Cucurbita (tendrils of a pumpkin plant)

© Karl Blossfeldt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Cucurbita (tendrils of a pumpkin plant)

Currently not on view

Cucurbita (tendrils of a pumpkin plant),

ca. 1900–1928

Karl Blossfeldt, German, 1865–1932
x1992-235 j

Information

Title
Cucurbita (tendrils of a pumpkin plant)
Dates

ca. 1900–1928

Maker
Karl Blossfeldt
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
26 × 20.3 cm (10 1/4 × 8 in.) mount: 42.9 x 32.4 cm. (16 7/8 x 12 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
x1992-235 j
Place Made

Europe, Germany, Cologne

Inscription
Numbered and editioned in graphite, verso lower center: 10 - 17//50 - 75
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped on mount, verso lower center: Galerie Wilde Köln
Culture
German
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, gelatin silver process
Subject
plants

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