It is variously reported that the fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has between 60,000 and 230,000 books--- mostly art books. At one point they were housed at his Paris studio but the report below indicates that they have been boxed and moved to the West of France: "Karl Lagerfeld is going underground — to find creative storage space for his sprawling 230,000 volume book collection. "It’s a big problem, no?" asks the passionate bibliophile, ever the master of understatement. His solution: a storage facility at his house in Biarritz — underneath the tennis court. The 20,000-square-foot, climate-controlled subterranean complex will also include a photo studio, but the centerpiece of the project is a 10,000-square-foot, 20-foot high space where he plans to erect a library. What’s next, the return of the sexy librarian at Chanel?" Last week a report on him from The Observer turned up in Private Eye's witty Pseud's Corner column ('When his desk gets a bit messy, he buys a new one. He matches his gloves to the colour of the French daily sky...'). The interesting revelation in the Eye piece was that when Karl reads a paperback, he rips out the pages as he goes. Possibly he read the last page of A La Recheche de Temps Perdu as a single sheet before binning it with the other two thousand pages. Gianni Versace appears to have made his way through Proust without ripping a single page out. One could conclude from this that Karl's library will be mostly hardbacks. He has 350,000 followers on Twitter but follows no-one. In an industry not noted for selflessness he is the supreme solipsist. His observations on Twitter are not without merit, mostly sub-Wildean apercus - 'Throwing money out the window brings money back in through the front door…Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability…My greatest problem in life is my indifference to the outside world...the most important piece of furniture in a house is the garbage can." We have bought very large collections of art books -we cleared the Highgate mansion of Thames and Hudson founder Eva Neurath and the Earls Court flat of the art critic Mario Amaya but have had nothing on the scale of the Lagerfeld library. Few things sell as well as art books if you get the price right. Art books are often very heavy and many of these are of surprisingly low value, but quite frequently an unexceptional looking tome proves valuable. In a modest art book collection bought at auction last month we found the difficult T & H art monograph Francis Bacon by Ronald Alley and De Faucigny-Lucinge's fabulous coffee table book Legendary Parties (Vendome Press 1987) - together they will give little change from a $1000 bill. Several of Lagerfeld's own books are in the $100 class including his two Steidl photobook titles from the late 90s Casa Malaparte and The House in the Trees. He also produced issue 23 for the de luxe fashion victim magazine Visionaire (NY 1997) The Emperor's New Clothes. This appeared in a wooden box in 5000 only copies and is a portfolio of celebrity nudes shot by him of Rupert Everett, Demi Moore, Julie Delpy, Minnie Driver, Lisa Marie Presley, Amber Valetta, Linda Evangelista, Alex Lundqvist, Karen Elson etc.,. This can go for £300+ unless the box is damaged (it often is.) He shelves his books sideways (as shown) which mimics the piles of art books one sees on tables in interior design magazines. It is a flashier way of showing books but hell when you want to get one out from the bottom of the stack. Last word on books from Karl “I’m mad for books…It is a disease I won’t recover from. They are the tragedy of my life. I want to learn about everything. I want to know everything, but I’m not an intellectual, and I don’t like their company. I’m the most superficial man on Earth.” Karl -when you tire of them utterly email us and we will show up with a dozen strong men and women in a Volvo semi truck and trailer, with 10,000 flat boxes and at least a 100 rolls of tape.

350/365 Today we are going to take a look at some work by Karl Blossfeldt, whose work was original for his time, and served as a tool to educate the world. I remember seeing the image above in a slide from The Barnstone Studios. It’s an excellent example that shows an arabesque (see Day 18) […]

Before there was Instragram and #plantsofinstagram, there was Karl Blossfeldt, the master of macro plant photography.

Convolvulus sepium, 1928, Karl Blossfeldt. Germany (1865 - 1932)

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The magnificent, modernist botanical studies of the German photographer Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) were first published in his "Art Forms in Nature*" in 1928. This print is of the plant species Impatiens glandulifera. More Karl Blossfeldt prints available here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PencilofNaturePrints?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=275749390§ion_id=23861475 -FINE ART PRINTING- Each print is made to order and hand printed in Portland, Oregon. Prints and layouts can be customized or edited to your needs, just add a note with your order or send a message with any questions. Reproduction prints are made with a top of the line archival fine art printer that produces stunning color and high detail giclee prints. -ARCHIVAL PAPER- Printed on 100% cotton rag museum quality, heavyweight, acid free, and archival paper. Matte Paper- Smooth fine art paper with beautiful colors and detail. -LAYOUT- Image is printed with a thin white border. Print layouts are formatted to seamlessly fit standard frame sizes and mats. If you prefer a different size border, please add a note with your order. -PACKAGING AND SHIPPING- All prints sealed in a archival safe bags and mailed in cardboard envelopes or tubes. Guaranteed to arrive in good shape or I'll replace it. Thank you! Please message me with any other questions, I will gladly customize an order to your needs. *Frames not included with listing

Just in time for Paris fashion week, which starts tomorrow, here are two images from Karl Lagerfeld's apartment from the early 1970s. Alway...

