Centaurea Odorata / Duft-Flockenblume

Karl Blossfeldt

Negative 1932; printed 1977

  • Titles Centaurea Odorata / Duft-Flockenblume (Proper)
  • Artist Karl Blossfeldt, German, 1865 - 1932
  • Medium toned gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions 11 7/8 x 8 3/4 in. (30.2 x 22.2 cm) Frame: 20 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (51.4 x 41.3 cm) Sight: 9 5/8 x 7 in. (24.4 x 17.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of Rena Hill Selfe, AFI.7.1996
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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