Goldenrod, Gone to Seed
Artist
Bertha E. Jaques
(American, 1863 - 1941)
Dateca. 1906-1908
MediumCyanotype
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 x 5 inches (36.83 x 12.7 cm)
Framed: 25 1/8 x 14 1/4 inches (63.82 x 36.2 cm)
Framed: 25 1/8 x 14 1/4 inches (63.82 x 36.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4044
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Rotation 6. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, July 13 – December 7, 2009, no cat.
Cabinet of Curiosities: Photography & Specimens. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 12 , 2012- February 10, 2013, no cat.
Bertha Jaques, a Chicago printmaker and member of the Wild Flower Preservation Society, created more than 1,000 cyanotype photograms of botanical specimens. While often made as studies for her etchings, these were also exhibited as independent works of art at the Art Institute of Chicago and elsewhere. These elegant shadow-images, made without a camera by placing the plant specimens directly on light-sensitive paper, occupy a middle ground between the realms of abstraction and documentary.
Information about a particular artwork or image, including provenance information,
is based upon historic information and may not be currently accurate or complete.
Research on artwork and images is an ongoing process, and the information about a
particular artwork or image may not reflect the most current information available to the Museum.
If you notice a mistake or have additional information about a particular artwork or image,
please e-mail provenance@nelson-atkins.org.
