The Art of Seaweed...

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The Art of Seaweed
in the Abstract in
Art Museums
By three women and five men, from France,
Japan, Scotland, Sweden, and the US.
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Georgia O'Keeffe,
Jennifer Bartlett, Henri Matisse,
Kubo Shunman, Philip Taaffe,
Roderick Mead, and
Anders Zorn

1
Froth and Seaweed
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004), British, Scottish
Oil on paper, H 26.8 x W 37.8 cm, 1945
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust,
Edinburgh, Scotland

2
Abstraction Seaweed and Water - Maine
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) American
Pastel on paper, 18" x 28" (w x h), 1920
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM

3
Study for Swimmers Atlanta: Seaweed
Jennifer Bartlett 1941- 2022), American
Watercolor, enamel, pen and ink, and
pencil on paper, 20" x 20" (w x h), 1979
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

4
Lagoon (Le Lagon)
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) French
Pochoir (a stencil process for making colored prints
 or adding color to a printed key illustration)
from an illustrated book with twenty pochoirs,
24" x 16" (w x h), the book Jazz published in 1947
Publisher, Tériade, Pari, Limited Edition of 250
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

5
Three Types of Seaweed
(Umihôzuki, miru, arame)
Kubo Shunman (1757-1820), Japanese
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper,
7" x 8" (w x h), circa mid-1810s
from the series Comparisons of Seaweed
for the Kasumi Circle
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

6
Composition with Seaweed
Philip Taaffe (1955- ), American
Silkscreened oil on acrylic on canvas,
114" x 86" (w s h), 2000
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

7
Rockweed, Kelp and Net
Roderick Mead (1900-1971), American
Relief etching and aquatint on paper,
17" x 12" (w x h), circa 1950-1970
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

8
Seaweed
Anders Zorn (1860-1920), Swedish
Etching on paper, 3" x 5" (w x h), 1910
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL