Museum Edition XL, BORN OF CALAMITY (Wild West Birth) Ed of 7 Photograph

‘Born of Calamity’ from award-winning fine art series Birth Undisturbed by Natalie Lennard, in Museum Edition XL on Premium Lustre Rag Paper at 120 x 160cm, limited to 7 +2AP. Artwork comes printed with 2cm border in addition to size stated, accompanied with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. Every image in Birth Undisturbed is Giclee printed with OEM 70+ year archival inks. The series is shot on world-class 100 megapixel Phase One IQ3 medium format to provide rich impeccable quality with exceptional detail on both screen and print. ____ ‘Of all the half legendary characters who roamed the frontier in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and whose exploits have provoked the imagination, one of the most amazing was Calamity Jane.” (Roberta Beed Sollid). Martha Canary, better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, professional scout and the best known heroine of the American Wild West. Orphan, prostitute, bullwhacker; likened to Joan of Arc and Florence Nightingale, and long celebrated in novels, plays and movies. She was also a mother, living in one of the most dangerous eras to give birth. A depiction of the Wild West’s greatest masculine heroines in the ultimate depiction of her biological femininity helps remind us of the maternal existence behind the paternal voice that has dominated the narrative of the historic American West. Birth still happened, often simply than always complicated. Mothers lived, babies lived. In the scourge of great calamity, humanity was still capable, and the generations it bore are its legacy.