Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 6516
Artist Name: Wickersham, Samuel Morris [attributed to]
Life Span: (1819–1894)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Campanula rotundifolia, Jasminum revolutum''
Taxon:

Campanula rotundifolia Linnaeus, Campanulaceae; Jasminum revolutum Sims, Oleaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 20
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Date of Execution: 1866
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Notes: Artist's notes on reverse.Accession number 6517 is a hand-colored lithograph of a strikingly similar Campanula by an unknown artist.
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Accession Number: 6517
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
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Taxon:

Campanula Linnaeus, Campanulaceae

Description:
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 29 x 23.5
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Notes: On reverse is offset from a page of verse perhaps titled ''Summer.'' Accession no. 6516 is a watercolor of a strikingly similar Campanula (with Jasminum) attributed to Wickersham.
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Accession Number: 6523
Artist Name: Ohta, Yoai
Life Span: (1910-1988)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Itokukuri, Prunus lannesiana Wils. 'fasciculata', Japanse flowering cherry''
Taxon:

Prunus lannesiana (Carrière) E. H. Wilson cv. Fasciculata , Rosaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 44 x 31.5
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Signature: Y. Ohta (b.l.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1977); Yuuga: Contemporary Botanical Watercolors from Japan (2006)
HIBD Publications: Secrest, S. W. and N. A. Howard, comp. 1977. Catalogue [of the] 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 85.; White, J. J. and L. B. Bruno. 2006. Yuuga: Contemporary Botanical Watercolors from Japan. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Cover.
Accession Number: 6524
Artist Name: Goldstein, Daniel
Life Span: (1950–)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Iris at night
Taxon:

Iris Linnaeus, Iridaceae

Description: Iris surrounding pond
Medium: 6 color woodcut
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56.5 x 73.5
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Edition: 91/100
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Signature: Daniel Goldstein (bl)
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Printmaker: Daniel Goldstein
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Accession Number: 6525
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.ca.1837)
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Title: ''Heart's-ease (Viola tricolor.)''
Taxon:
Description: viola
Medium: embossed paper
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Dimensions (cm): 25.5 x 20
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Date of Execution: ca.1834
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Published: Unknown. 1837?. The Sacred Wreath. Philadelphia: Thomas T. Ash and Co.
Printmaker: W. & H. Rock
Notes: [n.d. for publication, but an inscription of 1837 on title page]. With decorative embossed border and poem at bottom of page.
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Accession Number: 6526
Artist Name: Shechter, Ben-Zion
Life Span: (1940-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''The bunchberries leaves''
Taxon:

Cornus Linnaeus, Cornaceae

Description:
Medium: silverpoint
Support: paper
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Image Size: 17.5 x 12.5 each
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Date of Execution: 1983
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Signature: Ben-Zion Shechter (b.l.)
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Notes: Diptych.
HIBD Exhibitions: 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1988)
HIBD Publications: White, J. J. and D. E. Wendel. 1988. Catalogue [of the] 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 109.
Accession Number: 6527
Artist Name: Faust, Jan
Life Span: (1944-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Stalks''
Taxon:

Apium Linnaeus, Apiaceae alt. Umbelliferae

Description:
Medium: graphite
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 18.5 x 19
Image Size: 8 x 7.5
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Date of Execution: 1981
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Signature: Faust (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1988)
HIBD Publications: White, J. J. and D. E. Wendel. 1988. Catalogue [of the ] 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 39.
Accession Number: 6528.1
Artist Name: Vojtech, Anna
Life Span: (1946-)
Nationality: Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) and United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Poetical guide to world of very wild flowers: Bloodroot (Sangunaria [sic, Sanguinaria intended] canadensis)''
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Description: Sanguinaria
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28
Image Size: 17.5 x 12.5
Edition: 6/18
Date of Execution: 1982
Place of Execution:
Signature: Anna Vojtech (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Anna Vojtech
Notes: works not included in the collection were included in the Hunt Institute's 5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1983)
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Accession Number: 6528.2
Artist Name: Vojtech, Anna
Life Span: (1946-)
Nationality: Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) and United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Poetical guide to world of very wild flowers: Lady's slipper (Cypripedium calceolus)''
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Description: Cypripedium
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28
Image Size: 17.5 x 12.5
Edition: 8/18
Date of Execution: 1982
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Signature: Anna Vojtech (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Anna Vojtech
Notes: works not included in the collection were included in the Hunt Institute's 5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1983)
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Accession Number: 6528.3
Artist Name: Vojtech, Anna
Life Span: (1946-)
Nationality: Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) and United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Poetical guide to world of very wild flowers: Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)''
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Description: taraxacum
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28
Image Size: 17.5 x 12.5
Edition: 6/18
Date of Execution: 1982
Place of Execution:
Signature: Anna Vojtech (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Anna Vojtech
Notes: works not included in the collection were included in the Hunt Institute's 5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1983)
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Accession Number: 6528.4
Artist Name: Vojtech, Anna
Life Span: (1946-)
Nationality: Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) and United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Poetical guide to world of very wild flowers: Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucantherum); he loves me, he loves me not''
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Description: chrysanthemum
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28
Image Size: 17.5 x 12.5
Edition: 5/18
Date of Execution: 1982
Place of Execution:
Signature: Anna Vojtech (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Anna Vojtech
Notes: works not included in the collection were included in the Hunt Institute's 5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1983)
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Accession Number: 6528.5
Artist Name: Vojtech, Anna
Life Span: (1946-)
Nationality: Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) and United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Poetical guide to the world of very wild flowers: Sunflower (Helianthus annus)''
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Description: helianthus
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28
Image Size: 17.5 x 12.5
Edition: 9/18
Date of Execution: 1982
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Signature: Anna Vojtech (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Anna Vojtech
Notes: works not included in the collection were included in the Hunt Institute's 5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1983)
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Accession Number: 6528.6
Artist Name: Vojtech, Anna
Life Span: (1946-)
Nationality: Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) and United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Poetical guide to world of very wild flowers: Waterlily (Nymphaea odorata)''
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Description: Nymphaea
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28
Image Size: 17.5 x 12.5
Edition: 3/18
Date of Execution: 1982
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Signature: Anna Vojtech (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Anna Vojtech
Notes: works not included in the collection were included in the Hunt Institute's 5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1983)
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Accession Number: 6528.7
Artist Name: Vojtech, Anna
Life Span: (1946-)
Nationality: Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) and United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Poetical guide to the world of very wild flowers: Forget-me-not! (Myosotis scorpioides)''
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Description: Myosotis
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28
Image Size: 17.5 x 12.5
Edition: 13/15
Date of Execution: 1982
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Signature: Anna Vojtech (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Anna Vojtech
Notes: works not included in the collection were included in the Hunt Institute's 5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1983)
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Accession Number: 6529
Artist Name: Homan, Reinder
Life Span: (1950-)
Nationality: Netherlands
Gender: Male
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Taxon:

