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(PEREGRINE PRESS / BOTANICALS.) Evans, Henry. State Flowers. 52 brightly colored linocuts of state flowers (including a duplicate of Alaska's Forget-Me-Not in Part One and 2 versions of the South Carolina Jasmine). 498x330 mm; 19 5/8x13 inches, sheets, each numbered, titled, signed, and dated by Evans, in pencil, lower margins. Folio; title pages (printed in colors and black), plates, and descriptive leaves loose as issued in Japan paper wrappers lettered in red: Index laid into Part Five. Printed for subscribers by Evans. Volume number 22 in his Botanical Prints series. San Francisco, 1968-72
Evans's beautiful, rich block prints of state flowers, hand-printed on his 1852 Washington Hand Press. As with each of his creations, the blocks were destroyed after the edition was printed. He selected each specimen, drew it from life, cut the blocks, and mixed each color by hand. The fascicles were made up of various sheets from the different print runs so they are numbered between 90 and 125. His coveted works are held by several museums and institutions.
