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1920s botanic autochrome by Dutch photographer Leendert Blok

Creator: Leendert Blok
Offered by: Bloomberry

Description
Dutch photographer Leendert Blok has been experimenting with colour photography and the use of the panoramic format, since the 1920s. Blok comes as close as possible to texture and develops a singular approach in which each flower becomes sculpture.

He portrays tulips, narcissus, dahlias, hyacinths, irises, and gladioluses. Beyond a documentary approach, Blok captures flowers like objects of desire through a minimal staging, a subtle play of light revealing the autochrome colourful shades. The flowers stand out against a plain dark background, alluding to the famous vanitas of the Dutch Golden Age.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Origin:	Netherlands
Period:	1920-1949
Condition:	Good. An excellent vintage condition
Creation Date:	1920s
Styles / Movements:	Other
Dealer Reference #:	Sm.bb.Blok
Incollect Reference #:	398843

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Message from Seller:

For nearly two decades, the collection of Bloomberry has been driven by the cultural reference between architecture, art and design. Bloomberry is housed in a former textile factory and is located near Maastricht, in the south of The Netherlands. Within an hour of Antwerp and Cologne. Within two hours from Amsterdam and four hours from Paris.