Artworks · Karl Blossfeldt

Equisetum Hiemale (Magnified 12 Times), Hosta Japonica (Magnified 4 Times), and Equisetum Hiemale (Magnified 12 Times)

1928 · Photogravure, plate 7 from "Art Forms in Nature (Urformen der Kunst)" (1928)

Left image: 19 × 8.1 cm (7 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.); Center image: 19.1 × 8.1 cm (7 9/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Right image: 19.1 × 8 cm (7 9/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Page: 31.4 × 24.2 cm (12 3/8 × 9 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Urformen der Kunst

1928 · rotogravure on ink, paper

height: 312 cm, width: 242 cm

Rijksmuseum

Urformen der Kunst : photographische Pflanzenbilder

1928 · rotogravure on paper, ink

height: 319 cm, thickness: 30 cm, width: 258 cm

Rijksmuseum

Plantstudie

1928 · rotogravure on paper, ink

width: 242 cm, height: 312 cm

Rijksmuseum

Oriental Poppy, Enlargement 5 (Papaver Orientalis, Orientalischer Mohn, Verg. 5)

1915 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 29.7 × 11.9 cm (11 3/4 × 4 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Acanthus mollis (Soft Acanthus, Bear's Breeches. Bracteoles with the Flowers Removed, Enlarged 4 Times)

1898 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1920-32

11 3/4 × 9 3/8" (29.8 × 23.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Equisetum hyemale (Rough Horsetail Enlarged 25 Times)

1898 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1920-32

23 7/16 × 9 5/16" (59.5 × 23.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Adiantum pedatum

1898 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1924-32

11 11/16 × 9 3/8" (29.7 × 23.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Saxifraga wilkommiana (Willkom's Saxifrage. Rosette of Leaves Enlarged 10 Times)

1898 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1920-32

11 5/8 × 9 5/16" (29.5 × 23.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hordeum distichum

1898 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1920-32

11 5/8 × 9 5/16" (29.6 × 23.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Chrysanthemum segetum (Feverfew Enlarged 8 Times),

1898 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1915-32

11 15/16 × 9 7/16" (30.4 × 23.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Passiflora,

1898 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1920-32

11 3/4 × 9 3/8" (29.8 × 23.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art