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Brandt, Marianne
(1893-1983)Bauhausfotos Portfolio

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Bauhausfotos portfolio. 1927-1931. 10 gelatin silver prints, printed 1993, hinge-mounted in mats. Each ca. 23,5 x 17,5 cm. Each photograph with portfolio stamp on the verso, therein numbered “23” (of 30). Presented in original canvas clamshell box with text and colophon sheet. Sabine Hartmann and Karsten Hitz (eds.) for Bauhaus-Archiv GmbH, Berlin, 1993.

The portfolio brings together key photographs by Marianne Brandt from her Bauhaus period, reflecting her experimental engagement with reflection, material, and self-representation. Several works - including Selbstportrait in der Kugel gespiegelt, Das Atelier in der Kugel I-II, and Selbstportrait mit Schmuck zum Metallischen Fest - explore the artist’s image through mirrored surfaces and spherical distortions, dissolving the boundary between subject and object. Complementary still lifes, such as Spiegelungen (Stilleben aus Metall und Glas) and Stilleben in der Metallwerkstatt, emphasize the interplay of light, texture, and industrial materials, while Bauhausbühne I-II document performative aspects of the Bauhaus stage. The group is completed by Selbstportrait, Doppelbelichtung, in which Brandt uses photographic superimposition to further destabilize a fixed sense of identity. Together, the works exemplify the innovative spirit of Bauhaus photography, combining formal experimentation with a probing exploration of perception and modern subjectivity.

Literatur: Marianne Brandt. Fotografien am Bauhaus. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2003, ill. pp. 45, 47, 49, 51, 55, 57, 71, 82, 83 and front cover.