Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), from "Woodland Portraits" / Jeannette Klute
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.14.18
- Title
- Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), from "Woodland Portraits"
- Artist
- Jeannette Klute
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917-2009
- Medium and Support
- vintage dye transfer print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Inscription
- plate 47 from Woodland Portraits
- Dimensions
- 31.12 cm x 24.13 cm (12 1/4 in. x 9 1/2 in.)
- Physical Description
- An abstracted image of a milkweed plant. Two blossoms in the center, facing opposite directions, create white halo-like shapes around their dark, oblong centers. The bottom of the image has a white streak, while the rest of the print is composed of dark, ink-like background speckled with yellow and reddish out of focus shapes.
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- Rights
- If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2375 x 2994
- File Size
- 952 KB
- Record
- 2012/2.14.18
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.14.18/2012_2_14_18.jpg
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"Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), from "Woodland Portraits"; Jeannette Klute." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.14.18/2012_2_14_18.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.