California Poppies
Eschscholzia californica. The state flower of California (and still to be found in immense numbers on the rolling hillsides that rise from California's valleys), this poppy was first described in print in 1820 by Adelbert von Chamisso, who named it in honor of J. F. Eschscholtz, his companion botanist on the voyage of the Russian ship Rurik along the California coast in 1816. It is believed that they first saw the plant where the city of San Francisco now stands. —Henry Evans

200 copies were printed and sell for $300.00 each.
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California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica. Drawn beside Pope Valley Road in Napa County, California. Each time I do a new print of the California poppy, I see things that I haven't seen before. And it's not just the forms that seem to be unlimited in their variations, it's also the colors that amaze and dazzle in a slightly different way each time. —Henry Evans

275 copies were printed and sell for $300.00 each.
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California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica. This general composition is the one that many people have told me is what they think of as the "typical image" of the California poppy. The drawing for this print was made directly onto the linoleum block (no drawing on paper preceded it). The subject was growing in our garden in the Napa Valley. Making the drawing directly on the block is much more difficult, but the results are usually fresher, stronger, and sometimes a little closer to life. —Henry Evans

320 copies were printed and sell for $400.00 each.
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California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica. A superb garden flower now grown around the world, this poppy ranges in color from pure white to brilliant scarlet, the yellows and oranges being most commonly seen. Because it closes its petals when the light fades, the Spaniards called it dormidera (one who sleeps), and the Indians believed the gold in the California earth came from petals of the poppies that had fallen and mingled with the soil. —Henry Evans

$300.00 each.
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California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica. The California poppy is one of my very favorite plants and easily the most popular one with the public, which thought comes close to a very tender subject: The question is sometimes asked, "Do you do it because you want to, or because they (the public) want you to?" In the case of the California poppy, it's true on both counts. There are plants that I actually do dislike—not very many, to be sure—but there are some, and I hope I will never be obliged to depict them. Plants are not categorically beautiful. Nature is full of anomalies, deformities, and runts. This particular artist seeks beautiful specimens to depict. You will never catch me doing leaves and petals with ugly holes made by bugs. The artist has the power to restore what the pests have gnawed away, and he does. —Henry Evans

99 copies were printed and sell for $300.00 each.
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California Poppies
Eschscholzia californica. A superb garden flower now grown around the world, this poppy ranges in color from pure white to brilliant scarlet, the yellows and oranges being most commonly seen. Because it closes its petals when the light fades, the Spaniards called it dormidera (one who sleeps), and the Indians believed the gold in the California earth came from petals of the poppies that had fallen and mingled with the soil. —Henry Evans

$300.00 each.
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