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Schmidt, Bastienne
(b. 1961)"American Flag" from the series 'American Dreams'

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
Auktionsdatum 5.6.2024

"American Flag" from the series 'American Dreams'. 1996/printed later. Gelatin silver print. 25 x 25,5 cm (35 x 25,5 cm). Signed, titled and annotated by the photographer in pencil on the verso.

The multi-disciplinary artist Bastienne Schmidt works with photography, painting and large-scale drawings. Born in Germany, raised in Greece and Italy, she has lived in New York for the past 30 years. Her artwork is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the International Center of Photography, the Brooklyn Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, among others. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally in over 100 exhibitions and she has published seven monographs, among them "American Dreams". – Small crease mark in lower edge in white margin, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: Bastienne Schmidt. American Dreams. Zurich 1997, ill. front cover.