Anthurium

1931

Marjorie Content

Associated Names
Marjorie Content

Artist, American, 1895 - 1984

The image shows a large, dark silhouette of a flower with an elongated spadix and a single curved leaf below it. The color palette is monochromatic with varying shades of sepia, creating a vintage appearance. The flower contrasts against a textured background that is lighter with subtle vertical patterns. The stem is slightly curved and positioned in the lower portion, while the spadix extends upward in an arc near the top.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    R. K. Mellon Family Foundation

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.9 x 9.6 cm (5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.117.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marjorie Content; (Vincent Vallarino, New York, acquired late 1970s); (Jill Quasha, New York, acquired 1987); NGA purchase, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Quasha, Jill. Marjorie Content: Photographs. New York: W.W. Norton, 1994.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: Marjorie Content c. 1928; by unknown hand in graphite: MC-27-C.

Wikidata ID

Q64157753

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