Japonica Magnifica

Organizer

Elvehjem Museum of Art

Date

• December 16, 1995-February 25, 1996

Summary

• Description from Artscene Vol. 12, No. 1:
• "The eighty-five works on view are the original artwork for the book Japonica Magnifica, with illustrations of Japanese flora by Raymond Booth and text by Don Elick, both enthusiastic gardeners. Most of the species depicted in this exhibition were grown by Booth in his garden in Yorkshire, England, and were described in letters to him by Elick, who has lived in Japan for over forty years. Booth's botanical portraits are remarkably accurate in their representation of a habitat the artist never saw with his own eyes." [p. 3]