Toadstool and Grasses, Georgetown, Maine

1928

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

The image shows a large mushroom with a wide cap in a field of tall grass and leaves. The color palette is monochrome, with various shades of gray. The mushroom is centered, with the grass and leaves surrounding it.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Strand Archive, Aperture Foundation, Millerton, NY; Southwestern Bell Corporation, St. Louis, MO; gift to NGA, 1991

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 159, illus. p. 55

  • 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.

Bibliography

1969

  • "A Collection of Photography. Paul Strand." Aperture 14:2 (Fall 1969), p.

1971

  • Paul Strand. A Retrospective Monograph. The Years 1915-1968 (Millerton, 1971), p. 58

1987

  • Haworth-Booth, Mark. Paul Strand. Aperture Masters of Photography. Number One (Millerton, 1987), p. 29

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 159, illus. p. 55

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: EW-NE-169 FIII

Wikidata ID

Q64158665

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