A vintage silver gelatin printing plate from the rare 1930 American portfolio edition titled First Forms of Art: Examples from the Living Plant World,<\/strong> published by H. C. Perleberg. Highly celebrated by the Surrealists and early modernists, Karl Blossfeldt 1865\u20131932 used a custom-built camera capable of magnifying organic specimens up to thirty times. This technique exposed hidden microscopic patterns and structures that transformed everyday flora into severe avant-garde architectural sculptures.<\/p>\n This large-format double-sided portfolio plate preserves the precise layout for Plate 26 of the collection, featuring a detailed structural study of Erica herbacea, commonly known as Winter Heather. Issued in limited numbers for American design institutions and academies, these original 1930 Perleberg plates are significantly scarcer than standard European bookplate photogravures. This item represents an authentic piece of photographic history, sourced from Book Beat’s backroom gallery.<\/p>\n Karl Blossfeldt 1865\u20131932 was a German sculptor, draftsman, and professor who spent his career teaching at the Royal School of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Berlin. He created thousands of close-up botanical photographs over three decades to serve as literal objective models for his design students. His work became a cornerstone of the New Objectivity movement, celebrated for revealing the structural engineering inherent in natural forms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Karl Blossfeldt Vintage Printing Plate 26 Erica herbacea 1930 Product Description A vintage silver gelatin printing plate from the rare 1930 American portfolio edition titled First Forms of Art: Examples from the Living Plant World, published by H. C. Perleberg. Highly celebrated by the Surrealists and early modernists, Karl Blossfeldt 1865\u20131932 used a custom-built camera […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":81930,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[83,95],"product_tag":[1474,1475,1481],"class_list":["post-81929","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-photography-rare-used-op","product_cat-vintage-photographs","product_tag-karl-blossfeldt","product_tag-vintage-photograph","product_tag-wundergarten-der-natur","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/81929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=81929"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=81929"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=81929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Key Specifications and Identifiers<\/h2>\n
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