1995 After Karl Blossfeldt "Teasel", First Edition German Poster

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A stunning black and white poster after the original black and white photogravure of Dispsacus laciniatus, common name - Teasel, … more A stunning black and white poster after the original black and white photogravure of Dispsacus laciniatus, common name - Teasel, Leaves dried on the stem, by German photographer and professor Karl Blossfeldt (June 13, 1865 – December 9, 1932). First edition as poster. Printed on one side of high quality paper in Germany, in 1995. Excellent condition - minor edge wear, never framed.

Karl Blossfeldt insisted that ’the plant must be valued as a totally artistic and architectural structure,’ and his iconic monographs are a testament to that belief. A pioneer in the field of macro-photography, Blossfeldt often constructed his own cameras allowing him to magnify his subject 30x to craft compositions infused with abstract shape, transforming ordinary buds, pods, and twigs into exotic specimens with rhythmic form. less