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Schäfer, Rudolf
(b. 1952)Image from "Der Ewige Schlaf: Visages de morts"

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Image from "Der Ewige Schlaf: Visages de morts". 1988. Vintage gelatin silver print. 23,4 x 17,7 cm (41,3 x 30 cm). Signed, numbered and dated by the photographer in pencil below the image in margin.

Rudolf Schäfer’s "Der Ewige Schlaf (Eternal Sleep)" is a contemplative series of 13 black-and-white photographs, portraying deceased individuals, their bodies shrouded in white sheets to evoke the stillness of sleep. This quiet meditation on death blurs the line between repose and finality, capturing a haunting serenity. Schäfer invites viewers to confront mortality, projecting their own thoughts and fears onto these intimate post-mortem portraits. – In excellent condition.

Lit.: Rudolf Schäfer. Der Ewige Schlaf - Visages de morts. Hamburg 1989.
Gosbert Adler/Wilmar Koenig (eds.). DDR FOTO. Freunde der Werkstatt für Fotografie. Berlin 1985, ill. p. 67.
Karl Gernot Kuehn (ed.). Caught: The Art of Photography in the German Democratic Republic. Los Angeles, 1997, ill. p. 215.