Lot #764: KARL BLOSSFELDT - Aconitum (Common Monkshood) - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Karl Blossfeldt (German, 1865 - 1932).
Title: "Aconitum (Common Monkshood)".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed c1900-1928. Printed 1942.
Dimensions: Image size: 10 3/16 x 7 5/8 in. (259 x 194 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with photographer's name, verso. High-grade archival paper. Ample margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition. Comment(s): Probably the most famous and highly sought after of all of Blossfeldt's images. Printed on one side of the paper only ("sur blanc"). An original gravure, not a later copy. [22550-2-150]