Echinopsis Blüte (Echinopsis Blossom)

c. 1927

Albert Renger-Patzsch

Associated Names
Albert Renger-Patzsch

Artist, German, 1897 - 1966

The image shows a close-up of a large flower with pointed, star-shaped petals surrounding a dark central core. The petals are light in color, and the center is darker, creating a contrast. The image is in a monochromatic, sepia tone. The flower is centered, with the petals radiating outward in all directions, filling most of the frame and showing its texture and form.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brenda and Robert Edelson, Baltimore, MD; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Both Sides of the Street: Celebrating the Corcoran's Photography Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 12 – August 25, 2003

2007

  • Modernism: Designing a New World 1914–1939, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 17 – July 29, 2007

Bibliography

2007

  • Brookman, Philip, Paul Greenhalgh, and Sarah Newman. Essential Modernism. London/Washington, DC, 2007: 45.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left corner in graphite: 829; top center stamped in black ink inside rectangle: Phot.A.Renger-Patzsch / BAD-HARZBURG; upper right stamped in black ink: Jede Reproduktion / verboten; upper left in graphite: Echinopsis blüte.; bottom center: Ex Libris; bottom right: 80.4.4.18

Wikidata ID

Q64032489

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