Bayer, Herbert (1900-1985) "Wall with Shingles"
"Wall with Shingles". 1936/printed 1973. Gelatin silver print. 25,5 x 33,9 cm (28 x 35,7 cm). Foto-Repro 1973 blindstamp in lower left; Number notation in pencil on the verso.
This image is from a series of paintings and Fotoplastiken (photographs of assembled objects) that Bayer made in recollection of his upbringing in rural Austria. There the barns and stables often had small windows in various ornamental shapes used for ventilation and the walls often had hooks and other implements and tools to hang the hay to dry in the fields. (Herbert Bayer, A Total Context, Denver 1973, p. 18). This image shares similarities with the painting "Mauerbild - Gelb", which he also painted in 1936. – Handling crease in lower right, otherwise in very good condition.
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"Wall with Shingles". 1936/printed 1973. Gelatin silver print. 25,5 x 33,9 cm (28 x 35,7 cm). Foto-Repro 1973 blindstamp in lower left; Number notation in pencil on the verso.
This image is from a series of paintings and Fotoplastiken (photographs of assembled objects) that Bayer made in recollection of his upbringing in rural Austria. There the barns and stables often had small windows in various ornamental shapes used for ventilation and the walls often had hooks and other implements and tools to hang the hay to dry in the fields. (Herbert Bayer, A Total Context, Denver 1973, p. 18). This image shares similarities with the painting "Mauerbild - Gelb", which he also painted in 1936. – Handling crease in lower right, otherwise in very good condition.
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