Peter Keetman
Vereistes Seeufer

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Artist Peter Keetman(German, 1916–2005)German, 1916–2005

CultureGerman

Titles

Vereistes Seeufer
Frozen Lake Bank

Date1950s

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 × 6 3/4 in. (23 × 17.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 6 15/16 in. (23.5 × 17.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, the Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.1410

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionA cofounder of Fotoform (with Otto Steinert and Toni Schneiders, among others)—a group of photographers who greatly impacted the development of postwar photography in Germany and abroad—Peter Keetman primarily worked as a freelance advertising photographer in the 1950s and is best known for his photographic series on the making of Volkswagen Beetle cars. But, true to the Fotoform philosophy, he also embraced the aesthetics of the “Subjective Fotographie” movement, which championed photographic images that often transformed their literal subject for the sake of visual satisfaction. Keetman created images of industrial objects and natural phenomena that invite the viewer to further interpret and reflect on the visual experience of looking at a photograph, as it differs from everyday vision.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History“The Will to Architecture,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 1–July 6, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso top left corner in pencil: 300

verso lower center a rectangular stamp with additions in green ink: Auftr. Nr.[crossed through] fan 102 Reg. Nr. 582 / Titel(Name) vereistes seeufer / Urheber: / FOTOGRAF / PETER KEETMAN(fotoform) /IEN AM CHIEMSEE / Jensenstrasse 11 / Veröffentlichung nur mit voller Namensnennung des Urhebers / gestettet. / Honorar und Belegexemplar sind an obige Adresse zu richten.

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