Sujet
Mullein in Bloom, c. 1897-1899. Creator: Eugène Atget (French, 1857-1927).
Légende
Mullein in Bloom, c. 1897-1899. Atget produced architectural details, views of historic Paris, landscapes, and botanical images for use by painters and illustrators. Despite being a product of the 19th century, he was greatly admired by the avant-garde photographers of the 1920s. Modernists esteemed the straightforwardness of his photographs, while the Surrealists found inspiration in their evocative power. An artist or illustrator using this image of a common plant used in herbal remedies would have ignored the landscape background. But the Surrealists would have appreciated the unexpected, unintended surrealism of its odd juxtaposition of sheet, plant, and landscape.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F94_472
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
75,8Mo (5,5Mo) / 39,2cm x 48,5cm / 4628 x 5724 (300dpi)