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Artist or Maker: KARL BLOSSFELDT (1865-1932)

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Description: Asclepias Syriaca, Silkweed, c. 1920
gelatin silver print
annotated 'Originalabzug von Karl Blossfeldt, Asclepias syriaca - Seidenpfloure, 18 x vergs. (Urformen der Kunst pl. 81)', in an unknown hand, in pencil, and Blossfeldt/Archiv Wilde stamp (on the verso)
11 3/4 x 9 3/8in. (29.9 x 23.8cm.)

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Published: Blossfeldt, Urformen der Kunst, Ernst Wasmuth, 1928, pl. 81; Blossfeldt, Art Forms in the Plant World, Dover, 1985, pl. 81; Blossfeldt, Art Forms in Nature: The Complete Edition, Schirmer Art Books, 1999, pl. 81