id: 162637 accession number: 2003.236.2 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.236.2 updated: 2023-08-23 23:58:59.560000 Balto's Friends: Stick Insects and Mantis, 1994, printed 2000. Judith K. McMillan (American, 1945-). Gelatin silver print, toned; image: 20.9 x 16.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.); paper: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2003.236.2 title: Balto's Friends: Stick Insects and Mantis title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1994, printed 2000 creation date earliest: 1994 creation date latest: 1994 current location: creditline: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: gelatin silver print, toned department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Judith K. McMillan (American, 1945-) - artist --- measurements: Image: 20.9 x 16.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.); Paper: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: written in pencil on mat: "Judith K. McMillan, 1999 A/P1"; on verso: "OPTIC EXPLORATION: PAPAVER AND COLUMBINE/ Judith K. McMillan [signed] 1999 A/P 1" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art opening date: 2004-07-24T00:00:00 Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 3, 2004). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 7/24/04 - 11/3/04. "Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art". No exhibition catalogue. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The six photographs called Balto’s Friends are named after the famous sled dog whose team delivered serum to Nome, Alaska, saving the area from diphtheria in 1925. For a number of years, McMillan has photographed in the research collections of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, where the taxidermized body of Balto resides. Balto’s many "friends" are in storage and are seldom seen by the general public. The creatures in these photographs were collected for the sake of scientific interest, then categorized, arranged into groups, and labeled. Depicting the museum’s collections not as subjects for study, but as still-life compositions possessing what the artist has called an "exquisite variety and pure beauty," McMillan discovered an aesthetic interest that is far from scientific. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES