
Nationalbibliothek Wien I
A monumental interior view of Vienna's National Library, captured with Höfer's characteristic precision and stillness, revealing the Baroque grandeur of one of the world's most celebrated library spaces. The large-format photograph documents the hall's soaring frescoed ceilings, ornate gilded columns, and symmetrical rows of dark wood bookshelves with an almost clinical objectivity, devoid of human presence. As part of Höfer's ongoing exploration of institutional and cultural spaces, this work transforms an architectural interior into a meditation on knowledge, order, and the passage of time.
- Medium
- Signed, titled, dated and numbered AP III in pencil on the verso. One from an edition of 6 plus artist's proofs.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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Photographs
October 3, 2017
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