Cajophora Lateritia (Loasaceae) (15x)

31 x 24 cm (12 x 9.5 inches).

This is a photogravure from Karl Blossfeldt’s masterpiece Wunder In Der Natur (Wonder in Nature), 1942. Blossfeldt was a professor of design in Berlin and made the photogravures using a home made magnifying camera, revealing hidden beauty. In 2001 Urformen der Kunst was nominated as one of the top 100 photographic works of the Twentieth Century. This is an original photogravure from 1942, not a reproduction.