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Image of Palm Patterns #75

Edith Bergstrom

American, b. 1941

Palm Patterns #75
Date unknown

Watercolor on paper
22.5 x 29.5 in. (57.15 x 74.93 cm)
Museum Permanent Collection
1984.2078

Growing up in California’s Imperial Valley, Bergstrom developed a love of palm trees. Although they are now common in California, most palm trees are not endemic to the region, arriving in the 1700s as a way to decorate Spanish missions and attract settlers. Since then, palms have become synonymous with West Coast relaxation. Despite this association, palms were historically used as a construction material for weaving and roof thatching. Palms are also religiously significant, representing the sacredness of Palm Sunday for the Christian settlers of the West.

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