Carl Morris

American
(1911–1993)

Untitled
circa 1940

Monotype
20 x 24 in.
Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation
1985.169

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• deciduous trees - Trees which seasonally shed leaves.
• landscape
• streams - General term for natural courses of water flowing continuously along a defined bed on the surface of the earth, forming a river, rivulet, brook, etc. The term is not used for canals or other artificial watercourses.
• water - A liquid made up of molecules of hydrogen and oxygen (HO2). When pure, it is colorless, tasteless, and odorless. It exists in gaseous, liquid, and solid forms; it is liquid at room temperature. It is the liquid of which seas, lakes, and rivers are composed, and which falls as rain. Water is one of the most plentiful and essential of compounds. It is vital to life, participating in virtually every process that occurs in plants and animals. One of its most important properties is its ability to dissolve many other substances. The versatility of water as a solvent is essential to living organisms. The term "water" is typically used to refer to the liquid form of this compound; for the solid or gaseous forms, use "ice" or "water vapor."

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