Inv. No.S-0548
Title
"Volume et arabesque des corps"
Year1949, vintage
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions28 x 22 cm
Signature
signed and titled (pencil), artist copyright-stamp on verso
Comment
The figure in the foreground reminds of Oskar Schlemmer’s pen drawing (before 1925). The wire figure with its transparent forms is contrary to the plump, female torso.
Fritz Simak
Otto Steinert, "Volume et arabesque des corps", 1949
S-0548, Front view
© Stefan Steinert / Nachlass Otto Steinert, Museum Folkwang, Essen
S-0548, Front view
© Stefan Steinert / Nachlass Otto Steinert, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Otto Steinert, "Volume et arabesque des corps", 1949
S-0548, Back view
S-0548, Back view
Otto Steinert, "Volume et arabesque des corps", 1949
S-0548, Oskar Schlemmer, Skizze, veröffentlicht in Bauhausbuch 4, Die Bühne am Bauhaus, München 1925, S. 16
S-0548, Oskar Schlemmer, Skizze, veröffentlicht in Bauhausbuch 4, Die Bühne am Bauhaus, München 1925, S. 16