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Self and statue at the Barcelona pavilion

Photographer reflected in the glass exterior of the German Pavilion for the 1929 World's Fair in Barcelona, designed by Mies van der Rohe, with a sculpture by Georg Kolbe. Torn down in 1930, after the fair, the landmark structure was reconstructed in 1983-6 by a group of Spanish architects who used the same materials as had van der Rohe.

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Photographer reflected in the glass exterior of the German Pavilion for the 1929 World's Fair in Barcelona, designed by Mies van der Rohe, with a sculpture by Georg Kolbe. Torn down in 1930, after the fair, the landmark structure was reconstructed in 1983-6 by a group of Spanish architects who used the same materials as had van der Rohe.