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The image shows an arrangement of various leaves. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting of sepia tones that range from light beige to dark brown. The leaves are laid out concentrically, with some pointing upwards and outwards near the top and others more spread out horizontally across the middle and lower sections. A few smaller leaves fill in gaps between the larger ones.
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The image shows an arrangement of various leaves. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting of sepia tones that range from light beige to dark brown. The leaves are laid out concentrically, with some pointing upwards and outwards near the top and others more spread out horizontally across the middle and lower sections. A few smaller leaves fill in gaps between the larger ones.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

A Study of Leaves

Charles Aubry

Date
1864
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 44.7 × 34 cm (17 5/8 × 13 3/8 in.) mount: 68 × 53 cm (26 3/4 × 20 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2020.97.1
Credit line
Purchased as the Gift of Diana and Mallory Walker, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, and W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • albumen silver print
  • Leaves
  • still life
  • still
  • Design
  • Wreath
Provenance

(Graphics International Ltd., Washington, DC); (Tartt Gallery, Washington, DC); (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 1993; Howard Stein, New York; Joy of Giving Something Foundation, New York; (sale, Phillips, New York, 3 April 2017, lot 23); (Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); NGA purchase, 2020.

Inscription

signed by artist, lower center in blue ink: Ch. Aubry; lower center stamped in blue ink: PHOTOGRAPHIE / 8. RUE DE LA REINE BLANCHE.; lower center embossed: MEDAILLE D'OR / CH. AUBRY / 1864; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite perpendicular: 13th; bottom right in graphite: MCA.0107.2

NGA object ID 221478. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.