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Hen and Chickens

1929, printed 1973–76

Imogen Cunningham

(American, 1883–1976)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 23.8 x 18.7 cm (9 3/8 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 2024.168
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

Hen and chicks is a succulent that propagates by offsets; the “hen” is the main, or mother plant, and the “chicks” are offspring.

Description

Imogen Cunningham aimed her camera directly down at the ground to obtain the sense of allover pattern and asymmetry of Hen and Chickens. That view brings them all the individual elements close to the picture surface in a single plane. Through unmanipulated depictions of plants, Cunningham’s images of flora go beyond botanical detail to suggest abstraction and metaphor.
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Hen and Chickens

1929, printed 1973–76

Imogen Cunningham

(American, 1883–1976)
America

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