X-Ray of Desert Candle Flower

Artist Dr. Dain Tasker (American, 1872 - 1964)

Dateca. 1935

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 15 1/8 × 12 5/16 inches (38.43 × 31.27 cm)
Mount: 24 × 18 1/2 inches (60.96 × 46.99 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.67.60

SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "Dr Dain L. Tasker"

InscribedOn mount recto, lower left, in pencil: "Desert Candle"

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DescriptionA photographic print made from an x-ray of a flower which is delicately rendered with transparent leaves and stems scattered with tiny, dark, sprouting buds.

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