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AdmittedImogen Cunningham · 1920
This one's called Agave Design I — a photograph by the American artist Imogen Cunningham, nineteen twenty. Cunningham was part of the straight photography movement. Gelatin silver print — about 33 by 25 centimeters. You can pick out the abstract geometric.
Medium Gelatin silver print · Dimensions 12 7/8 × 9 13/16" (32.7 × 24.9 cm) · Credit Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Hanging beside it in Gallery 516: Pottery, Number 9, White Landscape
Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Vortograph, Abstraction, Porch Shadows, Connecticut, Cut-out Frame no. 2, Poetic Shelter, Mural Painting, Jar, Bottle and Glass
More by Imogen Cunningham here: Frida Rivera
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Catalogue record: MoMA Collection Notes written for momap — not MoMA curatorial text.