Artist Index: Keetman, Peter

"Kunststoff-Profile" (Plastic Forms). 1960s. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Agfa paper. 23,9 x 30,3 cm. Photographer's 8211 Breitbrunn am Chiemsee Tel.305 stamp and annotated by the photographer in pencil on the verso.

A few minimal handling marks, small retouched spot in upper edge, otherwise in near excellent condition.

Research reactor at Garching, near Munich. 1957. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Leonar paper. 24 x 18 cm. Photographer's stamp and annotated and layout marks in pencil on the verso.

Some handling marks/creases, otherwise in good condition.

Autobahn Munich-Salzburg and Bad Reichenhall. 1950s. 3 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on Leonar paper. Each circa 18 x 24 cm. 2 with photographer's stamp and 2 signed and annotated by the photographer in pencil as well as layout marks in pencil on the verso.

Some handling marks/creases, traces of previous mounting on the verso, otherwise in good condition.

Interior and exterior view of the Frauenkirche, Munich. 1950s. 2 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on Leonar paper. 24 x 17,8 cm. 1 with photographer's stamp, each signed by the photographer in pencil and layout notes in pencil on the verso.

Some handling marks/creases, exterior view with retouching for publication in sky area, otherwise in good condition.

Autobahn Munich-Salzburg. 1950s. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Leonar paper. 23,5 x 17,3 cm. Photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso.

Some handling marks/creases, traces of previous mounting on the verso, otherwise in good condition.

"(Augen-)Blick". 1961. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on doubleweight Agfa paper. 30 x 23 cm. Signed, titled and dated by the photographer as well as number in pencil and photographer's stamp on the verso.
Light buckling, a few small retouched spots, otherwise in very good condition.

"Wasserblasen" (1956). Printed 2016 from the original negative. Ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 37,2 x 29 cm (41,2 x 31,4 cm). Edition/copyright stamp, therein editioned 11/15 in pencil on the verso.

A few retouched spots, otherwise in near excellent condition.

"Öltropfen" (Oil Drops). 1956/printed 1980s. Ferrotyped gelatin silver print on doubleweight paper. 30 x 23 cm. Signed, titled and dated by the photographer as well as number in pencil and photographer's stamp on the verso.

A few irregularities to ferrotype surface, some retouched spots, some traces or previous mounting on the verso, otherwise in very good condtion.

Provenance: Kurt Julius

"1001 Gesichter" (1001 Faces). 1957/printed 1980s. Ferrotyped gelatin silver print on doubleweight paper. 30,5 x 23 cm. Signed, titled and dated by the photographer as well as number in pencil and photographer's stamp on the verso.

A few small retouched spots, otherwise in near excellent condtion.

Provenance: Kurt Julius

Lit.: F.C. Gundlach (ed.). Peter Keetman. fotoform. Berlin 1988, ill. p. 32.
Rolf Sachsse. Peter Keetman. Bewegung und Struktur. Los Angeles 1996, ill. p. 59.

"Schnee-Inseln" (Snow Islands). 1958/printed 1980s. Ferrotyped gelatin silver print on doubleweight paper. 23 x 30 cm. Signed, titled and dated by the photographer as well as number in pencil and photographer's stamp on the verso.

A few small retouched spots, otherwise in near excellent condtion.

Provenance: Kurt Julius

"Erdmännchen". 2001. Chromogenic print on Agfa paper. 20,2 x 30,3 cm. Signed and dated by the photographer in black pen on the verso.

In very good condition.

"Spiegelnde Tropfen" (Reflecting drops). 1950. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver press print on Agfa-Brovira paper. 17,4 x 23,5 cm. Photographer's Prien am Chiemsee, Jensenstraße 11 stamp, annotated by the photographer in ink and press text label/archive label on the verso.

This image was exhibited at the famous exhibition "Subjektive Fotografie", which was first shown in 1951 and then travelled to various German cities. This image is in the collection of the Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken. – Traces of previous mounting on verso, small paper loss and tear in upper edge, edges curled, handling creases in mid section, upper right and lower left, some retouched spots.

Lit.: Otto Steinert. Subjektive Fotografie. Bonn 1952, ill. p. 13.
Barbara Auer (ed.). Zwischen Abstraktion und Wirklichkeit. Fotografie der 50er Jahre. Heidelberg 1998, ill. p. 37.

Color abstraction. 1963/printed 2004. Cibachrome print. 42 x 60,2 cm. Signed by the photographer in black marker on the verso. From the portfolio "Farbe und Struktur" (Color and Structure) 2004, from an edition of 10.

Peter Keetman took this and the following image on a commercial assignment in the late 1960s. As F.C. Gundlach states in the text accompanying the portfolio "Farbe und Struktur", these images have the same abstraction and stringency of Keetman's black and white work. Color becomes a means of stylistic expression and the objects acquire a unique aura. – With rich colors and in excellent condition.

"Abendliche Strasse, Bernau-Prien" (Evening Street, Bernau-Prien). 1956. Oversized vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Leonar paper. 50 x 40,5 cm. Signed, titled and dated by the photographer in pencil as well as photographer's copyright stamp on the verso.

Some small retouched spots/lines and some handling marks, creases in lower left and upper right corner, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: F.C. Gundlach (ed.). Peter Keetman. fotoform. Berlin 1988, ill. p. 87.
Rolf Sachsse. Peter Keetman. Bewegung und Struktur. Los Angeles 1996, ill. p. 103.

Combs; Egg slicer. 1963/printed 2004. 2 Cibachrome prints. 42 x 60,2 cm. Each signed by the photographer in black ink on the verso. From the portfolio "Farbe und Struktur" (Color and Structure) 2004. Edition of 10 + 1 AP.

Peter Keetman took these images on a commercial assignment in the late 1960s. As F.C. Gundlach states in the text accompanying the portfolio "Farbe und Struktur", these images have the same abstraction and stringency of Keetman's black and white work. Color becomes a means of stylistic expression and the objects acquire a unique aura.