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Agave

1920, printed after 1949 and before 1976

Imogen Cunningham

(American, 1883–1976)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 24.1 x 18.7 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.); Mounted: 36.8 x 29.2 cm (14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.); Framed: 41.3 x 36.5 x 1.9 cm (16 1/4 x 14 3/8 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle 2024.167
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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Imogen Cunningham photographed the plants in her garden while her three young sons napped.

Description

After shutting down her successful portrait studio to devote herself to raising her sons, Imogen Cunningham said that because she was tied to the house and had a garden, she photographed its plants. The results were far from traditional floral still lifes. Cunningham’s abstracted, extreme close-ups were exemplars of the modernist aesthetic: sharply focused images with strong, but widely varied, geometric compositions.
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Agave

1920, printed after 1949 and before 1976

Imogen Cunningham

(American, 1883–1976)
America

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