Mother and Child, 1925, brown-toned bromoil print, sighned by the photographer in pencil in the margin, dated annotated extensively by the photographer in pencil and with his 'Wien. V. Zeinlhofberg. 8' studio and reproduction stamps on the reverse, 11 3/4 x 8 3/4"
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(1884-1936) Rudolf Koppitz began his career as a photographer in small commercial studios. In 1912, he took a decisive step and left his professional life to go back to school at the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt (Institute for Teaching and Research in Graphic Arts) in Vienna. Here he met a circle of artists and pictorial photographers and created his masterpiece, Bewegungsstudie, in the highly decorative and symbolist tradition of the Viennese Jugendstil. His work is marked by a pronounced awareness of form, line, and the surface play of light and shadow. Koppitz's extraordinary mastery of pictorial processes--pigment, carbon, gum, and bromoil transfer printing gained the respect of his colleagues throughout the world.