Fünfzig Jahre Museumsarbeit
Wilhelm von Bode's 1922 German memoir of his fifty years running art museums, published in Bielefeld and Leipzig by Velhagen & Klasing for museum professionals and collectors. The photographs reproduce sculptures and paintings from the collections he managed, shown as plain black-and-white plates on white or black grounds. A designer could take from them the period halftone look: dramatic low-key lighting on pale marble, carved drapery folds, and a reclining bronze figure against a grey background.
