Dudleya Ingens

1933, printed c. 1949

Imogen Cunningham

Associated Names
Imogen Cunningham

Artist, American, 1883 - 1976

The image shows a detailed close-up of an agave plant with thick, pointed leaves. The color palette is primarily sepia tones with shadows for depth and contrast. The leaves extend from a central point, with one prominent curving leaf in the lower left foreground. In the center, a vertical shoot with budding flowers rises, flanked by large overlapping leaves reaching towards the upper corners of the frame.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen G. Stein

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 26.6 × 34.3 cm (10 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.)
    mount: 42.9 × 48.2 cm (16 7/8 × 19 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.29.55

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Imogen Cunningham, San Francisco; Private collection, 1949. (Paul Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco); Stephen G. Stein, 2006; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in graphite: Imogen Cunningham; on verso, signed by artist, upper center in black ink on applied label: [printed in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY] / Imogen Cunningham / [printed in black ink: 1331 GREEN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO]; possibly by artist, lower left in graphite: Dudleya Ingens; bottom center: 4161; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite perpendicular: B 11-30-118

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