A Group of Twelve Framed Botanical Photogravures by Karl Blossfeldt, Berlin, 1929 sub-Art & Sculpture (Big Bear Rescue)

(Big Bear Rescue)

the doors close and remain closed thanks to a magnetic clicker and the sides

the head stick travelling to the bottom board of the body with peg into which the pin fits giving the head a 360 degree rotation

just two years before Sir John died on the 31 July 1952 at the family estate in Shieldhill

and by a daughter from his first marriage

A Group of Twelve Framed Botanical Photogravures by Karl Blossfeldt, Berlin, 1929 sub-Art & Sculpture (Big Bear Rescue)Origin: German Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1929 Each: 11. 5 wide x 14. 5 high (each) The dozen antique botanical photogravures published in 1929 in Berlin for Urformen der Kunst", or "Art forms in nature", showing an interesting and striking array of flowers from around the world, each magnified up to thirty times, and now framed for display. The photogravures are in generally very good overall order with some light discoloration