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The image features three black and white photographs of flowers displayed vertically. The top photograph shows an open flower viewed from the side, the middle shows a single large, tubular flower, and the bottom depicts multiple bud-like flowers on a stem. The color palette is grayscale, highlighting textures and forms against a dark background. The images are positioned one above the other, centered on the page, with each flower shot occupying its designated horizontal section.
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The image features three black and white photographs of flowers displayed vertically. The top photograph shows an open flower viewed from the side, the middle shows a single large, tubular flower, and the bottom depicts multiple bud-like flowers on a stem. The color palette is grayscale, highlighting textures and forms against a dark background. The images are positioned one above the other, centered on the page, with each flower shot occupying its designated horizontal section.

National Gallery of Art · Print

a Andromeda floribunda; b Vaccinium corymbosum; c Acanthus mollis

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
2006.133.34.109
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 225777. 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.