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Cologne Newspaper Works

Photograph
1928 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Mantz, Werner (photographer)
Place of origin
Köln (city) (photographed)

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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Object details

Categories
Photographs
Architecture
Object type
Photograph
TitleCologne Newspaper Works (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print
Gelatin Silver Process
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.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 16.5cm
  • Image width: 21.5cm
  • Sheet height: 48cm
  • Sheet width: 32.4cm
Gallery label
(22/09/2004)
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.
Subject depicted
Building
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.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.136-1979

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Record createdJune 22, 2005
Record URL
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