HELICONIINAE ON BAMBOO SHOOT | CECROPIA AND COCOON

GEORGE ALAN SWANSON

1906-1968

HELICONIINAE ON BAMBOO SHOOT ; CECROPIA AND COCOON

watercolor on paper ; ink on paper

circa 1940

14 x 10 ½ in. ; 14 ¼ x 11 ¼ in.

the first signed in watercolor George Swanson, lower right, the reverse stamped PROPERTY OF DR. WILLIAM BEEBE DIRECTOR, DEPT. TROPICAL RESEARCH NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ZOOLOGICAL PARK BRONX, NEW YORK CITY ; the second inscribed in pencil Cecropia and cocoon, lower left, and signed George Swanson / 12 Belleville Ave / Bloomfield, NJ.