Cologne Newspaper Works
Photograph
1928 (photographed)
1928 (photographed)
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The offices of the Kölnische Zeitung newspaper were designed by architect Wilhelm Riphahn in the 1920s in a high Modernist style. The photographer Werner Mantz was particularly associated with this type of architecture, taking sympathetic photographs of many Modernist buildings. This is one of his best known images, showing the form of the building through its distinctive lighting, which makes the building appear like a flat, abstract geometrical pattern as much as a solid building.
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| Title | Cologne Newspaper Works (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
| Brief description | Black and white photograph of modernist building at night by Werner Mantz, 1928 (printed later). |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph of modernist building at night. |
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| Gallery label | The Kölnische Zeitung (Cologne Newspaper) building was designed by architect Wilhelm
Riphahn in the 1920s in a highly modernist style. The photographer Mantz was
particularly associated with the modernist movement, taking sympathetic photographs of
buildings by many of its architects. This is one of the photographer's most well known
images, showing the form of the building through its distinctive lighting, like a
flat, abstract geometrical pattern as much as a solid building.(22/09/2004) |
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| Summary | The offices of the Kölnische Zeitung newspaper were designed by architect Wilhelm Riphahn in the 1920s in a high Modernist style. The photographer Werner Mantz was particularly associated with this type of architecture, taking sympathetic photographs of many Modernist buildings. This is one of his best known images, showing the form of the building through its distinctive lighting, which makes the building appear like a flat, abstract geometrical pattern as much as a solid building. |
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| Accession number | PH.136-1979 |
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| Record created | June 22, 2005 |
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