The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 30, 2026
Agave
1920, printed after 1949 and before 1976
(American, 1883–1976)
Image: 24.1 x 18.7 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.); Mounted: 36.8 x 29.2 cm (14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.); Framed: 41.3 x 36.5 x 1.9 cm (16 1/4 x 14 3/8 x 3/4 in.)
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Imogen Cunningham photographed the plants in her garden while her three young sons napped.Description
After shutting down her successful portrait studio to devote herself to raising her sons, Imogen Cunningham said that because she was tied to the house and had a garden, she photographed its plants. The results were far from traditional floral still lifes. Cunningham’s abstracted, extreme close-ups were exemplars of the modernist aesthetic: sharply focused images with strong, but widely varied, geometric compositions.- ?–March 1975(The Witkin Gallery, Inc. New York, NY, sold to Tom Hinson and Diana Tittle)March 1975–December 2024Tom Hinson and Diana Tittle, New Mexico, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2024–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2024.167