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The Floral Ghost

2014
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Floral Ghost
  • Author: Susan Orlean (American, born Cleveland, Ohio, 1955)
  • Artist: Simryn Gill (Malaysian, born 1959)
  • Artist: Florian Meisenberg (German, born Berlin, 1980)
  • Artist: Philip Taaffe (American, born Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1955)
  • Artist: Katia Santibañez (French, born Paris, 1964)
  • Artist: Fred Tomaselli (American, born Santa Monica, California, 1956)
  • Artist: Anton Würth (German, born 1957)
  • Date: 2014
  • Medium: Portfolio of six original signed and numbered prints with accompanying essay by Susan Orlean. Photogravure (Gill), digital screenprint with letterpress (Meisenberg), linoleum and woodcut (Santibañez), screenprint and oil pigment (Taaffe), photogram and 5-color screenprint (Tomaselli), engraving (Würth), and letterpress (Orlean)
  • Dimensions: 20 in. x 15 in. (50.8 cm x 38.1 cm) for all except Taaffe, "Palmetto": 16 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Planthouse, 2015
  • Object Number: 2015.743.a–i
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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