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On the left side of the image is a vertical, ribbed plant stem with multiple sections and smaller protrusions, while on the right side, there is a cone-shaped, scaly plant element with a distinctive hexagonal pattern. The color palette appears to be grayscale, as the image is in black and white. The stem on the left dominates the left half of the image, extending vertically from the bottom towards the top, while the patterned cone occupies the right half, positioned slightly towards the top of the image.
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On the left side of the image is a vertical, ribbed plant stem with multiple sections and smaller protrusions, while on the right side, there is a cone-shaped, scaly plant element with a distinctive hexagonal pattern. The color palette appears to be grayscale, as the image is in black and white. The stem on the left dominates the left half of the image, extending vertically from the bottom towards the top, while the patterned cone occupies the right half, positioned slightly towards the top of the image.

National Gallery of Art · Print

a Equisetum hiemale; b Equisetum arvense

Karl Blossfeldt

Date
1928
Medium
photogravure
Dimensions
image/plate: 26 × 19 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 31.2 × 24.2 cm (12 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print · Photograph
Accession number
2006.133.34.6
Credit line
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Portfolio
Urformen der Kunst

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • botanical
  • Plants
  • Design
  • Form
  • photogravure
Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

NGA object ID 225674. 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.