The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 31, 2026

Ten small, square salt prints in muted brown and cream tones are arranged in a grid. Rhythmic, radial symmetries dominate several frames, appearing as crystalline sunbursts or floral mandalas. Other prints feature edge-to-edge geometric grids or interlocking, honeycomb textures. In the third row, a textured spiral coils upward against a dark void. These detailed studies emphasize a hypnotic play of light and shadow through complex, repeating organic and geometric structures.

Metamorphoses

c. 2019

Anderson & Low

America
Portfolio of 10 salt prints, clamshell box, 6 printed text pages
Overall: 5.1 x 39.4 x 33 cm (2 x 15 1/2 x 13 in.)
The Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson 2007 Trust 2024.45
© Anderson & Low
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

These 21st century images were inspired by photographs taken through a microscope by nineteenth-century British photographer Frederick Evans.

Description

Evans’s fascination with form and visionary translation of common natural objects resonated with Anderson & Low. They decided to rework images from their Chrysalis series, in which they used digital technology to transform earlier analog architectural views into large-scale, exuberantly patterned, and colored abstract images. In contrast, the Metamorphoses are delicate monochromatic images—intimately scaled salt prints, a complex printing process devised in the mid-1830s.
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