Blossfeldt - Impatiens glanduligera
SOLD March 2005 |
Vintage gravure, plate 19 from "Urformen der Kunst" by Karl Blossfeldt, 2nd edition 1929. Printed on sheet 9.5 x 12 inches (24x30 cm) with plate number. Print size 10 x 7 inches (25x18 cm).
An attractive period gravure by the cutting-edge German modernist Karl Blossfeldt. Often using high magnification, Blossfeldt's work produces truly monumental images.
The gravures of this (1929) edition are identical to those in the immediately preceding First edition of 1928.
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