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[Contact print-strip from two 37mm film positives: museum steps from left to right at angle/steps from greater distance, in negative]
Creator
Franz RohGerman Photographer · 1890–1965
All works by this person →An art historian, photographer, and art critic, Franz Roh deplored photographs that were derived from painting or pretended to be drawings or charcoal sketches. His writings brought him close to avant-garde artists, who inspired many of his photographs. In 1929 he co-published and co-edited a book, *Foto-Auge* (Photo-Eye), with graphic designer Jan Tschichold. Asserting that photographs were an ef
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1927–1933
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- German
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 160828fd-2354-42ca-a130-ae72a02266a2
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A roof with tiles and a staircase leading down to a courtyard.
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