Amaryllis
Artist
Imogen Cunningham
(American, 1883 - 1976)
Date1933
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (24.13 x 19.05 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.407
InscribedArtist's Label
"Harbor View"
Back of Mount
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Rotation 1. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 17 – October 25, 2007, no cat.
Rotation 10. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 19 – September 11, 2011, no cat.
Imogen Cunningham’s long and influential career spanned three-quarters of a century. She was one of the earliest of the purist photographers: artists who favored the use of sharp lenses, smoothsurface photographic papers and subjects chosen from everyday life. In 1932, with Edward Weston, Ansel Adams and a few other like-minded artists, she was a founding member of Group f/64, named for the smallest, sharpest setting of the view camera lens. This work is representative of her bold and unsentimental style. Here, the organic forms of the amaryllis plant take on a sculptural solidity.
Hallmark Cards, Inc., 1992;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© The Imogen Cunningham Trust
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