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Alma Lavenson
Chrysanthemum1931

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Black and white close-up photograph of a chrysanthemum bloom, its densely layered, curling petals filling the entire frame with soft directional light
Artist or Maker
Alma Lavenson
United States, 1897-1989
Title
Chrysanthemum
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1931
Medium
Gelatin-silver print
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (18.1 × 24.13 cm) Primary support: 7 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (18.1 × 24.13 cm) Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1267
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Pohlmann, Ulrich, ed. Qui a peur des femmes photographes? 1839-1945. Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 2015.
Copyright
© Alma Lavenson Archives. All Rights Reserved.

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