Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8583.178
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Spaulding Plum
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Description: Cluster of plums on branch with leaves
Medium: chromolithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 22 x 14
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Date of Execution: ca.1886
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Printmaker: Stecher Lithography Co., Rochester, NY
Notes: plate of “Spaulding Plum” variety of plum from a late 19th century/early 20th century nurserymen’s catalog produced by Stecher, NY.
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Accession Number: 8583.179
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Early Rivers
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Description: Peach with stem, leaves
Medium: chromolithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 22 x 14
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Date of Execution: ca.1886–1892
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Published: Cabinet [of] Fruit and Flower Plates. ca.1892. Rochester, NY: Stecher Lithograph Co.
Printmaker: Stecher Lithography Co., Rochester, NY
Notes: from a trade catalogue or sample book produced by the printer to show nurseries
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Accession Number: 8583.180
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: The ‘Crosby’ (Excelsior)
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Description: Peach with dissection and stem, leaves
Medium: chromolithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 14 x 22
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Date of Execution: ca.1886–1892
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Printmaker: Stecher Lithography Co., Rochester, NY
Notes: this is Stecher version; the same image with slightly different coloring or text produced by M. Brunswick & Co for 1896 Maple Grover Nurseries’ platebook and also in a broadside for “Hale’s Hardy Peach-The ‘Crosby’ (Excelsior)…
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Accession Number: 8583.181
Artist Name: Lauche, Wilhelm
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Sommer-Gold-Pepping
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Description: Apple with dissection and flowers
Medium: chromolithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 15.1 x 21.7
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Date of Execution: ca.1883
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Published: Lauche, W. 1883. Deutsche Pomologie…Aepfel. Berlin: Paul Parey. Ill. 77.
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Accession Number: 8583.182
Artist Name: Lauche, Wilhelm
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Gute Graue
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Description: Pear with dissection and flowers
Medium: chromolithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 15.1 x 21.7
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Date of Execution: ca.1882
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Published: Lauche, W. 1882. Deutsche Pomologie…Birnen. Berlin: Paul Parey. Ill. 25.
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Accession Number: 8583.183
Artist Name: Lauche, Wilhelm
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Limonenreinette
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Description: Apple with dissection and flowers
Medium: chromolithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 15.1 x 21.7
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Date of Execution: ca.1883
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Published: Lauche, W. 1883. Deutsche Pomologie…Aepfel. Berlin: Paul Parey. Ill. 89.
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Accession Number: 8583.184
Artist Name: Lauche, Wilhelm
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Kleiner Steinpepping
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Description: Apple with dissection and flowers
Medium: chromolithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 15.1 x 21.7
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Date of Execution: ca.1883
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Published: Lauche, W. 1883. Deutsche Pomologie…Aepfel. Berlin: Paul Parey. Ill. 76.
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Accession Number: 8583.185
Artist Name: Lauche, Wilhelm
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Reinette von Middelburg
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Description: Apple with dissection and flowers
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Dimensions (cm): 15.1 x 21.7
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Date of Execution: ca.1883
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Published: Lauche, W. 1883. Deutsche Pomologie…Aepfel. Berlin: Paul Parey. Ill. 96.
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Accession Number: 8583.186
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Arctotis speciosa, Shewy Arctotis
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Medium: chromolithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 23.3 x 14.1
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Date of Execution: ca.1883
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Published: Hooker, Joseph D. 1819–1820. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. London. Vol. 47. Pl. 2182.
Printmaker: Weddell
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Accession Number: 8584.01
Artist Name: Williamson, Martha Gene Pierson
Life Span: 1915–1993
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: Amanita muscaria (Western fly agaric)
Taxon: Amanita muscaria (Linnaeus) Lamarck, Amanitaceae
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Medium: White talc clay, natural materials
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Dimensions (cm): 11.5 x 11.5 x 8.75
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Date of Execution: ca.1969-1970
Place of Execution: Ohio
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Notes: The Institute does not routinely collect sculpture. This piece was acquired based on inclusion of this artist’s work in an institute exhibition. All rights held by the estate of the artist.
HIBD Exhibitions: Mysterious Nature of Fungi, 2015; Ceramic Mushrooms and Other Fungi by Martha Gene Pierson Williamson, 1970
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Accession Number: 8584.02
Artist Name: Williamson, Martha Gene Pierson
Life Span: 1915–1993
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: Amanita muscaria (Eastern fly agaric)
Taxon: Amanita muscaria (Linnaeus) Lamarck, Amanitaceae
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Medium: White talc clay, natural materials
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Dimensions (cm): 9.25 x 10.5 x 7.5
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Date of Execution: ca.1969-1970
Place of Execution: Ohio
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Notes: The Institute does not routinely collect sculpture. This piece was acquired based on inclusion of this artist’s work in an institute exhibition. All rights held by the estate of the artist.
