About this artwork
This unusual photograph by Vogler shows two pieces of work by her husband, the artist Ben Nicholson, combined into a still life arrangement. Although more noted for her landscape photographs taken during her travels, this work does embody her interest in abstract patterns and unusual compositions. In her positioning of the camera, Vogler distorts the perspective and makes the foreground out of focus. The clear glass bottle continues this idea of distortion by slightly warping the line in Nicholson’s work behind it.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Felicitas VoglerGerman (1922 - 2006)
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title:Studio Still Life with Clear Bottle
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date created:About 1967
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materials:Colour photograph
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measurements:32.00 x 49.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequeathed by Felicitas Vogler 2007
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accession number:GMA 4917
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Felicitas Vogler
Felicitas Vogler
Born in Berlin, Vogler studied philosophy, literature and psychology in Berlin and Vienna, gaining a doctorate in psychology from Munich University in 1950. In 1957 she travelled to England to record a radio programme about the Cornish landscape. She met the artist Ben Nicholson in St Ives and...