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Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897-1966), 2 Macro Photographs, 1920s

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:400.00 EUR Estimated At:640.00 - 800.00 EUR
Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897-1966), 2 Macro Photographs, 1920s
Vintage gelatin silver print mounted on green cardboard
Germany, 1920s
Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897-1966) – German photographer of the ‘Neue Sachlichkeit‘
2 motifs: ‘Aracea Anthurium veitschii‘ and ‘Agave’
Verso on the cardboard typographically inscribed label with information of title, date and photographer
Verso on the cardboard stamped ‘E.F. *Freundeskreis* Ernst Fuhrmann’, ‘Folkwang Verlag, Photo: Albert Renger Patzsch’, ‘Wilhelm Arnholdt Maschinensetzerei Hamburg 20, Falkenried 42’ and ‘Maya Heya Isolde Arnholdt’
Dimensions: each 39.4 x 29.5 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Estate Wilhelm Arnholdt
Albert Renger-Patzsch is regarded an advocate of the objective photo style; his photographs of botanical subject matter fetch up to 30,000 Euros at international auctions

These are two photographs from the twenties by the German photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897-1966). Depicted are the two motifs ‘Aracea Anthurium veitschii‘ and ‘Agave’. Albert Renger-Patzsch is regarded an advocate of the objective photo style. His work ‘The world is beautiful’ (1928) contains 100 cutouts-like represented subject matters of the flora. The stamps on the reverse prove that Albert Renger-Patzsch took these photos for the Folkwang Verlag, whose image archivist he was. The prints were generated from the negatives under the supervision of Ernst Fuhrmann, the director of the publishing house. Fuhrmann gave the archive to Wilhelm Arnholdt when he left Germany.



The photographs bear verso on the cardboard a typographically inscribed label with information of title, date and photographer. Also verso on the cardboard of each photograph are the stamps ‘E.F. *Freundeskreis* Ernst Fuhrmann’, ‘Folkwang Verlag, Photo: Albert Renger Patzsch’, ‘Wilhelm Arnholdt Maschinensetzerei Hamburg 20, Falkenried 42’ and ‘Maya Heya Isolde Arnholdt’. The photographs are besides singular scratches and minimal marginal wear in good condition. The dimensions are each 39.4 x 29.5 cm.



Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897-1966)

Albert Renger-Patzsch began photography at an early age of twelve. After he served in WWII he studied chemistry in Dresden. He was the publisher of a number of photography books with scientific illustrations. His style is concentrated on sharply focused and realistic motives that represent New Objectivity well. Renger-Patzsch proclaimed the view that the value of photography lies in the ability to reproduce the reality of an object. His archives had been destroyed entirely during WWII. After the war he moved to Wamel, Möhnsee and lived there for the rest of his life. (tm)
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