Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 4614.5
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Amanita muscaria''
Taxon:
Amanita muscaria (Linnaeus) Lamarck, Fungi, Agaricaceae to Amanitaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28 x 21
Image Size: 23 x 15
Edition:
Date of Execution: ca.1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1970. Mushrooms, Wood Engravings in Color. Elfriede Abbe.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
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Accession Number: 4614.6
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Boletus''
Taxon:
Boletus Linnaeus, Fungi, Boletaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 27 x 21.5
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ca.1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1970. Mushrooms, Wood Engravings in Color. Elfriede Abbe.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: Each of the 100 sets in this edition consists of 8 signed prints on japanese and european papers.
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Accession Number: 4614.7
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Lactarius''
Taxon:
Lactarius Persoon, Russulaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 27 x 21.5
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ca.1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: Elfriede Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1970. Mushrooms, Wood Engravings in Color. Elfriede Abbe.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: Each of the 100 sets in this edition consists of 8 signed prints on japanese and european papers.
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Accession Number: 4614.8
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Violet Cortinarius''
Taxon:
Cortinarius (Persoon) S. F. Gray, Fungi, Agaricaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 27 x 21.5
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ca.1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1970. Mushrooms, Wood Engravings in Color. Elfriede Abbe.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: Each of the 100 sets in this edition consists of 8 signed prints on japanese and european papers.
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Accession Number: 4615.1
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Still life with wrack''
Taxon:
Fucus Linnaeus, Phaeophyta, Fucaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving, 2-color with printed background
Support: japanese torinoko paper
Dimensions (cm): 27 x 39.5
Image Size: 21.5 x 31
Edition: 12/50
Date of Execution: ca.1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: Elfriede Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1970 Shore imprints. [Portfolio of five wood engravings featuring coastal plants.]
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 3.
Accession Number: 4615.2
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Still life with bayberry''
Taxon:
Myrica Linnaeus, Myricaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving, 2-color with printed background
Support: japanese torinoko paper
Dimensions (cm): 27 x 39.5
Image Size: 22 x 30.5
Edition: 12/50
Date of Execution: ca.1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: Elfriede Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1970 Shore imprints. [Portfolio of five wood engravings featuring coastal plants.]
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 3.
Accession Number: 4615.3
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Gull skull and Salicornia''
Taxon:
Salicornia Linnaeus, Chenopodiaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving, 2-color with printed background
Support: japanese torinoko paper
Dimensions (cm): 39.5 x 27
Image Size: 29.5 x 20
Edition: 12/50
Date of Execution: ca.1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: Elfriede Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1970 Shore imprints. [Portfolio of five wood engravings featuring coastal plants.]
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
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Accession Number: 4615.4
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Sweet fern and crow bones''
Taxon:
Myrica Linnaeus, Myricaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving, 2-color with printed background
Support: japanese torinoko paper
Dimensions (cm): 39.5 x 27.5
Image Size: 25.5 x 18
Edition: 12/50
Date of Execution: ca.1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: Elfriede Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1970 Shore imprints. [Portfolio of five wood engravings featuring coastal plants.]
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 4615.5
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Scrub oak''
Taxon:
Quercus, Linnaeus Fagaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving, 2-color with printed background
Support: japanese torinoko paper
Dimensions (cm): 39.5 x 27
Image Size: 30.5 x 22.5
Edition: 12/50
Date of Execution: ca.1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: Elfriede Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1970 Shore imprints. [Portfolio of five wood engravings featuring coastal plants.]
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
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Accession Number: 4616
Artist Name: Zwinger, Ann Haymond (Mrs. Herman H.)
Life Span: (1925-2014)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the estate of the artist
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Title: ''Aconite - Aconitum columbiana''
Taxon:
Aconitum columbianum Nuttall, Ranunculaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 14
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: A. Zwinger (b.c.)
Published: Zwinger, A. H. 1970. Beyond the Aspen Grove. New York: Random House. P. 93 (in part). Pl. 19.
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Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 182.
Accession Number: 4617
Artist Name: Zwinger, Ann Haymond (Mrs. Herman H.)
Life Span: (1925-2014)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Sedge (Carex aquatilis)''
Taxon:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenberg, Cyperaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 28
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1968
Place of Execution:
Signature: Ann Zwinger (b.r.)
Published: Zwinger, A. H. 1970. Beyond the Aspen Grove. New York: Random House. P. 51. [Pl. 5.]
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Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 182.
Accession Number: 4618
Artist Name: Zwinger, Ann Haymond (Mrs. Herman H.)
Life Span: (1925-2014)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Mountain juniper (Juniperus communis)''
Taxon:
Juniperus communis Linnaeus, Pinaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 14.5 x 20
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: A. Zwinger (b.c.)
Published: Zwinger, A. H. 1970. Beyond the Aspen Grove. New York: Random House. P. 236. [Title page and pl. 60.]
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Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 182.
