A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY
322 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA  70117
Telephone 504-568-1313
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www.agallery.com

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Karl Blossfeldt 
Forms of Nature
February 1 - May 1, 2001

A Gallery for Fine Photography announces an exhibition of vintage photogravures by the 
German photographer Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932).

Blossfeldt's stark, rigorously composed, and highly detailed close-ups of botanical specimens were
 produced over a thirty year period and were first published in a series of volumes during the late 
1920's called "Urformen der Kunst" ("Forms of Nature"). Intended as guides for industrial designers 
and art students to demonstrate the structure and beauty inherent in plant forms, Blossfeldt's images
 are also celebrated as prime examples of the photographic art in their own right.



"My botanical documents should contribute to restoring the link with nature. 
They should reawaken a sense for nature, point to its teeming richness of form, 
and prompt the viewer to observe for himself the surrounding plant world."
- Karl Blossfeldt, 1932 



A Gallery for Fine Photography will feature a large selection of Blossfeldt's original photogravures 
from the 1928 edition of "Urformen der Kunst" in an exhibition that will open on 
Thursday, February 1, 2001.
The exhibition will continue through May 1.


For more information, please call 504-568-1313 or email us.