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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
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