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Click here to subscribeHerbert List (German, 1903-1974)Untitled studio stamp 'Foto Herbert List' (on the reverse)gelatin silver print28.5 x 23.5cm (11 1/4 x 9 1/4in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Horst P. Horst (German/American, 1906-1999)Portrait of a handsome man (Fred) bears an inventory number in the negative, hand stamp 'Photographed by Horst' and signed 'Horst' (on the reverse)gelatin silver print 25.4 x 20.3cm (10 x 8in).Executed c. 1940Footnotes:ProvenanceSwann Galleries, New YorkFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Deutscher Krieg (Austro-Prussian War) -- Photographer: JohannTheodor Meier. Bahnhof Eger. June 19, 1866. Albumen print with rounded corners. 14 x 30 cm. Mounted to original board (traces of use, strong vertical crease in left side, soiled), with gilt title and date printed below the image on the mount.The location and date "Bahnhof Eger am 19. Juni 1866" is printed in gilt letters below the image on the mount. On this day Prussia declared war against Austria and its federal troops. The direct cause was the mobilization, by the Bundestag in Frankfurt, under the leadership of Austria. The railroad station at Eger was obviously one of the most important railroad junctions for troop transports towards Königgrätz and other war locations. In this image one can see over 30 locomotives and a large number of wagons on 6 or 7 rails ready for departure. The importance of railroads was quickly recognized by Prussia after the American Civil War of 1861/65, where for the first time the crucial role of railroads in the rapid transport of troops had been clearly demonstrated. Such an early German photograph that so keenly demonstrates the importance of the railroad during the war is extremely rare. – Some scuff marks and surface soiling, stronger verticle crease in left side, otherwise in good condition.
Ermakov, Dimitri N. -- Studio group portrait of women in national dress. 1880s. Albumen print. 13,7 x 10,5 cm. Number 12011 and title in lower edge in the negative.Dimitri Ermakov was active as a professional photographer as of 1868. He traveled to various regions of Georgia, the Caucasus, Persia, Turkey and central Asia. Ermakov is the most important documentartist of Georgian life of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. A small part of his negatives are in the collection of the National Museum of Georgia. – Some light handling marks, otherwise a strong print in very good condition.Lit.: Masters of 19th Century Photography. Dmitri Ermakov. Photographer and Collector. Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, 2014.
Gloeden, Wilhelm von -- Young male in toga with young male nude in landscape. 1900. Vintage large-format albumen print. 36,5 x 28 cm. Photographer's stamp and number 93 in blue crayon on the verso. This and the following lot are unusually large albumen prints by von Gloeden. – Some spotting as well as light foxing spots in upper area, some handling marks, otherwise in very good condition.
Gloeden, Wilhelm von -- Three male nudes and boy on terrace. Circa 1900. Vintage large-format, sepia-toned salt print. 28 x 38,7 cm. Signed and dated by the photographer in the negative in lower right; photographer's stamp and number 224 and other numbers in pencil on the verso. This image was also printed in reverse by von Gloeden as an albumen print. – Some fading in edges, some repaired tears in lower edge, otherwise in very good condition.
Hase, Gottlieb Theodor -- Freiburg Münster seen from Schlossberg. 1850s. Albumen print with rounded corners. 16 x 12 cm. Mounted to original card (traces of use), with gilt lettering G. Th. Hase, Maler & Hofphotograph in Freiburg i. B. and gilt border around image on mount.Gottlieb Theodor Hase participated in the International Photography Exhibition in Berlin in 1865 where he showed thirty of his Schwarzwald images, which established him as an accomplished photographer. Such early photos by Hase are very rare on the art market, and this image is one of the earliest views of Freiburg. – A few light foxing spots in sky area, otherwise a strong print in very good condition.Lit.: Richard Pare. Photography and Architecture: 1839-1939. Montreal 1982, ill. plate 31 (variant).Peter Kalchthaler (ed.)/Dargleff Jahnke: Gottlieb Theodor Hase. Freiburgs erster Fotograf. (exhibition catalogue) Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2020.
Industrial Photography -- Photographer unknown. Two early electric generators in the machine room of the AEG company. 1896. Vintage collodion paper print. 20 x 25,5 cm. AEG blindstamp and number in negative in lower left corner, mounted to board, annotated in ink above image on mount.An early image of the AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts Gesellschaft Berlin) machine room. The photo bears the earliest AEG logo of 1896 as a blindstamp in upper left corner. – Some surface damage from moisture.
