Untitled
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a photographic by Johannes Schiffner, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a small bronze statue of a naked child standing still. The figure has a smooth, rounded head and simple, slightly bent arms. The base is a flat stone block, and the whole piece looks worn and dark. The child’s face is blank, with no clear expression. The sculpture feels rough and simple, not polished like some others. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A black-and-white photograph is mounted on a green card as part of a collection bequeathed in 1938 by William Kineton Parkes, a novelist, art historian, and librarian known for his work on sculpture. The image was obtained through questionnaires sent to sculptors in the 1920s, with this photograph among those submitted in response. The collection is now held in the Archive of Art and Design.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Johannes Schiffner lived in Berlin in the 1920s, where he walked everywhere with a Rolleiflex around his neck and shot whatever caught his eye—cobblestones, a puddle’s reflection, a woman’s shadow on a wall.
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