Regiones Botanicas de la Tierra: Antilles No. 1
Artist
Susan Davidoff
(American, born 1953)
Date2001-02
Mediumfive-color lithograph with hand-applied pigment and tissue collage
DimensionsImage: 42 × 29 1/2 in. (106.7 × 74.9 cm)
Support: 42 × 29 1/2 in. (106.7 × 74.9 cm)
Support: 42 × 29 1/2 in. (106.7 × 74.9 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Herzstein Family Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2023
Object number2023.3.2
DescriptionBotanical images in black (pine cones, flowers, other plant parts) over a waas of blues, lavender, orange and green. A square floats at the viewer's lower right (proper left) and another at the top right.eMuseum Notes
Susan Davidoff draws inspiration from nature walks, during which she collects, sketches, and photographs plant life. She attempts to translate the perceived energy of plants into works such as Regiones Botanicas de la Tierra: Antilles No. 1. In this series, Davidoff explores the flora of the Antilles, an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea that includes Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. She combines drawings of native plants with botanical illustrations, a world map, and rubbings of earth that evoke a sense of place.
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