Bertha Clausen Jaques. 1863-1941
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Dogwood Blossoms (Cornus florida). 1924. Drypoint. Jaques 343. 12 3/4 x 8 (sheet 16 1/8 x 10 7/8).Printed on the full sheet of Japanese mulberrypaper. This is probably a ghost or phantom print, a second pulling from the plate before it was reinked. Provenance: the artist's estate. Unsigned. $250.
Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is one of America's most popular ornamental trees. Known to most people simply as dogwood, it has other common names, including boxwood and cornel. The species name florida is Latin for flowering, but the showy petal-like bracts are not in fact flowers. The bright red fruit of this fast-growing short-lived tree are poisonous to humans but provide a great variety of wildlife with food. The wood is smooth, hard and close-textured and now used for specialty products.
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