Canada Thistle
n.d.
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers
Accession Number
1935.13.451
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Canada Thistle** by Bertha. Jaques invites visitors to appreciate the quiet drama of a familiar wild plant through the refined lens of graphic arts printing. This undated work, housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Graphic Arts collection, the Canada thistle—a tough, spiky perennial often viewed as a weed—with the precision and elegance typical of early 20th printmaking. Jaques, an active member of the Chicago of Etchers, which gifted this piece to the museum, excelled in transforming natural subjects into intimate studies of texture and form. Prints like this one highlight the me...