MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909-1988) Guzmania monostachia (Tufted Airplant) McKenney Braus-Riggenbach and Ulrico Hoepli sale

Braus-Riggenbach and Ulrico Hoepli sale

a small tree growing in the igapo [ie forest permanently flooded by black water rivers]

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was known for his contributions to geography through his work *Cosmographia*

all of which were deemed militarily important to the British government

MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909-1988) Guzmania monostachia (Tufted Airplant) McKenney Braus-Riggenbach and Ulrico Hoepli saleMARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909 1988) Guzmania monostachia Signed Margaret Mee and inscribed with title, [circa 1968] Gouache over pencil on paper Watermarked Raffaello Fabriano Image size: 8 3 4 x 11 1 2 in. Frame size: 19 x 23 in. Provenance: Margaret Mee A fine, finished painting by Mee of Guzmania monostachia (commonly known as the West Indian Tufted Airplant), which is an epiphytic bromeliad found in Brazil, the West Indies, and Florida (where it is