[*] Kotzsch, August -- Kotzsch house with view over the Elbe river in winter, Loschwitz. 1870. Albumen print in oval. 15,5 x 19,5 cm. Mounted to original board (light foxing), photographer's blindstamp and number 214 and Loschwitz in pencil on lower corners on mount.This picturesque winter view shows August Kotzsch's house near the Elbe river. – Some light foxing in sky area and one small spot in sky area, otherwise in very good condition and with strong contrasts.Lit.: Ernst Hirsch/Matthias Griebel/Volkmar Herre (eds.). August Kotzsch. 1836-1910. Photograph in Loschwitz bei Dresden. Dresden 1986, compare ill. p. 73.
Mecca -- Photographer: Charles Albert. View of Mecca and the Kaaba during the Hajj. 1894/95. Collodion paper print. 20 x 25,5 cm. Title, number and photographer's name in lower edge in the negative.Light pressure marks in corners from album slits, a few light handling marks, otherwise in good condition.Lit.: La Ilustración española y americana. XXXIX. No. 30. Madrid, August 15, 1895.
Mill, John Stuart -- Photographer: Stereoscopic Company, London. Portrait of John Stuart Mill (1806-1873). 1870/printed circa 1906. Vintage photogravure on vellum. 19,5 x 14,5 cm (45,5 x 33,5 cm). Photographer's name, title and Photographische Gesellschaft in Berlin printed and blindstamp Photographische Gesellschaft in Berlin below the image.Some toning in edges, otherwise fine tonal print in very good condition.
Ottoman Empire -- Photographer: Felix Bonfils, P. Sebah, Emil Frechon, G. Lékégian and Zangaki. Views of Constantinople, Cairo, Bedouin portraits, rural scenes, monuments and buildings and Jerusalem (2). 1890s. 27 albumen prints and 1 sepia-toned gelatin silver print (Frechon). Each circa 20 x 27 cm. Most with photographer's name and/or title in the negative in lower edge, some mounted to board.Some with creases, otherwise most in good condition.
Plüschow, Guglielmo -- Cloaked youth in park of Villa Falconieri, Frascati. Late 1890s. Albumen print. 16,5 x 22,3 cm. Photographer's G. Plüschow, Corso Umberto I 333, Roma and number 1833 in blue crayon on the verso.Some light handling marks, a few light surface scuff marks, otherwise a rich dark print in very good condition.Lit.: Ulrich Pohlmann. Guglielmo Plüschow. Ein Photograph aus Mecklenburg in Italien. Munich 1995, ill. unpaginated (images from the same series).
Plüschow, Guglielmo -- Male portrait. Circa 1900. Albumen print. 22,5 x 16,5 cm. Number 6863 in blue crayon and photographer's stamp on the verso. Some fading in edges, a few light handling marks, otherwise in good condition.Lit.: Ulrich Pohlmann (Text). Guglielmo Plüschow. Ein Photograph aus Mecklenburg in Italien. Grevesmühlen 1995, ill. unpaginated (variant).
Schliemann Excavation / Greece -- Photographer unknown. Views of the Heinrich Schliemann excavation, Greece. 1870s. 2 albumen prints. 28 x 26 cm and 27 x 37 cm. 1 with number 82 in the negative in lower right.One image shows Schliemann's wife Sophia in front of the entrance of the Treasury of Atreus. during the excavation. The other is a view of the Lion Gate of Mycenae, Greece. – Each with handling creases throughout and several backed tears in edges, Lion Gate print with some cracks to emulsion layer and small loss of paper in upper area, otherwise in good condition.
Architecture -- Photographer: Paul W. John. Karstadt department store, Hermannplatz, Berlin. 1927-29. Vintage gelatin silver print. 15,7 x 11,5 cm. Photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso. The German architect Philipp Schaefer built the Karstadt department store between 1927-1929, opening it to the public in 1929. His most famous building, it was considered modern and novel in part due to its direct connection to the subway station below. Surprisingly this large department store was barely damaged during WWII. It was, however, demolished by the NS in 1945 so the Soviet troops would not be able to plunder its food supplies. – One small indentation spot in lower left, otherwise in excellent condition.
