In Focus: Photographing Plants

Planned to complement the exhibition of Peter Moriarity’s photographs, this show draws from the Museum’s photography collection and features plant pictures from the 20th and 21st centuries. Represented artists include Tom Baril, Paul Caponigro, Imogen Cunningham, Alida Fish, and Erica Lennard.

Screen Spectrum, 1981, printed 2016. Darryl J. Curran (born 1935). Inkjet archival pigment print from in camera color separated black and white negatives, image: 20 13/16 × 16 7/8 inches, sheet: 24 × 20 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2018. © Darryl J. Curran.

Windy Scene with Tree, 1900. William B. Post (1857–1921). Platinum print, sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/8 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of Robert D. LeBeau, 2007.

Tontine, 1988-1989. Norinne Betjemann (born 1959). Hand colored gelatin silver print, 36 1/2 x 51 1/2 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Louisa du Pont Copeland Memorial Fund, 1989. © Norinne Betjemann.

Walking with Pygmalion #10, 1998. Alida Fish (born 1944). Toned photograph; digitally altered photograph, image: 19 3/8 × 15 7/16 inches, sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 7/8 inches. Delaware Art Museum, F. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 2000. © Alida Fish.

Snow Covered Branches, 1905. William B. Post (American photographer, 1857–1921). Platinum print, sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 7/16 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of Robert D. LeBeau, 2007.

Untitled (flower), 1976. Morris Brown II (born 1946). Gelatin silver print, image: 15 3/4 × 9 7/8 inches, sheet: 20 × 16 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2015. © Morris Brown II.

Framed Birch Tree, 2015. Joyce Tenneson (born 1945). Archival pigment print on premium metallic paper, image: 39 1/2 × 49 1/2 inches, sheet: 44 × 53 3/4 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of Sonia Shah & Dr. Rahul Shah, 2017. © Joyce Tenneson

Bleeding Heart Mask, 1976. Walter Chappell (1925–2000). Gelatin silver print, sheet: 13 3/8 × 10 9/16 inches, support: 19 15/16 × 16 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Purchased through funds provided by Mrs. Charles F. Richards and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency, 1979. © Walter Chappell Archive.

Hay and space, 2013, Caleb Cain Marcus (born 1978). Archival pigment print, image: 22 × 29 1/4 inches, sheet: 24 × 31 1/4 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of Daniel C. Tomson, 2019. © Caleb Cain Marcus

Trees, human, water, earth and space, 2013. Caleb Cain Marcus (born 1978). Archival pigment print, image: 29 1/4 × 22 inches, sheet: 31 1/4 × 24 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of Daniel C. Tomson, 2019. © Caleb Cain Marcus.

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