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Peter Henry Emerson — Water-Lilies
Peter Henry Emerson

Water-Lilies

1886

Pure natural beauty receives equal attention alongside human activity, as Emerson applies his documentary approach to the decorative patterns of floating marsh vegetation.

Medium
Platinum print, pl. VIII from the album "Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads" (1886)

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Peter Henry Emerson, Water-Lilies, 1886

Pure natural beauty receives equal attention alongside human activity, as Emerson applies his documentary approach to the decorative patterns of floating marsh vegetation.

Medium
Platinum print, pl. VIII from the album "Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads" (1886)
Year
1886
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Naturalistic, Serene, Photograph, Botanical, Landscape, 1880s, Nature, Platinum Print, British, Water Lilies

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art