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Karl Blossfeldt was a German photographer, sculptor, teacher and artist who worked in Berlin, Germany. He is best known for his close-up photographs of plants A good reference to check different famous and popular photographers and their work.http://photography-now.net/photographers/?p=1616

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Diese Villa westlich von Paris war das letzte Haus, das Karl Lagerfeld für sich selbst erschuf, bevor er vor fünf Jahren verstarb. Verbracht hat er hier lediglich eine Nacht!

Karl-Johan vägglampa från New Works är som namnet antyder inspirerad av den mjuka och organiska formen av svampen med samma namn. Den eleganta vägglampan är designad av den danska formgivaren Signe Hytte som har gett lampan en liten cylinderformad fot i ek och en vackert formad lampkupa i glas och som avger ett behagligt ljus. De noga utvalda materialen ger en kontrastfull effekt och i kombination med ljuset och den naturnära designen passar vägglampan Karl-Johan bra både som läslampa vid sängen och som vägglampa i exempelvis hallen eller vardagsrummet.

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1906 Self-Portrait "Self-Recognition" oil on canvas 95.5 x 61.5 cm Polo Museum, Florence Carl Larsson (1853 – 1919) was a Swedish artist representative of the Arts and Crafts movement. His many works include oils, watercolours and frescoes. He considered his finest work to be Midvinterblot (Midwinter Sacrifice), a large wall mural now displayed in the Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts. For full biographical notes on Larsson see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 4 also. This is part 5 of a 7-part post on the works of Carl Larsson: 1905 Kersti in Black watercolour 1909 Kersti in Black etching 14.7 x 19.9 ( plate ) © Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki 1905 Kersti's Friend Visiting pencil and watercolour 33 x 22.5 cm 1905 My Yard pencil and watercolour 1905 On the Farm pencil and watercolour 1905 Pastor C. F. Petterson in Sundborn watercolour 1905 Potato Harvest pencil and watercolour 1905 The Antiquity Room pencil and watercolour 1905 The Evening Meal pencil and watercolour 1905 The Guardian Angel etching 15.2 x 19.7 cm ( plate ) Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN ( and others ) 1906 At the Scaffold Painter 1906 Author Carl Gustaf Lawrence etching 11.8 x 15.9 cm ( plate ) © Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki 1906 Azaleas pencil and watercolour Thiel Gallery, Stockholm 1906 Bo pencil and watercolour 1906 Children of the Carpenter Helberg watercolour 1906 Cowgirl in the Meadow pencil and watercolour 1906 Karin At The Linen Cupboard pencil and watercolour 1906 Karin pencil and watercolour 1906 Model Writing Postcards watercolour 68 x 100cm Thiel Gallery, Stockholm 1906 Oscar Levertin oil on canvas 1906 Oscar Levertin 1906 Red and Black pencil and watercolour 1906 Rose and Back pencil and watercolour 1906 The Cowshed pencil and watercolour 1906 The Future Diva pencil and watercolour 1906 The Manure Pile watercolour 1906 The Model on the Table 1906 Threshing pencil and watercolour 1906 Woodcutters in the Forest pencil and watercolour 1907 Girl Weaving Red Gold Ribbon pencil and watercolour 1907 Greta Arnbom pencil and watercolour 54.3 x 75 cm Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden 1907 Kersti with Breadbasket 1907 Minni and Essi pencil and watercolour 1907 Now it's Christmas Again watercolour 1907-08 The Entry of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden into Stockholm, 1523 oil on canvas 700 x 1400 cm Nationalmuseum, Stockholm photo: Creative Commons Licence 2 1908 After the Dance pencil and watercolour 1908 Brita at the Piano pencil and watercolour 1908 In Mum's Bed pencil and watercolour 1908 Ingrid E. watercolour 1908 Karin on the Shore pencil and watercolour 54.3 x 75 cm Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden 1908 Lisbeth and Peonies pencil and watercolour 1908 Lisbeth and the Lily pencil and watercolour 1908 Lisbeth in her Sundborn Dress pencil and watercolour 1908 Ludvig Looström 1908 Model in Front of the Stove etching 16.4 x 12 cm ( plate ) © Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki 1908 Omakuva etching 16.5 x 23.7 cm ( plate ) © Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki 1908 Rovasti C. F. Pettersson etching 17.9 x 12 cm ( plate ) © Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki 1908 Selma Lagerlöf oil on canvas Bonnierska Porträttsamlingen, Stockholm 1909 Dagmar Grill in the Garden pencil and watercolour 66 x 56 cm 1909 Friends from the Towm - Dining Room Scene watercolour 1909 Karin and Brita with Cactus pencil and watercolour 1909 Karin and Esbjörn pencil and watercolour 1909 Kersti's Birthday pencil and watercolour 1909 Lisbet Playing the Accordion 1909 Our Guardian Angel pencil and watercolour 1909 The Cottage in Snow pencil and watercolour 1909c The Falun Yard watercolour Private Collection 1910 Brita pencil and watercolour 1910 Esbjörn oil on canvas 70 x 100 cm 1910 Lisbeth's New Hat pencil and watercolour 1910 Self-Portrait in Landscape pencil and watercolour 1910 Suzanne as a Red Cross Nurse pencil and watercolour 1910 Suzanne on the Porch pencil and watercolour 1910c Schoolgirl in an Interior ( Kersti ) pencil and watercolour 50.8 x 71.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York 1911 Brother and Sister watercolour pencil and watercolour 1911 Girl on Skis pencil and watercolour 74 x 52.5 cm

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