Albert Renger-Patzsch — Die Welt Ist Schon

Munchen [Munich], Kurt Wolff, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this important volume of photography from Albert Renger-Patzsch, a copy inscribed from Sigmund von Weech to Ambrose Heal. In the original German.The first edition of this influential photobook by German photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch, who is associated with the New Objectivity movement. In this work, natural forms, industrial subjects and mass-produced objects are presented with the clarity of scientific illustrations. Illustrated with one hundred full page photographs. Collated, complete.With the inscription 'unseren lieben freunden Ambrose und Edith Heal zu Weihnacht 1928, Sigmund und Angelina von Weech' to the front free endpaper.Sigmund von Weech was a German graphic artist and textile artist and entrepreneur, who opened a handweaving workshop with his wife Angelina. Their inscription is addressed to Ambrose Heal, a British furniture designer, businessman, and key figure in the Arts and Crafts and Modernist movements. Born into the family that owned Heal"s, the London furniture store, he transformed its reputation by designing simple, functional, pieces that contrasted with the heavy Victorian style then in vogue. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip and board perimeters age toned. Light fraying to back strip head and tail. Joints starting, with boards holding firm. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Albert Renger-Patzsch. Very Good .