Emanuel von Baeyer
Photogravures

Photogravures
Lothar Osterburg
Emanuel von Baeyer Cabinet is pleased to present photogravure works by the artist Lothar Osterburg (Braunschweig, 1961 - still active in New York).
Throughout diverse series of photogravure, Osterburg shapes imaginary sceneries, notably inspired by 18th century artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi and his carceri d’invenzione. Almost working as film stills, Osterburg’s ‘scenes’ are somewhat reminiscent of silent and dark movies of the 1920s directed by Fritz Lang or Sergei Eisenstein.
Working from memory, he creates small-scale models out of readily available or found material, which he then proceeds to photograph through a magnifying glass or macro lens. The scenes are thus brought to lifesize dimensions and printed through the 19th century photographic process of copperplate photogravure.
His prints proved widely collected by public institutions and private collectors and Lothar Osterburg is well known for his unusual and inventive technique of photogravure through which various layers of Old Masters are rejuvenated.
Please visit https://evbaeyer-cabinet.com/exhibitions/lothar-osterburg/ to view the full exhibition.
Image Credit:
Lothar Osterburg
Lothar Osterburg
Portal
2021
Size of plate: 12.25 x 11.75 inches. Size of sheet: 17.5 x 16 inches.
Photogravure on Hahnemuhle with Gampi Chine Colle.
Inspired by a memory of Frederick Henry Wells “A Sea of Steps”, Wells Cathedral 1903. Numbered and signed. Edition of 9.
£ 850.-
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Lothar Osterburg
The Lobby
2021
Size of plate: 12.25 x 11.75 inches. Size of sheet: 17.5 x 16 inches.
Photogravure on Hahnemuhle with Gampi Chine Colle.
The first attempt at large scale sculpture inside a small scale lobby. Edition of 7.
£ 850.-
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Lothar Osterburg
Lothar Osterburg
The Livingroom
2021
Size of plate: 11 x 11 inches. Size of sheet: 16 x 15 inches.
Photogravure on Hahnemuhle with Gampi Chine Colle.
Inspired by a memory of Kertesz “Chez Mondrian” 1926. Numbered and signed. Edition of 9.
£ 700.-
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Lothar Osterburg
Summer Cabin
2021
Size of plate: 10.25 x 10.25 inches. Size of sheet: 15.25 x 14.5 inches.
Photogravure with color aquatint on Hahnemuhle White.
£ 700.-
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Lothar Osterburg
Lothar Osterburg
Alchemist’s Lab
2021
Size of plate: 10 x 15.75 inches. Size of sheet: 15 x 20 inches.
Photogravure on Hahnemuhle with Gampi Chine Colle.
Numbered and signed. Edition of 9.
£ 600.-
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Lothar Osterburg
Grand Concourse
2021
Size of plate: 15.75 x 21.75 inches. Size of sheet: 20.75 x 25.75 inches.
Photogravure on Somerset soft white.
First state of the print "Grand Station Library". Numbered and signed. Edition of 12.
£ 1,200.-
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Lothar Osterburg
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Grand Central Library
Lothar Osterburg
2021
Size of plate: 15.75 x 21.75 inches. Size of sheet: 20.75 x 25.75 inches.
Photogravure with hard ground etching, spit bite and burnishing on Somerset soft white.
Realization of the artist's dream to turn the grand concourse of New York's Grand Central Station into a library. This is the second state of the print "Grand Concourse". Numbered and signed. Edition of 12.
£ 1,200.-
Lothar Osterburg
Mein Traum vom HAUM
2021
Size of plate: 15.5 x 21.5 inches. Size of sheet: 21 x 26 inches.
Photogravure with color aquatint on Hahnemuhle White
Model built of snow in January 2021. Numbered and signed. Edition of 12.
£ 950.-
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Lothar Osterburg
Vermillion Plains
2021
Size of plate: 11 x 26.75 inches. Size of sheet: 16 x 30.75 inches.
hotogravure on Somerset white with Gampi Chine Colle.
Set up on location underneath northern Arizona's Vermillion Cliffs. Numbered and signed. Edition of 7.
£ 1,200.-
Lothar Osterburg
Reading Nook
2021
Size of plate: 5 x 7 inches. Size of sheet: 10 x 11 inches.
Photogravure on Hahnemuhle.
Numbered and signed. Edition of 25.
£ 350.-
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