HIBD Exhibitions: Mysterious Nature of Fungi, 2015; Ceramic Mushrooms and Other Fungi by Martha Gene Pierson Williamson, 1970
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Accession Number: 8584.03
Artist Name: Williamson, Martha Gene Pierson
Life Span: 1915–1993
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: Coprinus comatus (Shaggy manes or Lawyer’s wig)
Taxon: Coprinus comatus (O. F. Müller) Persoon, Agaricaceae
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Medium: White talc clay, natural materials
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Dimensions (cm): 11.25 x 14.5 x 10.5
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Date of Execution: ca.1969-1970
Place of Execution: Ohio
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Notes: The Institute does not routinely collect sculpture. This piece was acquired based on inclusion of this artist’s work in an institute exhibition. All rights held by the estate of the artist.
HIBD Exhibitions: Mysterious Nature of Fungi, 2015; Ceramic Mushrooms and Other Fungi by Martha Gene Pierson Williamson, 1970
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Accession Number: 8584.04
Artist Name: Williamson, Martha Gene Pierson
Life Span: 1915–1993
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: Coprinus dissemenatus
Taxon: Coprinellus disseminatus (Persoon) J. E. Lange, Psathyrellaceae
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Medium: White talc clay, natural materials
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Dimensions (cm): 4.1 x 4 x 3.5
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Date of Execution: ca.1969-1970
Place of Execution: Ohio
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Notes: The Institute does not routinely collect sculpture. This piece was acquired based on inclusion of this artist’s work in an institute exhibition. All rights held by the estate of the artist.
HIBD Exhibitions: Mysterious Nature of Fungi, 2015; Ceramic Mushrooms and Other Fungi by Martha Gene Pierson Williamson, 1970
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Accession Number: 8584.05
Artist Name: Williamson, Martha Gene Pierson
Life Span: 1915–1993
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: Morchella esculenta (Yellow sponge) or Morel
Taxon: Morchella esculenta (Linnaeus) Persoon, Morcheliaceae
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Medium: White talc clay, natural materials
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Dimensions (cm): 9.75 x 11 x 10
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Date of Execution: ca.1969-1970
Place of Execution: Ohio
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Notes: The Institute does not routinely collect sculpture. This piece was acquired based on inclusion of this artist’s work in an institute exhibition. All rights held by the estate of the artist.
HIBD Exhibitions: Mysterious Nature of Fungi, 2015; 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1972; Ceramic Mushrooms and Other Fungi by Martha Gene Pierson Williamson, 1970
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 177 (no image)
Accession Number: 8584.06
Artist Name: Williamson, Martha Gene Pierson
Life Span: 1915–1993
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: Mycena laeiana
Taxon: Mycena leaiana (Berkeley) Saccardo, Mycenaceae
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Medium: White talc clay, wood, other natural materials
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Dimensions (cm): 9 x 19.7 x 9.5
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Date of Execution: ca.1969-1970
Place of Execution: Ohio
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Notes: The Institute does not routinely collect sculpture. This piece was acquired based on inclusion of this artist’s work in an institute exhibition. All rights held by the estate of the artist.
HIBD Exhibitions: Mysterious Nature of Fungi, 2015; Ceramic Mushrooms and Other Fungi by Martha Gene Pierson Williamson, 1970
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Accession Number: 8584.07
Artist Name: Williamson, Martha Gene Pierson
Life Span: 1915–1993
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: Mycena polygramma
Taxon: Mycena polygramma (Bulliard) Gray, Mycenaceae
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Medium: White talc clay, wood, other natural materials
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Dimensions (cm): 13.3 x 23 x 11.75
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Date of Execution: ca.1969-1970
Place of Execution: Ohio
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Notes: The Institute does not routinely collect sculpture. This piece was acquired based on inclusion of this artist’s work in an institute exhibition. All rights held by the estate of the artist.
HIBD Exhibitions: Mysterious Nature of Fungi, 2015; Ceramic Mushrooms and Other Fungi by Martha Gene Pierson Williamson, 1970
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Accession Number: 8584.08
Artist Name: Williamson, Martha Gene Pierson
Life Span: 1915–1993
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: Peziza scutellata
Taxon: Peziza scutellata Linnaeus, Pyronemataceae
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Medium: White talc clay, wood, other natural materials
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Dimensions (cm): 5.3 x 19 x 6
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Date of Execution: ca.1969-1970
Place of Execution: Ohio
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Notes: The Institute does not routinely collect sculpture. This piece was acquired based on inclusion of this artist’s work in an institute exhibition. All rights held by the estate of the artist.
