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Artist/Maker
Calista M. Sherman
(American (active Verona, New York), 1832 – 1852)
Datec. 1846
MediumCut paper
DimensionsComposition: 6 7/16 × 8 5/8 in. (16.4 × 21.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.171
On view
DescriptionScene depicting birds and squirrels among plants and a tree with swaying branches. Likely made by Calista Sherman as a symbol of mourning to commemorate the death of Phebe Tompkins (1832-46) of Madison, New York.
Collections
Additional Details
Alternate Titles
Scissor Cuts
Exhibition History
2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Oneida County Fair, September 18, 1850. [Calista won a dip pen as a prize.]
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Oneida County Fair, September 18, 1850. [Calista won a dip pen as a prize.]
Published References
"Calista M. Sherman of Verona..." The Rome Sentinel, September 18, 1850.
Signature
Recto, bottom of tree (ink): "Calista M. Sherman / Verona~"
Inscribed
Verso, bottom of tree (ink): "Phebe S. Tompkins"
El Anatsui
Date: 2024
Medium: Inkjet pigment print with irregular hand-cut edges conforming to the image,
printed and hand-cut and hand-sculpted aluminum collage, and copper wire
Object number: 2024.13
Yelimane Fall
Date: 2009
Medium: Razor-cut calligraphy on printed textiles
Object number: 2024.3.5
Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2019
Medium: Digital print, silkscreen, and collage, with gloss varnish, in custom-color frame
Object number: 2020.3.1
Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2019
Medium: Digital print, silkscreen, and collage, with gloss varnish, in custom-color frame
Object number: 2020.3.2
Yashua Klos
Date: 2022
Medium: Pen and colored pencil on graph paper with adhered computer printouts
Object number: S2022.2.1
Yashua Klos
Date: 2022
Medium: Pen and colored pencil on graph paper with adhered computer printouts
Object number: S2022.2.2
René Treviño
Date: 2023
Medium: Archival digital prints with mixed media on bamboo paper
Object number: 2024.14.1-20
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: c. 1914
Medium: Watercolor and collage on paper
Object number: 1994.97
Casey Ruble
Date: 2012
Medium: Paper collage
Object number: 2013.4.1