Vintage gravure, plate 95 from "Urformen der Kunst" by Karl Blossfeldt, 2nd edition 1929. Printed on sheet 9.5 x 12 inches (24x30 cm) with plate number lower right. Print size 10 x 7 inches (25x18 cm). Price: $95. ( Inventory# do106.95 )
An attractive and stylish, vintage period gravure by the early 20th century German modernist Karl Blossfeldt, this botanical study comes from the 2nd German edition of his Urformen der Kunst printed in 1929. Image area approx. 7 x 10 inches, on sheet 9.5 x 12 inches with plate number. Blossfeldt's compositions, often using high magnification, lend monumentality to even the smallest plant forms.
