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Albert Renger-Patzsch
Echeveria setosacirca 1925, printed circa 1925

Not on view
Black and white close-up photograph of a spiny cactus or succulent seen from above, with a tight spiral of bristle-covered lobes radiating from the center, surrounded by smaller specimens

Albert Renger-Patzsch, Echeveria setosa, circa 1925, printed circa 1925, 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
Echeveria setosa
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1925, printed circa 1925
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 8 15/16 × 6 5/8 in. (22.7 × 16.83 cm) Primary support: 9 1/16 × 6 3/4 in. (23.02 × 17.15 cm) Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1736
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.
Copyright
© 2013 Albert Renger-Patzsch Archiv / Ann u. Jürgen Wilde, Zülpich / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York