Joost Schmidt
Flower Vase

ArtistGerman, 1893–1948
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Flower Vase
Date1928
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 15/16 × 3 1/16 in. (10 × 7.8 cm)
Sheet: 3 15/16 × 3 1/16 in. (10 × 7.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.1060
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Joost Schmidt was first a student and later an instructor at
the Bauhaus, the revolutionary German design school that emphasized
experimentation and discovery over traditional technique. Bauhaus students
frequently took pictures from unique perspectives and angles and explored the
line between objective reality and experimental abstraction. This small contact
print—made by placing the negative in direct contact with the photographic
paper— preserves all the dizzying detail of the wood grain, making depth and
distance ambiguous. Schmidt pushed “straight” photography to the edge of
abstraction through careful setup, an odd camera angle, and a decisive printing
technique.




ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right: GKM 188
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right: P 87 100 20

[Agfa Lupex paper stamps on verso]

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