Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8127
Artist Name: Robert, Nicolas
Life Span: (1614-1685)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Melo vulgaris''
Taxon:
Cucumis melo L., Cucurbitaceae
Description:
Medium: hand-colored engraving [restrike?]
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 44.8 x 55.5
Image Size: 29.7 x 40.7
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Published: from Dionys Dodart, Recueil des plantes ... Paris, Anisson-Duperon, 1788.
Printmaker: Robert, Nicolas
Notes: N. Robert in. f. [made by] on print
[Possibly modern restrike? The paper is different (wood pulp content?) from accession no. 0687, but there is no embossed logo of Louvre as on the other restrikes from the Louvre in the collection)
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Accession Number: 8128
Artist Name: Unknown [album compiled by James Petiver (1658–1718)]
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Title: Plants collected by James Petiver containing 367 prints
Taxon:
Dicotyledoneae, Monocotyledoneae
Description: album of 367 woodblock prints of plants
Medium: woodcut
Support: paper
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Date of Execution: 1700s?
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Notes: •Album of 367 woodblock prints, possibly blocks collected from early herbals and proof printed on the blank sides of an almanac for the year 1687 by Vincent Wiry, published by Mary Clark, Stationer's Co., London. and compiled by James Petiver.•Blocks are hand-numbered in ink. Missing numbers 37, 53, 103, 177, 188, 221, 231–239, 247–255. Duplicated numbers: 85, 86, 87, 121, 179, 191, 200, 309, 319, 320, 364. Number 325 appears on 4 different prints.
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Accession Number: 8129
Artist Name: Teubel, Friedrich
Life Span: (1885–1965)
Nationality: Austria
Gender: Male
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Copyright: Rights held by the estate of the artist.
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Taxon:
Rubus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: stem of fruit
Medium: engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 44 x 32.5
Image Size: 25.5 x 17
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Place of Execution: Austria?
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Printmaker: Teubel, Friedrich
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Accession Number: 8130.1
Artist Name: Phillips, Kandis Vermeer
Life Span: (1954-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist.
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Title: B-Bloodroot
Taxon:
Sanguinaria canadensis Linnaeus, Papaveraceae
Description: bloodroot and the letter B
Medium: watercolor and shell gold
Support: parchment
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 15
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Signature: Vermeer (b.l.)
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Notes: Illuminated alphabet
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Accession Number: 8130.10
Artist Name: Phillips, Kandis Vermeer
Life Span: (1954-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist.
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Taxon:
Echinacea Moench, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
Description: Swallowtail with Echinacea and the letter J; Papilio glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758), Papilionidae
Medium: watercolor and shell gold
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 14
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Signature: Vermeer (b.l.)
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Notes: Illuminated alphabet
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Accession Number: 8130.2
Artist Name: Phillips, Kandis Vermeer
Life Span: (1954-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: C-Crocus
Taxon:
Crocus Linnaeus, Iridaceae
Description: Crocus and Snout butterfly with the letter C; Libytheana carinenta (Cramer, 1777), Nymphalidae
Medium: watercolor and shell gold
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 15
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Signature: Vermeer (b.c.)
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Notes: Illuminated alphabet
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Accession Number: 8130.4
Artist Name: Phillips, Kandis Vermeer
Life Span: (1954-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: J-Jack-in-the-pulpit
Taxon:
Arisaema triphyllum (Linnaeus) Schott, Araceae
Description: Jack-in-the-pulpit with the letter J
Medium: watercolor and shell gold
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 15
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Signature: Vermeer (b.l.)
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Notes: Illuminated alphabet
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Accession Number: 8130.5
Artist Name: Phillips, Kandis Vermeer
Life Span: (1954-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: K-for Katie
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Description: Seahorse and the letter K
Medium: watercolor and shell gold
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 14
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Notes: Illuminated alphabet
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Accession Number: 8130.6
Artist Name: Phillips, Kandis Vermeer
Life Span: (1954-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: K-Kestrel
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Description: Kestrel with the letter K; Falco Falconidae
Medium: watercolor and shell gold
Support: parchment [sheepskin]
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 15
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Signature: Vermeer (b.l.)
