Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 6680
Artist Name: Sawyer, Renata
Life Span: (1933-)
Nationality: Germany and United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:

Poa pratensis Linnaeus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

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Medium: nature print
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 48.5 x 31
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Date of Execution: 1985
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Signature: Renata Sawyer (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6681
Artist Name: Sawyer, Renata
Life Span: (1933-)
Nationality: Germany and United States
Gender: Female
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Poa pratensis Linnaeus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

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Medium: nature print
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 73 x 37.5
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Date of Execution: 1985
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Signature: Renata Sawyer (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6682
Artist Name: Sawyer, Renata
Life Span: (1933-)
Nationality: Germany and United States
Gender: Female
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Poa pratensis Linnaeus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

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Medium: nature print
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 61.5 x 25
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Date of Execution: 1985
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Signature: Renata Sawyer (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6683
Artist Name: Viana de Paula, Vania Aida
Life Span: (1943-)
Nationality: Brazil
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Sterculia sp.''
Taxon:

Sterculia Linnaeus, Sterculiaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38.5 x 28
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Signature: Vania Aida (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6684
Artist Name: Breeden, Paul M.
Life Span: (1942-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''A bamboo sampler. Bambusa vulgaris var. striata (green striped), Phyllostachys nigra (black), Ochlandra stridula var. maculata (mottled), P. aurea (golden), Dendrocalamus giganteus (giant), Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (square), P. pubecens var. heterocycla (tortoiseshell)''
Taxon:

Bambusa vulgaris H. A. Schrader, Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Franceschi) Makino, Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro, Ochlandra stridula Thwaites, Phyllostachys nigra (Loddiges ex Lindley) Munro, P. aurea Rivière and C. Rivière, P. edulis (Carrière) J. Houzeau de Lehaie, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

Description: stem sections
Medium: gouache
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35.8 x 43.5
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Date of Execution: 1979
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Signature: Paul M. Breeden (b.r.)
Published: Marden, L. Bamboo, the giant grass. Natl. Geogr. Mag. 158(4): 502-529.
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Notes: Commissioned by The National Geographic Society, which retains all reproduction rights.
HIBD Exhibitions: 5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1983)
HIBD Publications: White, J. J. and D. E. Wendel. 1983. Catalogue [of the] 5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Pp. 20–21.
Accession Number: 6685
Artist Name: Lurcat [Lurçat], Jean
Life Span: (1892–1966)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Fleurs décoratives''
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Description: flowers
Medium: serigraph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 72 x 53
Image Size: 57.5 x 42.5
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Printmaker: Daniel Jacomet Éditeur, Paris
Notes: Design for a tapestry.
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Accession Number: 6686
Artist Name: Booth-Owen, Mary Ann [now Booth Cabot, Mary]
Life Span: (1942-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Dendrobium dream''
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Description: dendrobium
Medium: lithograph, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 80.7 x 56
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Date of Execution: 1981
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Printmaker: Booth Cabot, Mary
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HIBD Exhibitions: 5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1983)
HIBD Publications: White, J. J. and D. E. Wendel. 1983. Catalogue [of the] 5th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 18.
Accession Number: 6688
Artist Name: Spaendonck, Cornelis van
Life Span: (1756-1840)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Description: peonies, roses, poppy, etc. in basket with grapes, pineapple, birds, nest
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Dimensions (cm): 90 x 71
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HIBD Exhibitions: Flora's Lexicon (2011)
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Accession Number: 6692.001
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title:
Taxon:

Asteraceae alt. Compositae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 19
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Notes: Volume 1 of 3 volumes which may be for Iwasaki Tsunemasa, Honzo Zufu.
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Accession Number: 6692.002
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title:
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Araliaceae ?; Apiaceae alt. Umbelliferae ?

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 19
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Accession Number: 6692.003
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 19
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Accession Number: 6692.004
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: Cirsium nipponicum (Maxim.) Mak. [binomial noted in Honz? zufu]
Taxon:

Cirsium Miller, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 19
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Notes: Volume 1 of 3 volumes which may be for Kan’en Iwasaki (1786–1842) and Iida Yoshitar?, Honz? zufu = Ben cao tu pu (Tokyo: Honz? Zufu Kankokai, 1916) Comparable to v.12, p. 13 [as titled] See: Bartlett and Shohara, Japanese Botany During the Period of Wood-block Printing (Los Angeles, 1961, pp. 63, 64 and p. 131.)
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Accession Number: 6692.005
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title:
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Anacardiaceae ?

