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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

Alma Lavenson, Chrysanthemum, 1931, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, digital © Museum Associates/LACMA

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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