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D.H. Lawrence Tree
D.H. Lawrence Tree
D.H. Lawrence Tree

D.H. Lawrence Tree

Object NamePastel
Artist / Maker (American, b. 1964)
Date2011
MediumPastel on paper, framed
Dimensions60 × 40 × 1 in. (152.4 × 101.6 × 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LinePurchased by University Museums. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM2015.90
Status
On view
Label Text"In 1929, artist Georgia O'Keeffe painted a nighttime picture of an impressive Ponderosa tree she found on the property where novelist D. H. Lawrence had lived in New Mexico, in 1924 and 1925. She called it The D. H. Lawrence Tree, and it became notable for having been hung upside down for decades until it was discovered by researchers. O'Keeffe meant for the painting to be viewed as if she was lying underneath it with her head against the trunk, looking skyward. When I created my version of the D. H. Lawrence Tree I wanted to first experience the tree exactly as O'Keeffe did, by lying with my head against the tree. I spent several hours under the huge tree, gazing up at the kaleidoscope of twisted branches and frenetic patterns. Over three years of painstakingly drawing the "D. H. Lawrence Tree," the series was complete with eleven paintings." - Ellen Wagener
Locations
  • (not entered)  Iowa State University, Brunnier Art Museum
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Object Name: Pastels, Series of Seven
Ellen Wagener
2013
Object number: UM2015.89a-g
Cyclone, Chaos on a Grand Scale (2)
Object Name: Pastel
Ellen Wagener
2014
Object number: UM2015.122
Mark Twain, Cry Me a River (5)
Object Name: Pastel
Ellen Wagener
2015
Object number: UM2015.95
Mark Twain, Cry Me a River (4)
Object Name: Pastel
Ellen Wagener
2015
Object number: UM2015.94
Mark Twain, Cry Me a River (3)
Object Name: Pastel
Ellen Wagener
2015
Object number: UM2015.93
Mark Twain, Cry Me a River (2)
Object Name: Pastel
Ellen Wagener
2015
Object number: UM2015.92
Mark Twain, Cry Me a River (1)
Object Name: Pastel
Ellen Wagener
2015
Object number: UM2015.83
Black Sabbath Cyclone
Object Name: Pastel
Ellen Wagener
2014
Object number: U2015.80
Prairie Fires and Other Personal Dilemmas
Object Name: Pastels, Series of five
Ellen Wagener
2014
Object number: U2015.91a-e
Grand Garden
Object Name: Pastel
Ellen Wagener
Object number: UM2023.11