Otto Steinert (1915 - 1978)

Tirage argentique d'époque contrecollé sur carton d'époque. Au verso sur le carton, avec tampon de la succession Otto Steinert et titré, daté et signé par Stefan Steinert, fils du photographe et directeur de la succession, et annoté 'Otto Steinert: "Strenges Ballett" - « Hommage à Oskar Schlemmer » Fotogramm, 1949 au crayon d'une main inconnue.

Vintage silver print, flush-mounted to original card. On the reverse of the card, with the estate stamp, and titled, dated and signed by Stefan Steinert, son of the photographer and director of the estate.

De la succession de l'artiste au propriétaire actuel.

Ute Eskildsen (éd.), Der Fotograf Otto Steinert, cat. expo. Folkwang Museum Essen, Göttingen, Steidl, 1999, ill. p. 92;
Annette and Rudolf Kicken/ Simone Förster, Points of View. Masterpieces of Photography and Their Stories, Göttingen, Steidl, 2007, ill. p. 146.

In very good condition. The print has a glossy surface which shows very light traces of random scratching and rubbing. The edges are partially very slightly worn. The corners of the card are very slightly worn and there are two small stains of light dicolouration at the lower edge away from the print.
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Otto Steinert fut un des personnages les plus importants dans l'avant-garde photographique dans l'Allemagne d'après-guerre. Avec sa photographie dite 'subjective', il s'opposait clairement au style conformiste de la photographie allemande des années 1930 et 40 installé sous le règne national-socialiste, et il forma, avec Peter Keetman (lot 81) et Heinz Hajek-Halke (lots 68 - 79), entre autres, le groupe 'fotoform', groupe de photographes travaillant uniquement en noir et blanc dans un style abstrait et austère, se basant sur l'esthétique de la photographie moderniste des années 1920.