A black and white photograph of a geranium plant in a pot.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white photograph shows a geranium plant in a pot near the right edge of the photograph. The stalk of the plant is tall and leans slightly to the left, the leaves are scallop-edged branching out away from the central stalk. The pot is low, has a lip and is raised on small feet. There is a round pyramid-shaped object with a handle at the top. To the left is a small glass vase with a cutting of the geranium plant inserted. A shadow falls across the plants falling across the picture from the upper right corner.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1971.34
People
Charles Sheeler, American (Philadelphia, PA 1883 - 1965 Dobbs Ferry, NY)
Title
Untitled (geranium plant)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1917
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284890

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
actual: 24 x 19.5 cm (9 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on recto, lower left: 26

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Library
Copyright
© The Lane Collection
Accession Year
1971
Object Number
P1971.34
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Master Photographs in the Fogg Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/11/1971 - 12/06/1971
  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/19/2017 - 04/05/2018

Verification Level

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