Lot 4420: Yamawaki, Iwao: Wooden latticework

Wooden latticework. 1932. Vintage gelatin silver print on matte paper. 11,3 x 8,4 cm. Photographer's stamp, numbered in pencil on the verso.
Iwao Yamawaki was born in Nagasaki, Japan and studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau between 1930 and 1932. There he took classes in architecture, interior design and later photography with Walter Peterhans. After his return to Japan, he founded an architectural firm which became one of the most prominent in post-war Japan. His photography focuses on abstract still-lifes, images shot at an angle and extreme close-ups. - Some handling marks visible in the margins, small rubbed area lower right, otherwise in near excellent condition.
Lit.: Ingrid Sischy (ed.) Iwao Yamawaki. 2000.
Iwao Yamawaki. Editions 7L. Gottingen 1999, ill. plate 6.