The image shows a cluster of small flowers with petals and central cores. The color palette is monochrome, with shades of black, white, and gray. The flowers are evenly distributed, creating a repetitive and compact pattern that fills the frame.
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The image shows a cluster of small flowers with petals and central cores. The color palette is monochrome, with shades of black, white, and gray. The flowers are evenly distributed, creating a repetitive and compact pattern that fills the frame.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Achillea millefolium

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
2006.133.34.114
Credit line
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CPH

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 225782. 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.