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The image shows a large, intricately detailed leaf with a long, slender stem at the bottom, fanning out into multiple pointed segments with textured surfaces. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting of shades of gray and black. The leaf is positioned centrally with the stem extending downward towards the bottom edge of the image, while the segmented ends of the leaf stretch outward, filling the upper part of the composition.
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The image shows a large, intricately detailed leaf with a long, slender stem at the bottom, fanning out into multiple pointed segments with textured surfaces. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting of shades of gray and black. The leaf is positioned centrally with the stem extending downward towards the bottom edge of the image, while the segmented ends of the leaf stretch outward, filling the upper part of the composition.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Aconiyum anthora

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
2006.133.34.31
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 225699. 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.