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Wendlandt, Kurt
(1917-1998)Gestänge (Lichtgraphik und Doppelbelichtung)

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Gestänge (Lichtgraphik, Doppelbelichtung). 1959. Unique vintage large-format gelatin silver print. 58,5 x 38 cm. Signed, titled and numbered "2/8 variabel" by the photographer in ink in lower edge, mounted to board (71 x 54 cm), dated in pencil on mount verso.

Kurt Wendlandt was a multifaceted artist - active in painting, printmaking, photography, writing and illustration - who emerged as a highly creative figure in postwar West Germany. After studying at the State Academy of the Arts from 1937 to 1943, his practice was briefly interrupted by a war injury, but he resumed his artistic work after World War II. In 1958, he began experimenting with transparent materials, leading to his first Lichtgraphiken. His close friendship with Heinz Hajek-Halke placed both artists at the forefront of Berlin’s avant-garde Lichtgraphik movement in the 1960s. Though his work remained largely outside the commercial art world, Wendlandt’s light graphics and other creations are now held in numerous public and private collections. – A few small nicks in edges and small paper loss in upper left corner, a few light handling dents, slight mark from glue on verso in upper right corner, otherwise in very good condition.

Provenance: The estate of Kurt Wendlandt