Los 4184

Keetman, Peter
(1916-2005)Volkswagenwerk

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Volkswagenwerk. 1953. 5 gelatin silver prints, printed 1990s. Each 25,8 x 25,2 cm (50,2 x 40,4 cm). Each signed by the photographer in black ink on the verso.

Peter Keetman’s 1953 series Volkswagenwerk offers a strikingly modernist view of the Volkswagen factory, transforming car parts and assembly lines into rhythmic, abstract compositions. Blending industrial subject matter with formal experimentation, the series exemplifies Keetman’s role in the postwar Fotoform movement and how he redefined the aesthetic potential of industrial photography. These attractive photographs are unique prints with unusually wide margins, which Keetman only printed once in this format. – Some very light handling creases and minor buckling along margins, otherwise all in very good condition.

Lit.: Holger Broeker (ed.). Peter Keetman: Volkswagenwerk 1953. Bielefeld, 2003, ill. pp. 21, 29, 63, 87 and 99.

Errata/Addenda:Die Abbildung im Katalog rechts ist falsch.