Accession Number: 4619
Artist Name: Poole, Monica
Life Span: (1921-2003)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: Foxgloves
Taxon:
Digitalis Linnaeus, Scrophulariaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 15.5
Image Size: 20 x 10.5
Edition: 6/60
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Monica Poole (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker: Monica Poole
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 4620
Artist Name: Angel, Marie Felicity
Life Span: (1923-2010)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit:
Title: ''Germander, Teucrium chamaedrys''
Taxon:
Teucrium Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 15 x 11.5
Image Size: 6.5 x 7
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1970
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published:
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Notes: Letter G of abecedarium series commissioned by Hunt Institute.
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 4624
Artist Name: Borkowsky-Braendlin, Hanni (Mrs. Hans)
Life Span: (1902-1991)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Bluhende Walnuss''
Taxon:
Juglans Linnaeus, Juglandaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 34.5 x 28.5
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1968
Place of Execution:
Signature: Hanni Borkowsky-Braendlin (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 16.
Accession Number: 4625
Artist Name: Borkowsky-Braendlin, Hanni (Mrs. Hans)
Life Span: (1902-1991)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Kirschblüten''
Taxon:
Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 25
Image Size: 21 x 13
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Hanni Borkowsky-Braendlin (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 4626
Artist Name: Iselin-Gueydan, Sophie
Life Span: (1902-)
Nationality: France and Switzerland
Gender: Female
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Credit:
Title:
Taxon:
Jacaranda, Bignoniaceae
Description: fruits
Medium: colored pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 31.5
Image Size: 23.5 x 28
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1960
Place of Execution:
Signature: SI (b.l.)
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 4627
Artist Name: Iselin-Gueydan, Sophie
Life Span: (1902-?)
Nationality: France and Switzerland
Gender: Female
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Title:
Taxon:
Pinus Linnaeus, Pinaceae
Description: cone
Medium: colored pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28.5 x 37.5
Image Size: 25 x 29
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: SI (t.r.)
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 82.
Accession Number: 4628
Artist Name: Iselin-Gueydan, Sophie
Life Span: (1902-?)
Nationality: France and Switzerland
Gender: Female
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Title:
Taxon:
Robinia Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description:
Medium: colored pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 29 x 23
Image Size:
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Date of Execution: 1963
Place of Execution:
Signature: SI (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 4629
Artist Name: Iselin-Gueydan, Sophie
Life Span: (1902-?)
Nationality: France and Switzerland
Gender: Female
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Title:
Taxon:
Tillandsia Linnaeus, Bromeliaceae
Description:
Medium: colored pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 31
Image Size:
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Date of Execution: 1960
Place of Execution:
Signature: SI (t.l.)
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Accession Number: 4630
Artist Name: Iselin-Gueydan, Sophie
Life Span: (1902-?)
Nationality: France and Switzerland
Gender: Female
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Title:
Taxon:
Description: autumn leaves
Medium: colored pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 14 x 18.5
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Date of Execution: 1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: SI (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 4631.01
Artist Name: Aronson, Grambs Miller
Life Span: (1916-2010)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Credit:
Title:
Taxon:
Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 25
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Date of Execution: 1953
Place of Execution:
Signature: Grambs (b.c.)
Published: Wright, V. P. 1967. So You Want to Grow Roses. Barre, MA: Barre Publishers. Title page (in part) and cover (in part).
Printmaker:
Notes: Also preparation sketches for black, green, grey and brown plates.
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 115.
Accession Number: 4631.02
Artist Name: Aronson, Grambs Miller
Life Span: (1916-2010)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Credit:
Title: ''Green plastic bag with protective earth mound''
Taxon:
Description: planting
Medium: ink
Support: tracing paper
Dimensions (cm): 2 sheets, each 13.5 x 19.5
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Signature:
Published: Wright, V. P. 1967. So You Want to Grow Roses. Barre, MA: Barre Publishers. P. 56.
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Notes: Two sheets, one indicating image to be printed in black, the other in green. Red overlay drawing shows plastic bag around branches.
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Accession Number: 4631.03
Artist Name: Aronson, Grambs Miller
Life Span: (1916-2010)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Credit:
Title: ''Cut container. Carefully remove cover. Place in hole, tamp soil - and water''
Taxon:
Description: planting
Medium: ink
Support: tracing paper
Dimensions (cm): 2 sheets, each 15 x 22
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Published: Wright, V. P. 1967. So You Want to Grow Roses. Barre, MA: Barre Publishers. Pp. 58–59.
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Notes: Two sheets, one for image to be printed in black, the other in green. Red overlay shows plastic pot being cut away and material around planting.
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Accession Number: 4631.04
Artist Name: Aronson, Grambs Miller
Life Span: (1916-2010)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Credit:
Title: ''Fan-shaped nozzle''
Taxon:
Description: watering
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 2 sheets, each 19 x 12.5
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Signature:
Published: Wright, V. P. 1967. So You Want to Grow Roses. Barre, MA: Barre Publishers. P. 69.
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Notes: Two sheets, one indicating image to be printed in black, the other in green. Red overlay shows material cleared away from water spray.
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