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The image shows a single large flower against a plain background. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of grey, white, and black. The flower is centrally positioned, with its stem downwards and the petals and stamens extending upward and to the sides, dominating the composition in a vertical alignment.
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The image shows a single large flower against a plain background. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of grey, white, and black. The flower is centrally positioned, with its stem downwards and the petals and stamens extending upward and to the sides, dominating the composition in a vertical alignment.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Aquilegia chrysantha

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
2006.133.34.95
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 225763. 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.