Lot #1153 - Book Nature Photographs
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Auction House:Davidson Auctions
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Sale Name:Estate & Collector
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Sale Date:02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326 -
Lot #:1153
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Lot Description:Book Nature Photographs
BLOSSFELDT, Karl. Wunder in der Natur. Bild-Dokumente schoner Pflanzenformen. Leipzig, H. Schmidt & C. Gunther. Pantheon Verlag fur Kunstwissenschaft, 1942. Portrait frontis., 120 photogravure plates printed recto only, some with two or three images, (10)pp., small folio 330 x 250mm., publisher's cloth gilt titled. The binding is a little marked, and rubbed on edges with a small repair at spine top. Internally the first four plate leaves have a pale damp mark on top corner, not touching the plate, otherwise clean and unfoxed. Striking close-up photos of plant forms, the third volume, published posthumously, in Blossfeldt's remarkable trilogy. The other volumes are Urformen der Kunst, 1928, and Wundergarten der Natur 1932. Beginning in 1900, Blossfeldt [1865-1932] - a rare combination of craftsman and art historian - made thousands of photographic enlargements of plant leaves, stems and seed pods in order to reveal the link between the structure of plants and artistic form... Parr & -
Estimate:A$80 - 120
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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