Leaf Form

Jay Leyda · 1925-41

Before you is Leaf Form — a photograph by the American artist Jay Leyda, nineteen twenty-five to nineteen forty-one. It's gelatin silver print, about 12 by 8 centimeters. It is among the smallest things here — you could close a hand around it.

Medium Gelatin silver print · Dimensions 4 5/8 × 3 1/4" (11.7 × 8.3 cm) · Credit Gift of the artist

Hanging beside it in Gallery 509: Cypress Root and Succulents, Point Lobos, My Pacific (Polynesian Culture)