Andreas Feininger

("The Elegance and Flair of This Broken Shell Evokes in My Mind the Winged Victory of Samothrace")
1982

A black and white photograph depicting a single mushroom with a prominent, curved cap and a slender stem, rising from a ground scattered with small rocks. The background is a soft, out-of-focus gradient, giving the image a moody atmosphere.

A black and white photograph depicting a single mushroom with a prominent, curved cap and a slender stem, rising from a ground scattered with small rocks. The background is a soft, out-of-focus gradient, giving the image a moody atmosphere.

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Date
1982

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 7 3/4in. (21.6 × 19.7 cm)

Accession number
2001.124

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Feininger Family

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Andreas Feininger

2005:
©Courtesy of Bonni Benrubi Gallery

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Andreas Feininger
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