Albrecht Brugger born 1925 The world as a pattern, 1968, print 1978 Signed, dated and inscribed by hand "Luftbild bei Heubach" (Schwäbische Alb) on the verso of the backing board The Albrecht Brugger aerial photo archive was donated to the Württemberg State Media Center in 1999, where it was acknowledged: "Four and a half decades of professional aerial photo documentation. Shows the changing cultural landscape with all the characteristics of urban sprawl, structural change and new ecological approaches... Images in over 500 books" Provenance: Willi Moegle Collection 28:39,5cm GDL photographers: see cat. no. 381.

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