Penny Cerling
Lily of the Nile Seeds

Lily of the Nile Seeds
Lily of the Nile Seeds
Lily of the Nile Seeds
ArtistAmerican, born 1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Lily of the Nile Seeds
  • from the portfolio Seed Packet
Date1986–1987
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumEtching and aquatint in blue, orange, and black on wove paper, edition 6/12
DimensionsPlate: 3 13/16 × 3 3/4 in. (9.7 × 9.5 cm)
 Sheet: 8 13/16 × 8 13/16 in. (22.4 × 22.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Clinton T. Willour in honor of the marriage of Marilyn Zeitlin and David Folkman
Object number89.316.1
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 207
On view

Explore Further

Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"40 Years of Discovery: Gifts of Clint Willour," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 9–October 14, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left of sheet in pencil "6/12", center "Lily of the Nile Seeds"
verso bottom right in pencil "LEE 439"

Signed and dated in pencil on recto sheet, lower right: "P. Cerling 1987"
recto of sheet bottom left embossed stamp-pen nib

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Texas Star Hibiscus Seed
Penny Cerling
Texas Star Hibiscus Seed
1986–1987
Etching and aquatint in orange and black on wove paper, edition 6/12
89.316.3
Jimson Seed
Penny Cerling
Jimson Seed
1986–1987
Etching and aquatint in colors on wove paper, edition 6/12
89.316.2
Image Not Available for Gridlock
Dorothy Dehner
Gridlock
1957
Engraving and aquatint with roulette in black and orange on wove paper, edition 6/35
2021.175
Lily (La Femme au Chat or Caresse)
Jacques Villon
Lily (La Femme au Chat or Caresse)
1906
Drypoint with orange, blue and black chalk on wove paper, state I/II, trial proof
2019.648
Phoenix
Christiane Baumgartner
Phoenix
2018
Woodcut in colors from one block, inked à la poupée in blue, red, pink and orange inks and hand-printed multiple times on Korean Mulberry paper, edition 4/6 (varied)
2018.236
Untitled
Steve Gianakos
Untitled
1985
Lithograph in orange, blue, and black, edition 33/41
98.676.1
Image of My Life
Kenji Nakahashi
Image of My Life
c. 1980
Etching and aquatint in black and blue with acrylic on wove paper, artist's proof
2019.219
Resurrection Story with Patrons
Kara Walker
Resurrection Story with Patrons
2017
Etchings with aquatint, sugar-lift, spit bite, and drypoint on wove paper, edition 12/25
2017.378.1-.3
Arch
Ronald Wendell Davis
Arch
1975
Aquatint, etching, and drypoint in colors on wove paper, edition 12/32
76.230
Untitled [5]
Robert Mangold
Untitled [5]
1973
Aquatint in orange and black, edition 32/50
75.368.5
Day Six
John Cage
Day Six
January 7, 1978
Hard ground etching, drypoint, soft ground etching, sugar aquatint, photo etching, found objects, and color etching in black, blue, and brown, edition 20/25
78.57.6
Day Seven
John Cage
Day Seven
January 8, 1978
Hard ground etching, drypoint, soft ground etching, sugar aquatint, photo etching, found objects, and color etching in black, gold, and blue, edition 20/25
78.57.7