Calceolaria
Artist
Betty Hahn
(American, born 1940)
Date1980
Mediumdye diffusion prints (Polaroid Polacolor II)
DimensionsImage: 24 1/2 × 20 5/8 in. (62.2 × 52.4 cm)
Support (1): 29 3/4 × 22 in. (75.6 × 55.9 cm)
Support (2): 26 1/4 × 21 1/2 in. (66.7 × 54.6 cm)
Support (1): 29 3/4 × 22 in. (75.6 × 55.9 cm)
Support (2): 26 1/4 × 21 1/2 in. (66.7 × 54.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Betty Hahn, 2014
Object number2014.5.2
DescriptionBotanical composition with leaf, 2 sprigs, and 3 separate blossoms on on a sheet of paper with botanical illustrations of the flower and its parts.eMuseum Notes
Playing off against the classic romantic overtones of floral subject matter, Betty Hahn instead creates a more clinical examination of flowers in her Botanical Layout series. Working at a time when many female artists were revisiting crafts and subject matter traditionally associated with women, Hahn tackles the delicate realm of flowers with a clinical eye. Placing them in a scientific context, the artist removes their symbolic and decorative overtones to create both an instruction manual and a memento mori.
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