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Karl Blossfeldt: Urformen Der Kunst, Plate 41 #978445

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Karl Blossfeldt: Urformen Der Kunst, Plate 41 #978445
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Karl Blossfeldt
URFORMEN DER KUNST. Berlin Ernst Wasmuth A. G. 1928 <p> Plate No.41 (Silphium laciniatum, Compass plant, Rosinwood leaf dried on the stem)
Photogravure (Plate: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches
Image: 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches)
<p> This is one of the many outstanding images from the original 1928 1st edition of "URFORMEN DER KUNST," which consists of 120 images printed on one side of a page. They are characterized by beautiful tonalities, great detail and excellent printing on medium weight paper. These gravures are being sold individually from a broken edition and are suitable for framing. <p> Karl Blossfeldt (1865 - 1932)
Karl Blossfeldt was born on June 13, 1865 in Schielo, a central German town within the Harz Mountains. At about sixteen, Blossfeldt started an apprenticeship that formed his basic understanding of visual arts, working as a caster in an ironworks foundry. Three years later he studied drawing at the Kunstgewerbemuseum&#39;s education department in Berlin. In 1890 he was awarded a scholarship to assist in establishing basic course work for drawing classes using nature as a model. Blossfeldt began this project by systematically photographing plant forms in Italy. These images were later used in the classroom, by projecting them on the walls with slides. <p> In 1899 Blossfeldt became a permanent instructor at the Kunstgewerbeschule, where he taught "Modeling from Plants" for 31 years using the photographs he took in Italy or actual ...
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<tr><td>Location:New York</td></tr>
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