Albert Renger-Patzsch
Trees in Snow

Trees in Snow

© Albert Renger-Patzsch / Archiv Ann u. Jürgen Wilde, Zülpich / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Trees in Snow
Trees in Snow
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Trees in Snow
  • Harzwald im Schnee
Date1923–1926
Place depictedGermany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 13/16 × 10 3/4 in. (37.6 × 27.3 cm)
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 9/16 in. (39.7 × 29.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1951
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


Albert Renger-Patzsch transforms a German forest into a woven tapestry of elongated trees and snow-topped, horizontal branches. Devoid of elements beyond dark timber and bright white snow, Renger-Patzsch’s composition locates the treetops and forest edges outside the pictorial frame, placing greater emphasis on its sharply focused textures. Renger-Patzsch was a champion of Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity), an aesthetic movement popular in Germany between the World Wars. Like modernist photographers in the United States, such as Imogen Cunningham whose work is displayed to the left, Neue Sachlichkeit photographers created focused and precise images that emphasized nature’s essential elements.



Provenance[Benteler Galleries, Inc., Houston]; [Christie's, New York, October 3rd, 1989]; purchased by Manfred Heiting; given to MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower right below image: H 218
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper left: M0050
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: H 218
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: 2800

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