Karl Blossfeldt
(1865-1932)

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The magnificent, modernist botanical studies of Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) were first published in his Urformen der Kunst in 1928 (literally, "Primal forms of Art"). The work contains single-sided gravure plates, prefaced with an introductory text and list of plate subjects. A second printing of the work was published in 1929, containing the same subjects as the first edition.

A second work "Wundergarten der Natur" was published with a new set of images in 1932. After Blossfeldt's death in 1932 a number of works were printed with his images, which continue to the present day. A different publication also entitled "Urformen der Kunst" / "Art Forms in Nature" was produced with 96 images in various editions circa 1935-1941, and a "Wunder in der Natur" with 120 botanical studies was printed circa 1942, during WWII in Leipzig.