Guido Mocafico

Leopold & Rudolf Blaschka. The Marine Invertebrates

Guido Mocafico, Patrick Remy, Alexandra Baudelot , Isabelle Pirotte

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English

Steidl Verlag
25 June 2020

Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes); Photography & photographs; Antiques & collectables: ceramics & glass; Wildlife: aquatic creatures

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It has long been Guido Mocafico's dream to photograph the master- piece glass models of marine invertebrates and plants that took

Leopold (1822-95) and his son Rudolf (1857-1939) Blaschka a lifetime

to create. This book fulfills that dream and showcases the Blaschkas'

unparalleled dedication to their craft.

Originally from Bohemia but based in Dresden, the Blaschkas

worked from the mid-1800s until the 1930s. From clear, colored and

painted glass they handmade their intricate models of invertebrate

animals (including jellyfish, sea anemones, starfish and sea cucumbers)

as well as plants, only on commission and for purposes of study,

mainly in Europe and North America. The objects were not sold to

the general public and are today held in museum collections including

those of Harvard University, the Corning Museum of Glass/Cornell

University, and the Natural History Museums in London and Dublin.

It has been a difficult process for Mocafico to gain authorization

to photograph the Blaschkas' creations, as most museums do not

display these extremely fragile models. Yet Mocafico pursued the

largest Blaschka collections throughout Europe and eventually gained

access to photograph their hidden treasures in his trademark style.

The result is similar to that of his ""Nature Morte"" series in that we

constantly question what we see: a photograph, a painting, the object

itself or a product of our imagination?

'The Blaschkas spent between 30 and 50 years of each of their

lifetimes, day and night, creating their glass models with unbelievable

commitment. I was not scared to face the long-term job of photo - graphing their work, and it's since become both an homage and an

obsession.'

-Guido Mocafico

By: Guido Mocafico
Text by: Alexandra Baudelot, Isabelle Pirotte, Emmanuel G Reynaud (Heidelberg, Germany)
Edited by: Patrick Remy
Imprint: Steidl Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
ISBN: 9783958293984
ISBN 10: 3958293980
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 25 June 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active