Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8583.176
Artist Name: Stroobant, L.
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Pyrethrum delhyi Hortul.
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Description: Three pink flowers on stem; also leafy stem included
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 25.7 x 18
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Published: Lemaire, Charles Antoine. 1855. L'Illustration horticole : journal spécial des serres et des jardins, ou choix raisonné des plantes les plus intérressantes sous le rapport ornemental, comprenant leur histoire complete…Gand: Verschaffelt. Vol. 2. Pl. 58.
Printmaker: Stroobant
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Accession Number: 8583.177
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Yellow Egg
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Description: Cluster of yellow 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 "Yellow Egg" variety of plum from a late 19th century/early 20th century nurserymen’s catalog produced by Stecher, NY. Have found examples also by Stecher with same name and text but slightly different image composition
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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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Description: Flowering plant with two full blooms and one bloom still in bud; flowers are yellow with many petals
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
Description: Sculpture of two stalks of mushroom with red caps with white spots
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
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Title: Amanita muscaria (Eastern fly agaric)
Taxon: Amanita muscaria (Linnaeus) Lamarck, Amanitaceae
Description: Sculpture of two stalks of mushroom with yellow caps and white spots
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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
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Title: Coprinus comatus (Shaggy manes or Lawyer’s wig)
Taxon: Coprinus comatus (O. F. Müller) Persoon, Agaricaceae
Description: Sculpture of several stalks of mushroom at various stages, including smaller, paler ones with more conical caps and the end stage with an unfurled cap turned blue-black
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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
Description: Sculpture of three stalks of mushrooms with darker gray caps, accompanied by many stalks of smaller mushrooms that are pale
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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
Description: Sculpture of several stalks of fungus with long, sponge-like caps, with many ridges and pits
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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
Description: Sculpture of several stalks of pale orange mushrooms
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
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Title: Mycena polygramma
Taxon: Mycena polygramma (Bulliard) Gray, Mycenaceae
Description: Sculpture of several stalks of gray-capped mushrooms growing out of piece of bark
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
Description: Sculpture of small red-cup fungus growing on bark
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
Description: Sculpture of single mushroom stalk topped with a pale-blue/gray/white cap with spots at the crown
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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
Description: Sculpture of four red-capped mushroom stalks emerging from mossy base
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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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Description: Monochromatic; several stems of oxalis plant with leaves and buds
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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Description: Monochromatic; three flowering stems with details of flower parts
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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Description: Monochromatic; three flowering stems
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
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Title: Two Crossed Strelitzia
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Description: Monochromatic; two flowering stems crossed
Medium: pen and ink
Support: paper, Strathmore
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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