
Vergittert
<p>Franz Roh, an art historian, likely took up photography after encountering the ideas of László Moholy-Nagy, and he soon became an influential advocate for experimental camera work in his own right. His fascination with negative prints and the practice of rounding the corners of his pictures recalls photographic work of the mid-1800s, which Roh collected as study material. Although he wrote and lectured on photography, and even founded a (short-lived) series of monographs on photographers, Roh rarely publicized his own work, which letters to friends indicate he viewed as a creative amusement./</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1922
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 19.3 × 15.6 cm (7 5/8 × 6 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Franz Roh
Artist

Photography
Franz Roh, was a German historian, photographer, and art critic. Roh is perhaps best known for his 1925 book Nach-Expressionismus: Magischer Realismus: Probleme der neuesten europäischen Malerei he coined the term magic realism.
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1928 · Gelatin silver print
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1928 · Gelatin silver print
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1928 · Gelatin silver print
Under Water
1928 · Nine gelatin silver prints, paper, and pencil
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- Franz Roh
- Year
- 1922
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 19.3 × 15.6 cm (7 5/8 × 6 3/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1922-104043
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