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 19
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Accession Number: 6692.006
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Geraniaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 19
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Accession Number: 6692.007
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title:
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Dicotyledoneae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 19
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Accession Number: 6692.008
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title:
Taxon:

Anacardiaceae ?

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 19
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Accession Number: 6692.009
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title:
Taxon:

Dicotyledoneae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 26 x 19
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Accession Number: 6692.011
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: Urahimasou
Taxon:

Arisaema thunbergii subsp. urashima (H. Hara) H. Ohashi and J. Murata, Araceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 26
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Notes: Volume 1 of 3 volumes which may be for Kan’en Iwasaki (1786–1842) and Iida Yoshitar?, Honz? zufu = Ben cao tu pu (Tokyo: Honz? Zufu Kankokai, 1916); Comparable to v.19, p. 17 [as titled], [Arisaema thunbergii Blume [binomial noted in Honz? zufu] Our image spans accession two pages.; See: Bartlett and Shohara, Japanese Botany During the Period of Wood-block Printing (Los Angeles, 1961, pp. 63, 64 and p. 131.)
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Accession Number: 6692.013
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: Musashiabumi
Taxon:

Arisaema ringens Schott, Araceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 26
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Notes: Volume 1 of 3 volumes which may be for Kan’en Iwasaki (1786–1842) and Iida Yoshitar?, Honz? zufu = Ben cao tu pu (Tokyo: Honz? Zufu Kankokai, 1916); Comparable to v. 19, p. 22 [as titled] Arisaema ringens Schott. var. praecox Engl. [binomial noted in Honz? zufu]; Our image spans two pages. See: Bartlett and Shohara, Japanese Botany During the Period of Wood-block Printing (Los Angeles, 1961, pp. 63, 64 and p. 131.)
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Accession Number: 6692.015
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: Oohange [big Hange]
Taxon:

Pinellia tripartita Schott, Araceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 26
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Notes: Volume 1 of 3 volumes which may be for Kan’en Iwasaki (1786–1842) and Iida Yoshitar?, Honz? zufu = Ben cao tu pu (Tokyo: Honz? Zufu Kankokai, 1916); Comparable to v. 19, p. 25 (opposite of numbered page) [as titled]: Pinellia tripartia Schott. forma [binomial noted in Honz? zufu] •Our image spans two pages.; See: Bartlett and Shohara, Japanese Botany During the Period of Wood-block Printing (Los Angeles, 1961, pp. 63, 64 and p. 131.)
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Accession Number: 6692.016
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: Murasakibana Hange [purple color flower Hange]
Taxon:

Pinellia ternata (Thunberg) Makino, Araceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 19
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Notes: Volume 1 of 3 volumes which may be for Kan’en Iwasaki (1786–1842) and Iida Yoshitar?, Honz? zufu = Ben cao tu pu (Tokyo: Honz? Zufu Kankokai, 1916); Comparable to v.19, p. 25 [as titled] Pinellia ternata Breitenb. [binomial noted in Honz? zufu]; See: Bartlett and Shohara, Japanese Botany During the Period of Wood-block Printing (Los Angeles, 1961, pp. 63, 64 and p. 131.)
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Accession Number: 6692.017
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: Hange
Taxon:

Pinellia ternata (Thunberg) Makino, Araceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 19
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Notes: Volume 1 of 3 volumes which may be for Kan’en Iwasaki (1786–1842) and Iida Yoshitar?, Honz? zufu = Ben cao tu pu (Tokyo: Honz? Zufu Kankokai, 1916); Comparable to v.10, p. 24 (opposite numbered page)[as titled] Pinellia ternata [binomial noted in Honz? zufu] See: Bartlett and Shohara, Japanese Botany During the Period of Wood-block Printing (Los Angeles, 1961, pp. 63, 64 and p. 131.)
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Accession Number: 6692.018
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: Pinellia ternata Breitenb. forma angustata Mak. [binomial noted in Honz? zufu]
Taxon:

Pinellia Tenore, Araceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 19
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Notes: Volume 1 of 3 volumes which may be for Kan’en Iwasaki (1786–1842) and Iida Yoshitar?, Honz? zufu = Ben cao tu pu (Tokyo: Honz? Zufu Kankokai, 1916) Comparable to v.19, p. 24 [as titled] See: Bartlett and Shohara, Japanese Botany During the Period of Wood-block Printing (Los Angeles, 1961, pp. 63, 64 and p. 131.)
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Accession Number: 6692.019
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title:
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Dicotyledoneae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 26 x 19
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Accession Number: 6692.021
Artist Name: Okada, Seifuku
Life Span: (fl.ca.1830)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title:
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Dicotyledoneae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 26 x 38
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