Karl Blossfeldt
Centaurea macrocephala

ArtistGerman, 1865–1932
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Centaurea macrocephala
Date1920s
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage: 10 3/16 × 7 9/16 in. (25.9 × 19.2 cm)
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (31.3 × 23.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number2007.1661
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas]; purchased by Joan Morgenstern, Houston, October 31, 1998; given to MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Unsigned
Printed lower right below image: "112"

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Photogravure
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Odd Fellows Appliqué Album Quilt
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Falcon-form Coffin with Grain Mummy
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Karl Blossfeldt
c. 1921
Gelatin silver print
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