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Small star-shaped flowers with elongated petals fill the image in a densely packed composition. The color palette consists of varying shades of gray. The flowers overlay and intertwine with each other, creating an intricate pattern that spans from top to bottom and from left to right, leaving no empty spaces.
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Small star-shaped flowers with elongated petals fill the image in a densely packed composition. The color palette consists of varying shades of gray. The flowers overlay and intertwine with each other, creating an intricate pattern that spans from top to bottom and from left to right, leaving no empty spaces.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Asclepias speciosa

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
2006.133.34.116
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 225784. 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.