Euphorbia neohumbertii

 

Richard Wagener

  1944 - PRESENT (biography)

1993  

woodengraving 

3 7/8 x 3"  

pencil, lr 

15/45 plus 5 proofs 

dated 1993 lr; titled, verso 

 

Zerkall Smooth wove 

published 

artist 

RW102 

SOLD

This is one of twenty-five engravings that the Wagener hopes will appear in a book. He was first inspired to try a botanical subject while hiking in Joshua Tree National Park and a short time later, while visiting the Huntington Library and Garden, he was introduced to other plants that he found visually interesting yet challenging to him as an artist. Wagener created a number of works based upon the various cacti in the Huntington Gardens. He first titled them Huntington I, Huntington II, etc., but has since added their scientific names.