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Isabella Kirkland, American, born 1954
2003; printed 2006
Ink jet print
29/50
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Patricia Hewett and Dale C. Christensen, Class of 1969
© Isabella Kirkland
2011.17.5
Portfolio / Series Title
Taxa
Printer
Nicholas Widman, Electric Works, San Franciso
Publisher
Feature Inc., New York
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Label
This print after a meticulously painted still life by Isabella Kirkland draws inspiration from luxuriant 17th-century Dutch still lifes and the longstanding tradition of artist-naturalists. Back depicts 48 species of flora and fauna that either were nearly extinguished but judiciously restored or were believed to be extinct and later rediscovered. The recovery of some of the specimens offers hope that timely, carefully planned human actions can revive threatened plants or animals. Although in our own area numerous bird species are in decline, revitalized local species include the bald eagle and peregrine falcon (their eggs are among those seen in the print’s foreground).
From the 2022 exhibition This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, curated by Jami C. Powell, Curator of Indigenous Art; Barbara J. MacAdam, former Jonathan L. Cohen Curator of American Art; Thomas H. Price, former Curatorial Assistant; Morgan E. Freeman, former DAMLI Native American Art Fellow; and Michael Hartman, Jonathan Little Cohen Associate Curator of American Art
Course History
REL 37, Animal Rights in Religion, Catherine Randall, Winter 2013
REL 37, Animal Rights in Religion, Catherine Randall, Winter 2014
COLT 49, Beasts on the Page, Paul Carranza, Spring 2014
WRIT 5, After Humans, Christian Haines, Winter 2015
SART 31/SART 72, Painting II/III, Jennifer Caine, Winter 2020
ANTH 50.17, Rites of Passage, Sienna Craig, Spring 2020
ANTH 7.05, Animals and Humans, Laura Ogden, Winter 2022
GEOG 31.01, Postcolonial Geographies, Erin Collins, Winter 2022
ANTH 50.05, Environmental Archaeology, Madeleine McLeester, Winter 2022
ANTH 50.05, Environmental Archaeology, Madeleine McLeester, Winter 2022
ARTH 5.01, Introduction to Contemporary Art, Mary Coffey and Chad Elias, Winter 2022
ANTH 3.01, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Chelsey Kivland, Summer 2022
ANTH 3.01, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Chelsey Kivland, Summer 2022
SPAN 65.15, Wonderstruck: Archives and the Production of Knowledge in an Unequal World, Silvia Spitta and Barbara Goebel, Summer 2022
Exhibition History
This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 12 - July 22, 2022.
Provenance
Booklyn Artists Alliance, Brooklyn, New York; sold to present collection, 2011.
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