Wild Iris, Maine [recto]
1927
![Wild Iris, Maine [recto] by Paul Strand](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/wild-iris-maine-recto-nga-71486.webp)
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 24.3 x 19.2 cm (9 9/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Southwestern Bell Corporation Paul Strand Collection, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1990.44.4.a
About the Artist
Paul Strand
Paul Strand (1890–1976), born Nathaniel Paul Stransky in Brooklyn, New York, to Bohemian immigrant parents Jacob and Matilda Stransky, discovered photography at age twelve with a camera gifted by his father. Enrolled at the progressive Ethical Culture Fieldston School, he studied under documentary photographer Lewis W. Hine and critic Charles Caffin from 1904 to 1909, where Hine instilled a commit...