HIBD Exhibitions: Mysterious Nature of Fungi, 2015; Ceramic Mushrooms and Other Fungi by Martha Gene Pierson Williamson, 1970
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Accession Number: 8584.09
Artist Name: Williamson, Martha Gene Pierson
Life Span: 1915–1993
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: Pluteus patricius
Taxon: Pluteus petasatus (Fries) Gillet, Pluteaceae
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Medium: White talc clay, natural materials
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Dimensions (cm): 16.5 x 12 x 11.5
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Date of Execution: ca.1969-1970
Place of Execution: Ohio
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Notes: The Institute does not routinely collect sculpture. This piece was acquired based on inclusion of this artist’s work in an institute exhibition. All rights held by the estate of the artist.
HIBD Exhibitions: Mysterious Nature of Fungi, 2015; Ceramic Mushrooms and Other Fungi by Martha Gene Pierson Williamson, 1970
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Accession Number: 8584.10
Artist Name: Williamson, Martha Gene Pierson
Life Span: 1915–1993
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: Hygrophorus conicus
Taxon: Hygrocybe conica (Schaeffer) P. Kummer, Hygrophoraceae
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Medium: White talc clay, natural materials
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Dimensions (cm): 7.5 x 7.75 x 6.5
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Date of Execution: ca.1969-1970
Place of Execution: Ohio
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Notes: The Institute does not routinely collect sculpture. This piece was acquired based on inclusion of this artist’s work in an institute exhibition. All rights held by the estate of the artist.
HIBD Exhibitions: Mysterious Nature of Fungi, 2015; Ceramic Mushrooms and Other Fungi by Martha Gene Pierson Williamson, 1970
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Accession Number: 8585.01
Artist Name: Anderson, Francesca
Life Span: (1946-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: 1992, Francesca Anderson, All Rights Reserved
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Oxalis
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Medium: pen and ink
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Dimensions (cm): 29.4 x 36.8 cm
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Date of Execution: April, 1992
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Signature: Francesca Anderson, b.r.
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Accession Number: 8585.02
Artist Name: Anderson, Francesca
Life Span: (1946-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: 1992, Francesca Anderson, All Rights Reserved
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Three Strelitzia with Dissection
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Medium: pen and ink
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Dimensions (cm): 35.6 x 27.9
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Date of Execution: February, 1992
Place of Execution: Caracas, Venezuela
Signature: Francesca Anderson, b.r.
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Notes: 1 of 6 drawings made in a hotel in Caracas Venezuela, Feb. 1992
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Accession Number: 8585.03
Artist Name: Anderson, Francesca
Life Span: (1946-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: 1992, Francesca Anderson, All Rights Reserved
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: 3 Strelitzia
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Medium: pen and ink
Support: paper, Strathmore
Dimensions (cm): 28 x 35.4
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Date of Execution: February, 1992
Place of Execution: Caracas, Venezuela
Signature: Francesca Anderson, b.r.
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Notes: 2 of 6 drawings made in a hotel in Caracas Venezuela, Feb. 1992
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Accession Number: 8585.04
Artist Name: Anderson, Francesca
Life Span: (1946-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: 1992, Francesca Anderson, All Rights Reserved
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Two Crossed Strelitzia
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Medium: pen and ink
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Dimensions (cm): 27.9 x 36.6
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Date of Execution: February, 1992
Place of Execution: Caracas, Venezuela
Signature: Francesca Anderson, b.r.
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Notes: 3 of 6 drawings made in a hotel in Caracas Venezuela, Feb. 1992
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Accession Number: 8585.05
Artist Name: Anderson, Francesca
Life Span: (1946-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: 1992, Francesca Anderson, All Rights Reserved
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: 3 Tall Strelitzia
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Medium: pen and ink
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Dimensions (cm): 35.3 x 27.8
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Date of Execution: February, 1992
Place of Execution: Caracas, Venezuela
Signature: Francesca Anderson, b.r.
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Notes: 4 of 6 drawings made in a hotel in Caracas Venezuela, Feb. 1992
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Accession Number: 8585.06
Artist Name: Anderson, Francesca
Life Span: (1946-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: 1992, Francesca Anderson, All Rights Reserved
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Rui de Paraiso
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Medium: pen and ink
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Dimensions (cm): 28.1 x 35.5
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Date of Execution: February, 1992
Place of Execution: Caracas, Venezuela
Signature: Francesca Anderson, b.r.
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Notes: 5 of 6 drawings made in a hotel in Caracas Venezuela, Feb. 1992
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