KRULL, Germaine(1897 Poznan - 1985 Wetzlar)
Reclining female nude
Silver gelatin print.Unsigned.
Sheet: 15 x 22,2 cm, mounted on cardboard 25 x 34,5 cm.
From "KARA-Mappe" 1922 - 1924, probably depicting her sister Berthe.
German-Dutch avant-garde photographer, war reporter and hotel manager. The portfolio "Métal", which she published in 1928, made her one of the most famous photographers of her time. She was like a "mirror that transforms the image of the world". (Quote: Jean Cocteau, 1930).
Literature: Sichel, Kim: Avant-garde as Adventure. Leben und Werk der Photographin Germaine Krull, Munich 1999, p. 34ff.
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