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Notes: Illuminated alphabet
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Accession Number: 8130.7
Artist Name: Phillips, Kandis Vermeer
Life Span: (1954-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: L-Lady slipper orchid
Taxon:
Cypripedium Linnaeus, Orchidaceae
Description: Lady slipper orchid with the letter L
Medium: watercolor and shell gold
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 21 x 12.5
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Notes: Illuminated alphabet
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Accession Number: 8130.8
Artist Name: Phillips, Kandis Vermeer
Life Span: (1954-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: P-Pellican
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Description: 3 pelicans with the letter P; Pelecanus occidentalis (Linnaeus, 1766), Pellicanidae
Medium: watercolor and shell gold
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 14
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Signature: Vermeer (b.r.)
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Notes: Illuminated alphabet
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Accession Number: 8130.9
Artist Name: Phillips, Kandis Vermeer
Life Span: (1954-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: O-Orchid
Taxon:
Cattleya Lindley, Orchidaceae
Description: Cattleya orchid with the letter O
Medium: watercolor and shell gold
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 14
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Signature: Vermeer (b.l.)
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Notes: Illuminated alphabet
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Accession Number: 8131
Artist Name: Unknown
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Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
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Title: Eruca sylvestris [recto]; Sinapi agreste. Apijaurpotius Laueris [verso]
Taxon:
Eruca, Cruciferae alt. Brassicaceae
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Medium: engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 18 x 11
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Published: from L'Obel, Matthias de. 1581. Plantarum , seu, Stirpium Icones. Antverpiae, ex officina Christophori Plantini. L. 101, T. 144; L. 100, T. 241.
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Notes: images on recto and verso
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Accession Number: 8131
Artist Name: Silburn, Laura
Life Span: (1973–)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist.
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Title: Rooster Flower; Aristolochia labiata
Taxon: Aristolochia labiata Willdenow, Aristolochiaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 55.5 x 47
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Date of Execution: 2014
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Signature: LS [in square] (c.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (2016)
HIBD Publications: Bruno, L. B. and C. L. Roy. 2016. Catalogue [of the] 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 8132
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: Eruca sylvestris vulgatior, The more common wilde Rocket [recto]; Eruca sativa alba. Garden Rocket with white seede [verso]
Taxon:
Eruca; Sinapi, Cruciferae alt. Brassicaceae
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Medium: engraving
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Dimensions (cm): 18 x 11
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Published: from an addition of Gerard, John. The Herball, or, General Historie of Plantes.
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Notes: images on recto and verso
illegible handwriting, including the number 667
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Accession Number: 8132
Artist Name: Nugroho, Eunike
Life Span: (1981–)
Nationality: Indonesia
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist.
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Title: The Old and The Young I; Paphiopedilum praestans
Taxon: Paphiopedilum praestans Pfitzer, Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 29.5
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Date of Execution: 2014
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Signature: Eunike Nugroho (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (2016)
HIBD Publications: Bruno, L. B. and C. L. Roy. 2016. Catalogue [of the] 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 8133
Artist Name: McNeill, Robert
Life Span: 1954-
Nationality: Scotland
Gender: Male
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist.
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Title: Waratah; Telopea
Taxon:
Telopea R. Brown, Proteaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 61.5 x 47
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Date of Execution: 2015
Place of Execution: Scotland
Signature: Robert McNeill, b.c.
Published: Watson, S. 2015. Featuring Fiona Strickland and Robert McNeill. Scottish Art Scene 47. http://www.scottish-art-scene.com/Fiona_Strickland_and_Robert_McNeill.pdf.
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HIBD Exhibitions: (HI) 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016; Hunt Institute travel exhibition (HI/TS), 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016-2019
HIBD Publications: Bruno, L. and C. Roy. 2016. Catalogue [of the] 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 33.
Accession Number: 8134
Artist Name: Di Costanzo, Carrie
Life Span: 1967-
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist.
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Title: Magnolia; Magnolia grandiflora
Taxon:
Magnolia grandiflora Linnaeus, Magnoliaceae
Description:
Medium: gouache
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 70
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Date of Execution: 2014
Place of Execution: New Jersey
Signature: Carrie Di Costanzo, b.r.
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HIBD Exhibitions: HI) 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016; Hunt Institute travel exhibition (HI/TS), 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016-2019
HIBD Publications: Bruno, L. and C. Roy. 2016. Catalogue [of the] 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 17.
