
Railway Station
Werner Mantz's "Railway Station" is a gelatin silver print that exemplifies the New Objectivity movement's aesthetic of precise observation and architectural clarity. The photograph captures the geometric forms and structural elements of a modernist railway station through a carefully composed perspective that emphasizes line, form, and the interplay of light and shadow. Mantz's technical mastery of the photographic medium and his focus on industrial and architectural subjects made this work representative of German modernist photography in the early twentieth century.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation Part II
October 9, 2024
Estimate: $3,000 – $5,000
Sold: $3,810
Lot 118
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