Coquelicot

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Claude Monet painted Les Coquelicots or Poppies Blooming in 1873.

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Coquelicots by Robert Vonnoh, 1890
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Les Coquelicots by Claude Monet, 1873.

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  1. Webster's Unabridged Universal Dictionary, World Syndicate Publishing, N.Y., 1937
  2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Coquelicot: Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample C10

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