Accession Number: 8135
Artist Name: Daniel, Brigitte
Life Span: 1959-
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist.
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Title: Auricula ‘Yorkshire Grey’
Taxon:
Primula Linnaeus, Primulaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 20.5
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Date of Execution: May 2010
Place of Execution: England
Signature: bems May ’10 b.l.
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HIBD Exhibitions: (HI) 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016; Hunt Institute travel exhibition (HI/TS), 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016-2019
HIBD Publications: Bruno, L. and C. Roy. 2016. Catalogue [of the] 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 13.
Accession Number: 8136
Artist Name: Torii, Hiromi
Life Span: 1959-
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist
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Title: Birthwort, Aristolochia kaempferi Willd. var. tanzawana Kigawa
Taxon:
Aristolochia kaempferi Willdenow, Aristolochiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 44.5 x 37.5
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Date of Execution: 2014
Place of Execution: Japan
Signature: Hiromi, b.r.
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HIBD Exhibitions: (HI) 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016; Hunt Institute travel exhibition (HI/TS), 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016-2019
HIBD Publications: Bruno, L. and C. Roy. 2016. Catalogue [of the] 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 48.
Accession Number: 8137
Artist Name: Burrows, Helen Y.
Life Span: 1946-
Nationality: Australia
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist.
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Title: Rose; Rosa ‘Pierre de Ronsard’
Taxon:
Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 53.5 x 39
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Date of Execution: 2012
Place of Execution: Australia
Signature: Helen Y. Burrows b.r.
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HIBD Exhibitions: (HI) 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016; Hunt Institute travel exhibition (HI/TS), 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016-2019
HIBD Publications: Bruno, L. and C. Roy. 2016. Catalogue [of the] 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 11.
Accession Number: 8138
Artist Name: Ikeda, Mariko
Life Span: 1981-
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist.
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Title: Japanese walnut; Juglans mandshurica Maxim var. sachalinensis
Taxon:
Juglans mandshurica Maximowicz, Juglandaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor and graphite
Support: vellum, wrapped on wooden frame
Dimensions (cm): 65 x 53
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Date of Execution: October 2014
Place of Execution: Japan
Signature: Mariko October 2014, b.l.
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HIBD Exhibitions: (HI) 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016; Hunt Institute travel exhibition (HI/TS), 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016-2019
HIBD Publications: Bruno, L. and C. Roy. 2016. Catalogue [of the] 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 25.
Accession Number: 8139
Artist Name: Makino, Suguri
Life Span: 1950-
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist
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Title: Aotsudurafuji, Cocculus trilobus
Taxon:
Cocculus orbiculatus (Linnaeus) de Candolle, Menispermaceae
Description:
Medium: acrylic paint by airbrush, gouache, gesso, etc.
Support: illustration board
Dimensions (cm): 51.5 x 36
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Date of Execution: 2005
Place of Execution: Japan
Signature: Suguri [“An” or “On”?], b.r.
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HIBD Exhibitions: (HI) 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016; Hunt Institute travel exhibition (HI/TS), 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016-2019
HIBD Publications: Bruno, L. and C. Roy. 2016. Catalogue [of the] 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 32.
Accession Number: 8140
Artist Name: Horikoshi, Hideo
Life Span: 1936-
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist
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Title: Yam; Dioscoreae japonica
Taxon:
Dioscorea japonica Thunberg, Dioscoreaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 76.5 x 57.5
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Date of Execution: 2014
Place of Execution: Japan
Signature: H. Horikoshi, b.c.
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HIBD Exhibitions: (HI) 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016; Hunt Institute travel exhibition (HI/TS), 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016-2019
HIBD Publications: Bruno, L. and C. Roy. 2016. Catalogue [of the] 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 23.
Accession Number: 8141
Artist Name: Lober, Angela
Life Span: 1966-
Nationality: Australia
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist
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Title: Kangaroo Grass; Themeda australis
Taxon:
Themeda triandra Forsskål, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 22.5
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Date of Execution: 2015
Place of Execution: Australia
Signature: ALober 2015, b.l.
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HIBD Exhibitions: (HI) 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016; Hunt Institute travel exhibition (HI/TS), 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016-2019
HIBD Publications: Bruno, L. and C. Roy. 2016. Catalogue [of the] 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 30.
