Karl Blossfeldt
Struthiopteris germanica (German Ostrich Fern)

ArtistGerman, 1865–1932
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Struthiopteris germanica (German Ostrich Fern)
Date1920s
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage: 10 3/16 × 7 11/16 in. (25.9 × 19.5 cm)
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 9 1/2 in. (31.3 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number2007.1662
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
Pritned lower right below image: "46"

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