Black-and-white optical patterns emanate and merge from two dark points rising from dark base

Water Pattern, from the portfolio The Science Pictures

Artist Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991)

Date1959/60, printed 1982

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensionssheet: 15 × 19 1/2 in. (38.1 × 49.5 cm)

ClassificationPhotograph

Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, donated by Husch Blackwell, LLP

Object number2019.8.11

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