The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 30, 2026
Hen and Chickens
1929, printed 1973–76
(American, 1883–1976)
Image: 23.8 x 18.7 cm (9 3/8 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?
Hen and chicks is a succulent that propagates by offsets; the “hen” is the main, or mother plant, and the “chicks” are offspring.Description
Imogen Cunningham aimed her camera directly down at the ground to obtain the sense of allover pattern and asymmetry of Hen and Chickens. That view brings them all the individual elements close to the picture surface in a single plane. Through unmanipulated depictions of plants, Cunningham’s images of flora go beyond botanical detail to suggest abstraction and metaphor.- ?–November 1975(The Halsted 831 Gallery, Birmingham, MI, sold to Tom Hinson and Diana Tittle)November 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/2024.168