Los 4248

Schmidt, Michael
(1945-2014)Berlin-West

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Berlin-West. 1982. Vintage large-format gelatin silver print. 54 x 67 cm (83 x 93 cm). Signed, titled, numbered and dated by the photographer in pencil on the verso. Matted and framed in original artist's/museum frame produced for the Folkwang Museum, Essen; therein titled, numbered "2/6" and dated by the photographer in ink.

Michael Schmidt embarked on his lifelong photographic journey at the young age of 20, becoming renowned for his contributions to socio-documentary photography in Germany, characterized by a sober and reality-based style. In 1976, Schmidt established the "Werkstatt für Photographie" in Berlin-Kreuzberg. His notable "Berlin series" depicts the city in an empty, transitional state, establishing his position as a major figure in the "New Topographic Movement" of German photography, until his untimely death in 2014. – Light buckling, otherwise a fine tonal print in excellent condition.

Provenance: Directly from the artist to the current owner.

Lit.: Michael Schmidt. Fotografien seit 1965. Folkwang Essen 1995, ill. front cover and pp. 112-113.