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The image displays two large, spiraling fiddlehead ferns with intricate detailing of unfurling leaves. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black and gray on a light background. There is a larger fern on the right side and a slightly smaller one to its left, both positioned centrally and vertically on the page. The spirals and the delicate fronds create an ornate pattern against the plain background.
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The image displays two large, spiraling fiddlehead ferns with intricate detailing of unfurling leaves. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black and gray on a light background. There is a larger fern on the right side and a slightly smaller one to its left, both positioned centrally and vertically on the page. The spirals and the delicate fronds create an ornate pattern against the plain background.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Aspidium filix mas

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
2006.133.34.56
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 225724. 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.