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Palm Tree near the Church of Saints Theodore, Athens
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey French
Not on view
One of Girault’s most original and startling compositions, this study of the starburst of fronds at the crown of a palm tree feels contemporary even today. The blue cast is a product of the long exposure necessary to reproduce the green foliage, which was hard to capture with the daguerreotype process, particularly against a bright, cloudless sky.
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