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Dried Geometry honors ancient Haudenosaunee gardening traditions that focus upon the three sisters: corn, squash and beans. Jemison was inspired by gardens at Ganondagan, a 17th-century Seneca village that is now an historic site. His drawing shows a trellis made from hickory for birdhouse gourds. In the foreground are corn and sunflower stalks. The mellow light of the late afternoon sun creates a dramatic geometric pattern on the snow.
Exhibition History"New York Collects Buffalo State," Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, July 9, 2004 - October 3, 2004.
“Shared Light: G. Peter Jemison and Charles E. Burchfield”, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, September 9, 2022- December 31, 2022
ProvenancePurchased from the artist
Bibliography"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 57.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 56.
Artist
G. Peter Jemison
(b. 1945, Seneca (Haudenosaunee, Heron Clan))
Dried Geometry
Date2002
MediumColored pencil on paper
DimensionsOverall: 31 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 23 1/4 in. (79.4 × 3.8 × 59.1 cm)
Object numberT0814
Credit LineMuseum Purchase with Funds Provided by Mr. Eugene V. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextG. Peter Jemison, a professionally trained artist, attended Buffalo State College art school. His works have been exhibited throughout the United States and in New Zealand, Germany and Switzerland. Dried Geometry honors ancient Haudenosaunee gardening traditions that focus upon the three sisters: corn, squash and beans. Jemison was inspired by gardens at Ganondagan, a 17th-century Seneca village that is now an historic site. His drawing shows a trellis made from hickory for birdhouse gourds. In the foreground are corn and sunflower stalks. The mellow light of the late afternoon sun creates a dramatic geometric pattern on the snow.
Exhibition History"New York Collects Buffalo State," Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, July 9, 2004 - October 3, 2004.
“Shared Light: G. Peter Jemison and Charles E. Burchfield”, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, September 9, 2022- December 31, 2022
ProvenancePurchased from the artist
Bibliography"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 57.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 56.
On View
Not on viewc. 1900
c. 2002-2014
c. 1900
