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The image displays two large spiraling plant stems with curled ends, positioned horizontally in the frame. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting mainly of grayscale tones. In the top image, the three stems extend from the left and curl towards the center, each showing a tightly coiled end resembling a fiddlehead. In the bottom image, two stems crisscross, starting from opposite corners and curving towards the center, each also ending in a tight spiral.
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The image displays two large spiraling plant stems with curled ends, positioned horizontally in the frame. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting mainly of grayscale tones. In the top image, the three stems extend from the left and curl towards the center, each showing a tightly coiled end resembling a fiddlehead. In the bottom image, two stems crisscross, starting from opposite corners and curving towards the center, each also ending in a tight spiral.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Adiantum pedatum

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
2006.133.34.54
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 225722. 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.