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Phacelia tanacetifolia

Karl Blossfeldt · 1928

Karl Blossfeldt: German, 1865 - 1932

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Phacelia tanacetifolia

1928

photogravure · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Medium
photogravure
Dimensions
image/plate: 26 × 19 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 31.2 × 24.2 cm (12 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Collection no.
2006.133.34.98
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By the artist
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CC0 1.0License details

Karl Blossfeldt. Phacelia tanacetifolia. Karl Blossfeldt; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

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Phacelia tanacetifolia — Karl Blossfeldt. 1928.

Medium: photogravure.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image/plate: 26 × 19 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 31.2 × 24.2 cm (12 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2006.133.34.98. Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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Karl Blossfeldt. Phacelia tanacetifolia. Karl Blossfeldt; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.