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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Atget produced architectural details, views of historic Paris, landscapes, and botanical images for use by painters and illustrators. Despite being a product of the 19th century, he was greatly admired by the avant-garde photographers of the 1920s. Modernists esteemed the straightforwardness of his photographs, while the Surrealists found inspiration in their evocative power. An artist or illustrator using this image of a common plant used in herbal remedies would have ignored the landscape background. But the Surrealists would have appreciated the unexpected, unintended surrealism of its odd juxtaposition of sheet, plant, and landscape.
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![[Study of Leaves on a Background of Floral Lace]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP106961.jpg)
Charles Hippolyte Aubry — [Study of Leaves on a Background o
John Dillwyn Llewelyn — Yucca Gloriosa
Adolphe Braun (French, 1812–1877) — Bouquet
William Henry Fox Talbot — A Bush of Hydrangea in Flower
Adolphe Braun (French, 1812–1877) — Untitled (flower arrange![[Deodars at Annandale, Simla]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP146180.jpg)
Unknown — [Deodars at Annandale, Simla]
David Octavius Hill|Robert Adamson|Hill and Adamson — The F
William Henry Fox Talbot — 1. Cestrum Parqui. 2. Fiora di un
Carl Gustav Carus — Study of a Willowherb; verso: Study of T
Constant Alexandre Famin (French, 1827–1888) — Study of a Bi
David Octavius Hill|Robert Adamson|Hill and Adamson — Tree ![[Banian Tree]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP147459.jpg)
Captain R. B. Hill — [Banian Tree]
