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Zuzek's vegetable designs were some of her personal favorites. Having grown up on a dairy farm in upstate New York, agricultural motifs must have had a nostalgic appeal for the artist. This watercolor shows red and white beets both whole and sliced, with ruffled leaves and swirling roots. The pattern was shown on a pair of men's swim trunks in Lilly Pulitzer's 1974-75 Resort-Spring catalogue.
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In overall good condition and ready to hang. Please note that these original watercolors became designs used in print-making and may contain holes, notations and/or other interesting marks. With scattered areas of minor surface staining throughout. With rough cut left, right, and lower edges. With scattered tape residue, most notably along the extreme edges, and four pieces of tape along the left edge. The paper with scattered pinholes throughout. With vertical median line in ballpoint pen and scattered horizontal lines in graphite tracing the profiles of painted forms.