Spider Lily, c. 1905-1917
Edna Boies Hopkinsexpand_more
Color woodcutexpand_more
Gift of Julia Meech in honor of Kaywin Feldman in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Minneapolis Institute of Artsexpand_more 2015.54
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The American painter and printmaker Edna Boies Hopkins produced bright Modernist color woodcuts. After studying art in Cincinnati (Art Academy) and New York (Pratt Institute), she moved to Paris where she lived nearly a decade, remaining until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. She also traveled to Japan to study Japanese printmaking.
Hopkins particularly excelled in the subject of flowers. Her depiction of this bouquet of spider lilies exemplifies her approach. In her hands, flowers become a bold, organic abstraction full of movement—here the white ribbon-like petals resemble fleeting fireworks.
Details
- Title
- Spider Lily
- Artist Life
- 1872–1937
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.54
- Provenance
- [Mary Ryan Gallery, New York (until 1990; sold to Meech)]; Julia Meech, New York (1990-2015); given to MIA
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Vasseur 62
- Curator Approved
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