Staircase Ursuliner Lyzeum, Cologne

Artist: Werner Mantz, German, 1901–1983
Date: 1928
Material: Gelatin silver print
photographed in: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen state, Germany, Europe
Classification: Photographs
Collection: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: image: 8 3/4 × 6 3/8 in. (22.2 × 16.2 cm)
sheet: 9 in. × 6 1/2 in. (22.9 × 16.5 cm)
framed: 20 3/8 × 15 3/8 in. (51.8 × 39.1 cm)
Credit Line: Funds given by the Honorable and Mrs. Thomas F. Eagleton
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 27:1999

NOTES

Werner Mantz’s view of the interior stairwell of a girls’ high school in Cologne is crisp and analytic, revealing each detail of the Art Deco patterning of the brick and stain glass. All is held within a tight geometric framework, even the rays of light which parallel the diagonal descent of the staircase. Yet, the overall effect is one of warmth, elegance, and intimacy.

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