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Bouquet of Tulips is a metal sculpture by American artist Jeff Koons, [2] [3] which is located outside the Petit Palais in Paris, France. It is one of Koons's largest sculptures, [ 4 ] and his first commemorative work. [ 5 ]
Tulips is a series of sculptures by American artist Jeff Koons, made between 1995 and 2004. There are five unique versions. [ 1 ] One sculpture is part of the collection of The Broad in Los Angeles, California. [ 2 ]
Its subject is relatively straightforward: a woman, recovering from a procedure in a hospital, receives a bouquet of tulips that affront her with their glaring color and vividness. She details how they bother her, insisting she prefers to be left alone in the quiet whiteness of her room. “Tulips” is a rich and evocative poem.
Parrot tulips are the result of natural mutations to single late tulips and triumph tulips. [6] During the 17th and 18th century the most notable mutations were to color patterns with growers attempting to influence the color of the tulips using pigeon droppings, old plaster and even dirty waste water from the kitchen. [7]
His primary objective was to make the wallpaper by hand, with transparent oil colours on zinc plates. However, when he could not make this work to his satisfaction, he gave the task to an established wallpaper firm, Jeffrey and company, which printed it with wood blocks and distemper colours.
Fritillaria imperialis, the crown imperial, imperial fritillary, Kaiser's crown, or Kurdish tulip is a species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to a wide stretch from the Anatolian plateau of Turkey, Iraq and Iran (e.g. Kurdistan [2] [3] [4]) to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northern India and the Himalayan foothills. [5]
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A 400 year-old tulip poplar stood on the grounds of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland until 1999, when it was felled after Hurricane Floyd caused irreparable damage to it. [17] The Liberty Tree in Acton, Massachusetts was an elm tree that lasted until about 1925. Acton students planted the Peace Tree in 1915, a maple that still stands ...