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Albert Renger-Patzsch
Cactuscirca 1930s, printed circa 1930s

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of a terracotta pot holding a cluster of seven globular cacti covered in radiating pale spines, lit from the left against a dark background

Albert Renger-Patzsch, Cactus, circa 1930s, printed circa 1930s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Albert Renger-Patzsch
Title
Cactus
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1930s, printed circa 1930s
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 6 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (17.3 × 23.18 cm) Primary support: 6 7/8 × 9 3/16 in. (17.5 × 23.34 cm) Mat: 16 1/16 × 20 in. (40.8 × 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.2008.40.1737
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 2013 Albert Renger-Patzsch Archiv / Ann u. Jürgen Wilde, Zülpich / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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