The photographs of Eberhard Schrammen and his wife Toni von Haken represent a unique episode in the history of photography.
In 1929 they began experimenting with the complicated technique of découpage-photogramme, an extraordinary combination of graphics and photography used in only a few works by Raul Haussmann and Pablo Picasso, to modest effect.
Schrammen defines their experimental work as “Foto-Grafik”, underlining a process in visual art which blends two different forms of expression: the photogram and découpage. The procedure involves drawing a quick sketch, cutting out fragments of paper and cloth in predetermined shapes (découpage),
The photographs of Eberhard Schrammen and his wife Toni von Haken represent a unique episode in the history of photography.
In 1929 they began experimenting with the complicated technique of découpage-photogramme, an extraordinary combination of graphics and photography used in only a few works by Raul Haussmann and Pablo Picasso, to modest effect.
Schrammen defines their experimental work as “Foto-Grafik”, underlining a process in visual art which blends two different forms of expression: the photogram and découpage. The procedure involves drawing a quick sketch, cutting out fragments of paper and cloth in predetermined shapes (découpage),