Artist Monograph

Karl Blossfeldt, German

German, 1865–1932

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	5	71.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	28.6%

Range: 29.5 cm → 59.5 cm (largest side)

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Acanthus mollis (Soft Acanthus, Bear's Breeches. Bracteoles with the Flowers Removed, Enlarged 4 Times) Photograph Acc. 1625.2001	1898–1928	Gelatin silver print, printed 1920-32	11 3/4 × 9 3/8" (29.8 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
Adiantum pedatum Photograph Acc. 1626.2001	1898-1926	Gelatin silver print, printed 1924-32	11 11/16 × 9 3/8" (29.7 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of James Thrall Soby, by exchange
Chrysanthemum segetum (Feverfew Enlarged 8 Times), Photograph Acc. 1629.2001	1898–1932	Gelatin silver print, printed 1915-32	11 15/16 × 9 7/16" (30.4 × 23.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of James Thrall Soby, by exchange
Equisetum hyemale (Rough Horsetail Enlarged 25 Times) Photograph Acc. 1627.2001	1898–1928	Gelatin silver print, printed 1920-32	23 7/16 × 9 5/16" (59.5 × 23.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
Hordeum distichum Photograph Acc. 1630.2001	1898–1932	Gelatin silver print, printed 1920-32	11 5/8 × 9 5/16" (29.6 × 23.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of James Thrall Soby, by exchange
Passiflora, Photograph Acc. 1631.2001	1898–1932	Gelatin silver print, printed 1920-32	11 3/4 × 9 3/8" (29.8 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Bequest of James Thrall Soby, by exchange
Saxifraga wilkommiana (Willkom's Saxifrage. Rosette of Leaves Enlarged 10 Times) Photograph Acc. 1628.2001	1898–1928	Gelatin silver print, printed 1920-32	11 5/8 × 9 5/16" (29.5 × 23.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of James Thrall Soby, by exchange