Plate (facing page 40) from Das graphische Jahrbuch (The Print Yearbook)

Walter RuttmannWW-1920-M009011

1920·Lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts, one lithograph and thirty-two full page reproductions·composition (irreg.): 6 3/8 x 3 7/8" (16.2 x 9.9 cm); page: 8 1/4 x 6 3/16" (21 x 15.7 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1920
Medium: Lithograph from an illustrated book with two woodcuts, one lithograph and thirty-two full page reproductions
Dimensions: composition (irreg.): 6 3/8 x 3 7/8" (16.2 x 9.9 cm); page: 8 1/4 x 6 3/16" (21 x 15.7 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Walter Ruttmann

Artist

Walter Ruttmann

Painting

Walter Ruttmann was a German cinematographer and film director, an important German abstract experimental film maker, along with Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling and Oskar Fischinger. He is best known for directing the semi-documentary 'city symphony' silent film, with orchestral score by Edmund Meisel, in 1927, Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis. His audio montage Wochenende (Weekend) (1930) is considered a major contribution in the development of sound collages and audio plays.

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