Aconiyum anthora
1928
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View on museum website →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
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2006.133.34.31
About the Artist
Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt (1865–1932), born in the rural village of Schielo near Germany's Harz Mountains, began his artistic journey as a sculptor. At age sixteen, he apprenticed at the Art Ironworks and Foundry in Mägdesprung, honing skills in casting and modeling that would inform his lifelong fascination with form and structure. He later studied at the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin, the School of the Mus...