Dieter Schwertle - Beuys in Kassel

\Artist: Dieter Schwertle\Signature: Signed
Dieter Schwerdtle (1952-2009) , Joseph Beuys in front of the Fridericianum in Kassel for Documenta 7, 1982. Silver gelatin print on barite paper, approx. 30 x 21 cm Provenance: Edition Siegfried Sander, Hamburg; Berlin Collection. With photographer's and edition stamp on the back. Biography: Dieter Schwerdtle was born in Kassel in 1952 and, after studying art in Karlsruhe and the 1st state examination in Kassel for artistic teaching at grammar schools studied photography at the Gesamthochschule Kassel with Floris M. Neusüß. He began taking photographs while he was still a student. He had been a freelance photographer since 1981 and specialised in comprehensively documenting the Kassel art scene and the documenta. He photographed the documenta exhibitions 5 to 11, partly also for the tours of the magazine "Das Kunstforum".