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DESCRIPTION

Rare, out of print and hard to find. The definitive monograph on Ruttman by noted German animation historian Jeanpaul Goergen. Published by Freunde der Deutschen Kinematek, Berlin, 1989. Monograph has Elfriede Fischinger's name and address stamp, inner front and back. German language, 184 pages, 11.5 x 8.25 inches.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Walter Ruttmann (1887-1941), b. Frankfurt, was a pioneer of 'absolute' or abstract animation. His Lichtspiel Opus 1 (1921) is credited as the first public screening of an abstract film. This film influenced the young Oskar Fischinger, who saw one of the first screenings. After his early experiments in abstraction, Ruttmann continued to direct a number of non-abstract films, including Berlin: Symphony of a City, and worked with Lotte Reiniger. He died in Berlin.

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