Michelle Stuart
American painter and sculptor, born 1933
Gingko-Biloba
1994
Monotype on wove paper
16 1/2 x 21 inches (41.91 x 53.34 centimeters)
Purchase: SOTA Print Fund, 1997.
1997.020.000

The American artist Michelle Stuart has employed many media to create a diverse body of work, from monumental earth works to paintings and sculpture that incorporate natural materials from the sites that inspired them. The monotype Gingko-Biloba resembles a page from a nineteenth-century herbarium (collection of pressed and dried botanical samples). It can be seen as a reflection of the artist's interest in nature, natural history, and mankind's impact on the environment.