Betty Woodman, "Impruneta Flowers Pots," c. 1998-2004, Antella, Italy
L to R: 1-6: Betty Woodman. “Impruneta Flower Pots,” c. 1998-2004. Variable dimensions. Terracotta. Views in Antella, Italy | Betty Woodman with Tullio Orlandi, Italy, c. 1998-2004. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
Over summers spent in Antella, Italy, Betty Woodman often developed projects which could only be realized there. From 1998-2004, she collaborated with a pottery in Impruneta—a nearby town renowned for its terra cotta clay—enlivening their standard-issue garden planters with her vase-shaped façades and signature brushstrokes. These works, which fused her functional and sculptural concerns, then populated the Tuscan landscape around the home she shared there with George.