Körperbilder
Photograph
1967 (photographed)
1967 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Floris Neusüss has dedicated his career to extending the practice, study and teaching of experimental photography and the photogram. Alongside his practice as an artist, he is known as an influential writer and teacher, working as Professor in Experimental Photography, University of Kassel, Germany from 1971 until 2009. Since first exhibiting in the 1960s, he has consistently explored the photogram's numerous technical, conceptual and visual possibilities, resulting in works that range from the figurative to the abstract.
This portfolio of fifteen gelatin silver print reproductions of photograms, made by Neusüss between 1960 and 1970, also includes a self-portrait which documents the photogram technique and two details from an original photogram with photochemical oxidations.
This portfolio of fifteen gelatin silver print reproductions of photograms, made by Neusüss between 1960 and 1970, also includes a self-portrait which documents the photogram technique and two details from an original photogram with photochemical oxidations.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | <i>Körperbilder</i> (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | Photograph, reproduction of an original photogram, part of the portfolio Körperbilder, gelatin silver print, Floris M. Neusüss, Kassel, 1960-1970 |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph of an original photogram depicting a female nude with open palms on either side of her face. |
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| Copy number | Edition of 3 |
| Marks and inscriptions |
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| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Object history | This is part of a portfolio of fifteen gelatin silver prints which includes twelve reproductions of early photograms by Floris Neusüss made between 1960 and 1970 and printed in scale 1:6 to the originals; two details of photochemical oxidations and a photograph of the artist making a photogram. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Floris Neusüss has dedicated his career to extending the practice, study and teaching of experimental photography and the photogram. Alongside his practice as an artist, he is known as an influential writer and teacher, working as Professor in Experimental Photography, University of Kassel, Germany from 1971 until 2009. Since first exhibiting in the 1960s, he has consistently explored the photogram's numerous technical, conceptual and visual possibilities, resulting in works that range from the figurative to the abstract. This portfolio of fifteen gelatin silver print reproductions of photograms, made by Neusüss between 1960 and 1970, also includes a self-portrait which documents the photogram technique and two details from an original photogram with photochemical oxidations. |
| Associated object | E.293-2012 (Set) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.400:16-2013 |
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| Record created | December 6, 2013 |
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