Cucurbitaceae

Description:
Medium: etching
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 49.5 x 53
Image Size: 34.5 x 40
Edition: 2/50
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Signature: E. C. Homan (b.l.)
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Printmaker: Reinder Homan
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HIBD Exhibitions: 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1988; Great Expectations, 2016
HIBD Publications: White, J. J. and D. E. Wendel. 1988. Catalogue [of the] 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Pp. 60–61.
Accession Number: 6530
Artist Name: Vegter, Joop C.
Life Span: (1931-2017)
Nationality: Netherlands
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Beech-nut''
Taxon:

Fagus Linnaeus, Fagaceae

Description:
Medium: color mezzotint
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 17 x 16.5
Image Size: 5 x 5
Edition: 11/75
Date of Execution: 1983
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Signature: Joop Vegter (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Joop Vegter
Notes: A work by this artist, not in the Hunt Institute collection, was included in the 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1988.
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Accession Number: 6531
Artist Name: Vegter, Joop C.
Life Span: (1931-2017)
Nationality: Netherlands
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Gooseberries''
Taxon:

Ribes Linnaeus, Saxifragaceae

Description:
Medium: color mezzotint
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 20
Image Size: 10 x 10
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Date of Execution: 1983
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Signature: Joop Vegter (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Joop Vegter
Notes: A work by this artist, not in the Hunt Institute collection, was included in the 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1988.
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Accession Number: 6532
Artist Name: Vegter, Joop C.
Life Span: (1931-2017)
Nationality: Netherlands
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Gras bijnacht''
Taxon:

Poaceae alt. Gramineae

Description:
Medium: color mezzotint
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 27 x 32
Image Size: 15 x 20
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Date of Execution: 1982
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Signature: Joop Vegter (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Joop Vegter
Notes: A work by this artist, not in the Hunt Institute collection, was included in the 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1988.
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Accession Number: 6533
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Datura à fruit lisse. Datura laevis''
Taxon:

Datura Linnaeus, Solanaceae

Description:
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color, finished by hand with color wash
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 33 x 22.5
Image Size: 27.5 x 21.5
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Published: Redouté, P.-J. 1827–1833. Choix de plus Belles Fleurs ... Paris: Ernest Panckoucke.
Printmaker: Victor
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Accession Number: 6534.1
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1900s)
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Title: ''Agapanthus africanus L. Hoffmgg.''
Taxon:

Agapanthus africanus (Linnaeus) Hoffmannsegg, Amaryllidaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 34 x 24
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Signature: BA [?] (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6534.2
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1900s)
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Title: ''Berberis thunbergii D.C.''
Taxon:

Berberis thunbergii de Candolle, Berberidaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 36.5 x 20.5
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Signature: BA [?] (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6534.3
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1900s)
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Title: ''Iris germanica L.''
Taxon:

Iris germanica Linnaeus, Iridaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 37 x 20.5
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Accession Number: 6534.4
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1900s)
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Title: ''Oncidium papilio''
Taxon:

Oncidium papilio Lindley, Orchidaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 34 x 24
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Accession Number: 6534.5
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1900s)
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Title: ''Phlox paniculata L.''
Taxon:

Phlox paniculata Linnaeus, Polemoniaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 33.5 x 24
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Accession Number: 6534.6
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1900s)
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Title: ''Potamogeton perfoliatus L.''
Taxon:

Potamogeton perfoliatus Linnaeus, Potamogetonaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 36.5 x 20.5
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