Carol Panaro-Smith
Sea Vegetation Composite/03-9

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Artist Carol Panaro-SmithAmerican, born 1954

Artist James HajicekAmerican, born 1947

CultureAmerican

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Sea Vegetation Composite/03-9

Date2003

MediumPhotogenic drawing

DimensionsImage: 23 1/2 × 17 7/8 in. (59.7 × 45.4 cm)
Sheet: 23 1/2 × 17 7/8 in. (59.7 × 45.4 cm)
Mount: 24 5/16 × 18 1/2 in. (61.7 × 47 cm)

Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of Gay Block

Object number2003.481

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Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionThis print, made in collaboration, was created through a combination of the exposure of light to sensitized paper and the chemical reaction of excretions from the plants placed on the paper. Under the intense heat and light of the Arizona sun during exposure, the plants withered and released liquids. The artists began this series using William Henry Fox Talbot’s original formulas to sensitize photographic paper, then worked with the variables of their light-sensitive solutions, the types of paper, and intensity of the light, which, combined with the chemicals emerging from the organic matter, changed the color palette of the final prints. Each unique print continues to transform with minor color shifts over time due to the introduction of the organic chemicals.
ProvenanceAnne Wilkes Tucker, Houston; given to MFAH, 2003.
Exhibition History"Recent Acquisitions," the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 12/22/03-2/29/04

“Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 31– November 30, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed in pencil lower right corner: "CP Smith JAMES Hajicek"

Sticker verso mount: "Carol Panaro-Smith/James Haijcek / Sea Vegetation Composite/03-9 / 24"x18" Photogenic Drawing / ©, 2003"

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