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Magnolia Bud

Imogen Cunningham

Artwork Details

Magnolia Bud
circa 1925
Imogen Cunningham
platinum-palladium print on paper
10 in x 8 in (25.4 cm x 20.32 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
2004/2.144

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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 a flower bud cast in bright light against a dark background.

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