Gladiola
Artist
Betty Hahn
(American, born 1940)
Date1988
Mediumdye diffusion prints (Polaroid Polacolor II)
DimensionsImage: 24 1/4 × 20 7/8 in. (61.6 × 53 cm)
Support (1): 28 3/8 × 21 15/16 in. (72.1 × 55.7 cm)
Support (2): 26 3/8 × 21 5/8 in. (67 × 54.9 cm)
Mat: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
Support (1): 28 3/8 × 21 15/16 in. (72.1 × 55.7 cm)
Support (2): 26 3/8 × 21 5/8 in. (67 × 54.9 cm)
Mat: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Betty Hahn, 2014
Object number2014.5.4
DescriptionBotanical composition with two gladiola stalks, two blooms, and one loose bud on a sheet of paper with botanical illustrations of the flower and its parts. Flowers are red, orange, and lavender.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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