Hilma af Klint : what stands behind the flowers /

Across the spring and summer seasons of 1919 and 1920, Swedish artist Hilma af Klint engaged in a period of intense observation of nature, venturing into forests and fields and drawing the flowers she found there. The resulting 46 sheets comprise her Nature Studies portfolio, recently acquired by th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hauptman, Jodi (Author, Curator)
Other Authors:	Lajer-Burcharth, Ewa (Contributor), Neufeld, Laura (Contributor), Struwe, Lena, 1967- (Contributor), Roberts, Rebecca, 1977- (Editor), Lowry, Glenn D. (writer of foreword.), Klint, Hilma af, 1862-1944
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Museum of Modern Art, [2025].
Subjects:	Klint, Hilma af, > 1862-1944 > Exhibitions Klint, Hilma af, > 1862-1944. > Nature studies. Drawing, Swedish > 20th century > Exhibitions. Watercolor painting, Swedish > 20th century > Exhibitions. Botanical illustration > Sweden > 20th century > Exhibitions. Drawing. Painting. Botany. Art of nature.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry
Note to the reader
The Nature Studies portfolio : an attempt to explain what stands behind the flowers / Hilma af Klint
Plates
Hilma af Klint's flora / Jodi Hauptman
Plates
The botanical world of Hilma af Klint / Lena Struwe
Hilma af Klint : botany reimagined / Ewa Lajer-Burcharth
Daily practice : materials and methods in Hilma af Klint's Nature Studies / Laura Neufeld
Checklist of the exhibition.