Karl Blossfeldt
1929
Book cover for Karl Blossfeldt, 1929, Urformen der Kunst., (Berlin, Ernst Wasmuth)

Book cover
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Auction 104, 3 December 2014, 19th - 21st Century Photography, Lot: 4347
 
Urformen der Kunst. Photographische Pflanzenbilder. Hrsg. mit einer Einleitung von Karl Nierendorf. Text brochure with XVII p., 1 l. and 120 loose plates in heliogravure after photographs. 32 x 25,5 cm. Green canvas portfolio with gilt-pressed spine and front cover title with gilt-pressed vignette. Berlin, Ernst Wasmuth, 1929.
 
Rare portfolio edition of this work with finely printed heliogravures after photographs by Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932).
 
LL/56145