Walter Peterhans, “Ophelia (still life with lemon slice, tulle and feathers)”, c. 1929, modern print c. 1966 Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, © Walter Peterhans, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Walter Peterhans, “Ophelia (still life with lemon slice, tulle and feathers)”, c. 1929, modern print c. 1966 Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, © Walter Peterhans, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Walter Peterhans, Ophelia (still life with lemon slice, tulle and feathers), c. 1929 ( modern print c. 1966)
In still lifes like this with a slice of lemon, tulle and feathers (c. 1929), Walter Peterhans aimed to achieve a type of photographic depiction that had an almost tactile quality. His photographs benefit from his intensive study of the chemical processes involved in the photographic procedure. The use of a maximum of grey tones creates a poetic, almost surrealist effect.