{"id":81936,"date":"2026-08-15T02:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T02:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=81936"},"modified":"2026-08-17T03:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T03:46:43","slug":"karl-blossfeldt-vintage-silver-gelatin-photograph-workprint-milkweed-1932","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/catalog\/karl-blossfeldt-vintage-silver-gelatin-photograph-workprint-milkweed-1932\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl Blossfeldt: silver gelatin workprint, Milkweed, 1930"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Karl Blossfeldt Vintage Printing Plate 82 Common Milkweed 1930<\/h1>\n<h2>Product Description<\/h2>\n<p>A vintage silver gelatin printing plate from the\u00a0 1930 American portfolio edition<em> First Forms of Art: Examples from the Living Plant World<\/em>, 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<p>This large-format double-sided portfolio plate preserves the precise layout for Plate 82 of the collection, capturing a detailed structural view of Asclepias syriaca, commonly known as Common Milkweed.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Specifications and Identifiers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Artist:<\/strong> Karl Blossfeldt German 1865\u20131932<\/li>\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> Plate 82 from First Forms of Art: Examples from the Living Plant World (H. C. Perleberg, Philadelphia, 1930)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Price:<\/strong> \\$400<\/li>\n<li><strong>Subject:<\/strong> Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medium:<\/strong> Vintage Silver Gelatin Printing Plate \/ Double-Sided Portfolio Sheet<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paper Size:<\/strong> Large format measuring 10.5 by 13.5 inches approx 26.7 cm by 34.3 cm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Condition:<\/strong> Good vintage condition with strong contrast tones. The surface exhibits a light amount of silver oxidation and visible metallic flare along the margins, characteristic of vintage photographic paper processing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About the Artist<\/h2>\n<p>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":"<p>A Karl Blossfeldt vintage silver gelatin printing plate from the\u00a0 1930 American portfolio edition First Forms of Art: Examples from the Living Plant World, published by H. C. Perleberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":81937,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[95],"product_tag":[1480,1474,1478,1479,1481],"class_list":["post-81936","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-vintage-photographs","product_tag-botanical-art","product_tag-karl-blossfeldt","product_tag-silver-gelatin-print","product_tag-vintage-photography","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\/81936","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\/81937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=81936"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=81936"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=81936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}