{"product_id":"alfred-ehrhardt-das-watt","title":"Alfred Ehrhardt: Das Watt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy Alfred Ehrhardt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"...an island of tranquil beauty in a cultural sea that was becoming increasingly barbaric.\" —Martin Parr, \u003cem\u003eThe Photobook\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reprint of the book \u003cem\u003eDas Watt (The Tidelands)\u003c\/em\u003e from 1937, as an exclusive facsimile edition by Éditions Xavier Barral...is an ode to nature and a masterpiece of book art.\" —\u003cem\u003eBINT, Photobooks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlfred Ehrhardt (1901–1984) taught at the Bauhaus between 1928 and 1933 alongside scenographer Oskar Schlemmer and painters Josef Albers and Wassily Kandinsky. Accused of Bolshevism in 1933 by the Nazis, Erhardt was forced to leave the Bauhaus. At that time he was working in painting, drawing and printmaking, but his exile precipitated a turn toward photography and film, of which the fundamentals he taught himself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In 1934, after leaving Germany, Ehrhardt produced his first photographic reportage—a series of spare, enigmatic images taken on the windswept sand dunes of the Curonian Spit along the Lithuanian-Russian border. This gorgeously produced book presents his works from that time. Strongly influenced by his years of modernist training at the Bauhaus, Ehrhardt’s photographs focus on the clear geometric patterns abundant in this seaside wilderness. Maritime landscapes, shells, corals and crystals offered a plethora of subjects from which Ehrhardt could produce stark, stylized compositions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003e96 pages\u003cbr\u003eText in German, French, and English\u003cbr\u003eEditions Xavier Barral, 2014\u003cbr\u003e0.8 x 10 x 12 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9782365110266\u003cbr\u003eLandscape Photography, Experimental Photography, Bauhaus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":18867552325,"sku":"9782365110266","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Alfred-Ehrhardt-Das-Watt-Ein-Bildwerk-96-Aufnahmen_Alfred-Ehrhardt.jpg?v=1591895450","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/alfred-ehrhardt-das-watt","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}