse attributes this work to Anna Marie Valentien, to whom the artist was married.

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