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[Floral Studies]
Susiana Mourning Iris, Santa Cruz, 1920s
Silver print
10 x 8 inches.
Titled in ink on recto with pencil notations verso.
Titled in ink on recto with pencil notations verso.
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Lovely, detailed photograph of a pair of Mourning Irises (Iris Susiana), reminiscent of the work of Karl Blossfeldt. The photo was used as a postcard proof for the Los Robles...
Lovely, detailed photograph of a pair of Mourning Irises (Iris Susiana), reminiscent of the work of Karl Blossfeldt. The photo was used as a postcard proof for the Los Robles Co., a Santa Cruz-based company which specialized in flower bulbs and published a number of advertising postcards in the 1920s.
This photograph was reproduced in postcard-form by the Edward Mitchell Company (subsequently the Pacific Novelty Co. and then Souvenir Publishing Co.), a major California postcard publisher.
This photograph was reproduced in postcard-form by the Edward Mitchell Company (subsequently the Pacific Novelty Co. and then Souvenir Publishing Co.), a major California postcard publisher.