Sold for:
$400
$400
Blossfeldt, Karl (1865-1932) Art Forms in Nature . New York: Weyhe, 1929. Large quarto, short preface, table of contents and 120 full-page photographic illustrations of close-up details of plant parts in black and white, bound in publisher's greenish-blue cloth, stamped in gold, somewhat shaken, spine sunned, 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. The original German title of Blossfeldt's seminal work, Urformen der Kunst , means The Original Art. "The plant must be valued as a totally artistic and architectural structure." --Blossfeldt
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-17
