Wild Iris, Maine

1927

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

Large, elongated leaves with smooth edges dominate the image, while a cluster of fern-like fronds provides a textured backdrop. The image is in a monochromatic palette, showcasing various shades of gray. The long leaves are positioned on the lower half of the image, extending upwards and overlapping each other, while the intricate ferns fill the upper background area.
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Artwork overview

Associated Artworks

Lathe, New York [verso]

Paul Strand

1923

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Strand Archive, Aperture Foundation, Millerton, NY; Southwestern Bell Corporation, St. Louis, MO; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Greenough 1990, 65 (recto only exhibited).

  • Paul Strand: An American Vision, National Gallery of Art; The Art Institute of Chicago; Saint Louis Art Museum; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990 - 1992, unnumbered catalogue.

2001

  • Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, no. 107, as Wild Iris, Maine.

Bibliography

1945

  • Newhall, Nancy. Paul Strand. Photographs 1915-1945, New York, 1945: cover (recto only).

1987

  • Paul Strand, vol. I, Zurich, 1987: pl.27 (recto only).

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 158, illus. p.65 (recto only).

2000

  • Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: no. 107.

Inscriptions

all on mount: lower center in black ink: WILD IRIS. MAINE-1927 / PHOTOGRAPH BY / PAUL STRAND / RETURN TO / PAUL STRAND, 314 W. 83 ST. N.Y.C.; all by later hand, on mount: upper left verso in graphite: EW-MF-#161 TI; upper right verso in graphite: #228 / Safe 1 / (D); center verso in graphite: -4 3/4- / 133 no rule / 4 / By permission of Paul Strand

Wikidata ID

Q64158614

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