Drawing - Drawing, botanical, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Helichrysum acuminatum (orange Everlasting). Helichrysum scorpioides (Button Everlasting), 1984

Historical information

Part of "The Woolcock Gallery Collection". Exhibited CEMA, 1989.

Physical description

Studies of three daisies with details. Study on the left is two-stemmed, with leaves, a stalk, and one open and one closed yellow flower. There are long tapered petals on the open flower. The central study has a long stalk, long leaves at the base becoming sparser at the top. The flower is yellow with a large central androecium and a corolla of small petals. On the far right are two detailed studies: a top view of a daisy with a corolla of small petals and a side view of a stamen.

Inscriptions & markings

Front: CEW/84 (base of flower, lower left) (colour pencil)
Helichrysum acuminatum (Orange Everlasting)
" scorpioides (Button Everlasting) (lower left) (pencil)
CEWoolcock (signature, lower right) (pencil)
Back: 35 (upper left) (pen)

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