Bromide gelatin silver print laid down on cardboard
Germany, 1920s, print from the 1950s
Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897-1966) – German photographer of the ‘Neue Sachlichkeit‘
Verso stamped on the cardboard ‘Photo: Albert Renger Patzsch’ and ‘Wilhelm Arnholdt Maschinensetzerei Hamburg 20 Falkenried 42’
Dimensions: 59.5 x 49.5 cm
Provenance: Estate Wilhelm Arnholdt
Albert Renger-Patzsch is regarded an advocate of the objective photo style; his photographs of botanical subject matter fetch up to 30,000 Euros at international auctions

This is a photograph of a banana leaf from the twenties, printed in the 1950s, by the German photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897-1966). Albert Renger-Patzsch is regarded an advocate of the objective photo style. His work ‘The world is beautiful’ (1928) contains 100 cutouts-like represented subject matters of the flora. The stamps on the reverse prove that Albert Renger-Patzsch took these photos for the Folkwang Verlag, whose image archivist he was.

The photograph is stamped verso on the cardboard ‘Photo: Albert Renger Patzsch’ and ‘Wilhelm Arnholdt Maschinensetzerei Hamburg 20 Falkenried 42’. The photograph shows traces of age. There are small fissures on the upper edge. There are small scattered stains. The edges are wavy due to a former storage. The dimensions are 59.5 x 49.5 cm.



Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897-1966)

Albert Renger-Patzsch began photography at an early age of twelve. After he served in WWII he studied chemistry in Dresden. He was the publisher of a number of photography books with scientific illustrations. His style is concentrated on sharply focused and realistic motives that represent New Objectivity well. Renger-Patzsch proclaimed the view that the value of photography lies in the ability to reproduce the reality of an object. His archives had been destroyed entirely during WWII. After the war he moved to Wamel, Möhnsee and lived there for the rest of his life. (tm)

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