Skunk-cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), from "Woodland Portraits" / Jeannette Klute

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Accession Number: 2012/2.14.7
Title: Skunk-cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), 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
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Agah, Class of 1989 (BBA)
Inscription: plate 1 from Woodland Portraits, signed recto, signed and titled mount verso
Dimensions: 31.75 cm x 24.13 cm (12 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in.)
Physical Description: A close-up of skunk cabbage beginning to grow from a reddish tear-drop shaped pod. It is sprouting from a wet, mossy area where snow, still visible in the background, has melted.
Primary Keywords: marsh; plant; snow
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; earth sciences concepts; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; scientific concepts; settlements and landscapes; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena; wetlands
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2374 x 3106
File Size: 987 KB
Record: 2012/2.14.7
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.14.7/2012_2_14_7.jpg

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Full citation: "Skunk-cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), 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-2.14.7/2012_2_14_7.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.