Karl Blossfeldt / Urformen der Kunst 1929 2nd edition

Description: Urformen der Kunst Author: Blossfeldt, Karl Title: Urformen der Kunst Publication: Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A.G., 1929 Edition: Second edition Description: Hardcover. Folio. XVII (I) Text, (1) 120 leaves (Plates). Original gilt-stamped green cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Publisher's device on title page. Second edition of the most famous work by German botanist and photographer, Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932). "His entire photographic output is devoted to plant parts: twig ends, seed pods, tendrils, leaf buds etc. These he meticulously arranged against stark backgrounds and photographed in magnification, so that unfamiliar shapes from the vegetal worlds are revealed as startling, elegant architectural forms. Since the first publication of his photographs in the late twenties (1928) his work is considered to be one of the aesthetic highlights of photo history." Originally published in 1928 when Blossfeldt was sixty-three and a professor of applied art at the Berliner Kunsthochschule, "Urformen der Kunst" quickly became an international bestseller and in turn made Blossfeldt famous almost overnight. His contemporaries were enchanted by the abstract shapes and structures in nature that he revealed to the world. In 2001 "Urformen der Kunst" was included in "The Book of 101 Books" as one of the seminal photographic books of the 20th Century. Illustrated with 120 b/w reproductions in photogravure. Each image is approx. 10 1/4 x 7 1/2" on a 12 1/4 x 9 1/2" sheet. Text in German. Binding with very light wear along edges with gilt lettering on spine lightly faded. Ex-Libris of A. Reder on inside front cover. Slight age-toning along paper margin, not affecting images. Binding in overall very good, interior in near fine, images in fine condition. Very good+ to fine condition. Seller ID: 49072 Subject: Photography We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Priority Mail. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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