2008 prc benefit auction

10. Olivia Parker
Plant - Seen and Unseen, 2008
Archival Inkjet Print, 22 x 22 inches
Edition 2/15, Signed recto
Courtesy of Artist
Retail Value: $2,300

After graduating from Wellesley College in 1963 with a degree in the History of Art, Parker began her career as a painter, and became involved in photography in 1970. Mostly self-taught, she usually constructs what she photographs in the studio. She has had more than 100 one-person exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad, and her work is represented in major private, corporate, and museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This image is from "Books and Pages," part of an ongoing series that relates to the history of science called "Virtual Truths."