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Agave Design 1

Imogen Cunningham; Imogen Cunningham Trust

Artwork Details

Agave Design 1
circa 1920, printed later
Imogen Cunningham; Imogen Cunningham Trust
gelatin silver print on paper
13 11/16 in x 10 5/8 in (34.7 cm x 27 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 46.04 cm);20 7/16 in x 15 1/16 in (51.9 cm x 38.2 cm)
Museum Purchase
1976/2.11

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Subject Matter:

Imogen Cunningham began photographing at age 18 after seeing Gertrude Käsebier’s work. Throughout her career, she photographed a diverse range of subjects, including nudes, botanical photographs, street photography, and freelance work for Vanity Fair. Around 1920, Cunningham relocated to San Francisco and began working on her botanical photographs, focusing on producing studies of the magnolia between 1923 and 1925.

Physical Description:

A photograph of an agave plant. The plant is framed so that its straight leaves align with the architectural features of the background.

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