Otto Steinert, 1915-1978 Ein-Fuß-Gänger, 1950,... Lot 876

Otto Steinert, 1915-1978 Ein-Fuß-Gänger, 1950, print circa 1975 Mounted on cardboard, signed and dated there, verso autograph dedication - dated 22. III. 77 - to Ludwig (Leonhardt), studied with Otto Steinert 1970-76 Reprod. in: otto steinert und schüler, gestalterische fotografie, Essen, Museum Folkwang 1959, pp. 14/15. Otto Steinert, Der Initiator einer fotografischen Bewegung, Essen, Museum Folkwang 1976, Cat.No. 43, fig. 10. "subjektive fotografie", Essen, Museum Folkwang 1984, p. 49. "subjektive fotografie", The German Contribution 1948-1963, Stgt. 1989, p. 81. Otto Steinert and Pupils, Photography and Education 1948-1978, Essen, Museum Folkwang 1990, p. 37. U. Herrmann, Otto Steinert und sein fotografisches Werk, dissertation, Kassel 1990. Photographie des 20.Jahrhunderts, Museum Ludwig, Cologne 1996, p. 667. Deutsche Fotografie, Macht eines Mediums 1870-1970, Cologne 1997, p. 296. U. Eskildsen (ed.), Der Fotograf Otto Steinert, Göttingen 1999, pp.99 Significant contribution to subjective photography in the "ambivalent interplay of clear and mixed motif components" (U. Herrmann, p. 93f.). Taken from the window of the hotel room, the encounter between real and surreal accompanies the search for sense and meaning, coincidence (a passer-by) and intention (long exposure) the work of art that has risen to icon status. Whether trees, here fenced in by man and kept viable in the pavement, will ultimately outlive their beneficiary? The blurring of the latter seems to suggest a finiteness (dissolution) - if, on the contrary, it has not just come into being anew and its creation has begun at the feet ... The interpretation as vanitas suggests itself The one-foot-walker is traceable in three German public collections: Museum Folkwang Essen, Städelmuseum Frankfurt, Museum Ludwig Cologne 28,8:39,8 cm