Peter Keetman
1001 Gesichter

1001 Gesichter

© Peter Keetman Estate, F.C. Gundlach Foundation, Hamburg, Germany

1001 Gesichter
1001 Gesichter
ArtistGerman, 1916–2005
CultureGerman
Titles
  • 1001 Gesichter
  • 1001 Faces
Date1957
PlaceGermany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 1/2 × 9 1/8 in. (29.2 × 23.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 9 7/16 in. (30.3 × 24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1406
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionIn Peter Keetman’s photographs, forms repeat endlessly to transform what we perceive to be objective reality. The print seen here is an unconventional portrait seen through a wire screen dotted with water. The overall grid refracts the man’s face behind it, miniaturizing and multiplying his image from various angles, like different frames in a photographic contact sheet. Such innovative works made Keetman one of the most experimental photographers working in Germany after World War II and reached international audiences through three major exhibitions in Cologne in the 1950s titled Subjective Photography.
ProvenanceArtist; PPS Gallery, Hamburg.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Stiftung F. C. Gundlach [n.d.]
Exhibition History"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–May 5, 2013.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.

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