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The image features three large black and white close-up photographs of plant structures. The color palette is grayscale, with varying shades of black, white, and gray. The first object at the top is an elongated structure with overlapping segments. The second object in the middle is a cone-like cluster of rounded units. The third object at the bottom of the image resembles a star-shaped open flower or seed pod, with elongated, narrow petals extending outward. The photograph has a border and is numbered 78 at the bottom right corner.
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The image features three large black and white close-up photographs of plant structures. The color palette is grayscale, with varying shades of black, white, and gray. The first object at the top is an elongated structure with overlapping segments. The second object in the middle is a cone-like cluster of rounded units. The third object at the bottom of the image resembles a star-shaped open flower or seed pod, with elongated, narrow petals extending outward. The photograph has a border and is numbered 78 at the bottom right corner.

National Gallery of Art · Print

a Tragopogon porrifolius; b Muscari racemosum; c Thujopsis dolabrata

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
2006.133.34.78
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 225746. 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.