Asclepias syriaca - cornuti (Milkweed, Swallow-wort), umbel enlarged 6 times.

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Asclepias syriaca - cornuti (Milkweed, Swallow-wort), umbel enlarged 6 times.
Asclepias syriaca - cornuti (Milkweed, Swallow-wort), umbel enlarged 6 times.
Artist/Maker (German, 1865 - 1932)
Date1929
MediumRotogravure
DimensionsComposition: 10 1/16 × 7 11/16 in. (25.5 × 19.5 cm) Sheet: 12 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (31.1 × 24.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of William E. Williams, Class of 1973, in honor of Silvia Saunders
Object number2009.2.5
Not on view
DescriptionPlate 115 from the 1929 (2nd) edition of "Unformen der Kunst" ("Art Forms in Nature")
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Provenance 2009: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of William E. Williams
Markings Text: "115" plate number at lower right in typeset.
Published References Karl Blossfeldt, URFORMEN DER KUNST (ART FORMS IN NATURE), second edition, pl. 115.
Signature Not signed
Inscribed "3" at lower left in pencil.
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