Negerplastik
Negerplastik is a 1920 Munich art book by Carl Einstein, published by K. Wolff, presenting African sculpture to a German audience of art readers and collectors. Its photographs show carved wooden and figure pieces set on plain pale pages, each shot straight-on with soft studio lighting that brings out the glossy surfaces and carved detail. A designer could take the stark, frontal framing and the way dark wood sits against blank margins as a model for minimal presentation of objects.
