Magnolia Blossom, Tower of Jewels

Photography and Media

1925

Imogen Cunningham
American, 1883–1976

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Imogen Cunningham
Title: Magnolia Blossom, Tower of Jewels
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1925
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Inscribed recto, lower right, below image, in graphite: "Imogen Cunningham"; verso unchecked
Dimensions: Image: 30.5 × 22.5 cm (12 1/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Paper: 35.7 × 27.9 cm (14 × 11 in.)
Credit Line: Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy
Reference Number: 1988.157.23

Matthew S. Witkovsky et al., “The Art Institute of Chicago Field Guide to Photography and Media,” eds. Antawan I. Byrd, Elizabeth Siegel, and Carl Fuldner, pl. 161, p. 176 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2023).

Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget,” December 11, 1976–February 20, 1977; traveled to the International Center of Photography, New York, April 21-May 29, 1977; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 4-December 18 1977; Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 13-Ferbruary 26, 1978; Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, March 16-April 30, 1978; and Cincinnati Art Museum, November 17-December 24, 1978. (David Travis)
New York, New York, The Equitable Gallery, “Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery,” August 13–October 31, 1998.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photography on Display: Modern Treasures,” May 9–September 13, 2009.
Art Institute of Chicago, “When Collecting Was New: Photographs from the Robert A. Taub Collection,” December 15, 2012–May 12, 2013. (Michal Raz-Russo)

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