Architecture -- Photographer: Sasha Stone (1895-1940). Front side of the German Pavilion at the World's Fair in Barcelona, designed by Mies van der Rohe. 1929. Vintage gelatin silver print. 15,5 x 22,8 cm. Berliner Bild Bericht agency stamp on the verso, mounted along upper edge to black paper.A rare documentation of the extremely modern, streamlined design by Mies van der Rohe of the German Pavilion for the World's Fair in Barcelona 1929. The structure was van der Rohe's first major work which was unfortunately torn down after the exhibition. – Some light surface rubbing, a few indentation marks, some handling marks, otherwise in good condition.Lit.: Vitra Design Museum (ed.). Mies van der Rohe. Möbel und Bauten in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno (exhibition catalogue). Weil am Rhein 1998.
Brassaï -- Streetwalker near the Place d'Italie, Paris. 1932/printed 1950s by Brassai. Large-format exhibition gelatin silver print. 48 x 35 cm. Mounted to fiberboard; Das menschliche Antlitz Europas exhibition label on mount verso.This print was made by Brassai himself for the exhibition "Das menschliche Antlitz Europas", which was conceived as a counterpart to the "Family of Man" exhibition curated by Edward Steichen. It opened in November 1959, at the Münchener Stadtmuseum. It included major photographers such as Edward Steichen, Cartier-Bresson and Brassai. The curator of the exhibition had received the photograph from Brassai himself, making it, also as an object, a piece of authentic photographic history. – Surface rubbing and stronger scratches, some retouched spots, edge wear with some paper and emulsion and paper loss in corners. Exhibition: Das menschliche Antlitz Europas, November 1959, Münchener Stadtmuseum.Provenance: From the photographer to previous owner, to the present owner.
Brill, Fritz -- "Freie Form". 1951. Vintage gelatin silver print. 28 x 22 cm. Photographer's stamp, address Hofgeismar and exhibition label attached to the verso, mounted in upper corners to board, photographer's stamp, signed and annotated by the photographer in ballpoint pen on mount verso.A few small spots, otherwise in very good condition.
Edgerton, Harold -- "Milk Drop Coronet". 1957. Vintage chromogenic print on Kodak paper. 25 x 20,3 cm. EG & G. Inc. (Edgerton, Germeshausen and Grier Inc.) and No. 138265 stamps as well as A Kodak Paper watermark on the verso.A scientist and professor of electrical engineering at M.I.T., Harold Edgerton became interested in photography in 1931. He employed a stroboscope to generate extremely brief bursts of light in his photographic studies. These stop-action pictures made it possible to observe movements that were too fast for the human eye to see. In his milk drop images, Edgerton learned that the shape of the coronet was determined by three factors: the size of the drop, the height from which it fell, and the thickness of the film of milk on the surface from a previous drop. These studies are among Edgerton's most iconic images. The present photograph, printed by Edgerton at M.I.T., is a rare early chromogenic print with a glossy surface and saturated colors. – Buckled, small indentation mark in upper right near edge, small light crease near left edge, a few small nicks in edges, otherwise an early dye transfer print with rich, saturated colors and in good condition.Lit.: Keith Davis. An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital: The Hallmark Photographic Collection, ill. plate 236 (Milk Drop Coronet, variant).
F.S.A. -- Photographer: Walker Evans (1903-1975). "Main Street, Greensboro, Alabama". 1936/printed 1970s by the Library of Congress. Ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Kodak paper. 20,5 x 25,3 cm. Number notations in pencil as well as Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress stamp on the verso. Some handling marks/dents, some stronger in left side, otherwise in very good condition.
F.S.A. -- Photographer: Walker Evans (1903-1975). "Frank Tengle Family, Hale County, Alabama". 1936/printed 1970s by the Library of Congress. Ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Kodak paper. 20,5 x 25,3 cm. Annotated and with number notations in pencil as well as Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress and other archive stamp on the verso. Some handling marks/dents, creases in upper right corner, otherwise in good condition.Exhibition: "Die USA der dreißiger Jahre in Fotografien", Galerie Taube, Berlin Sept.4-Oct. 2,1976. Provenance: Galerie Taube, Berlin
Feininger, Lore -- Portrait of an unidentified dancer. Late1920s. Vintage gelatin silver print. 17 x 12.5 cm. Photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso. The German portrait and architectural photographer Lore Feininger was the first daughter of the German-American painter Lyonel Feininger. In 1918, Lore Feininger began studying painting at the University for Fine Arts in Berlin. She then apprenticed with the portrait photographer Suse Byk, a family friend in Berlin. After three years of training, she worked in the studio of the fashion and portrait photographer Karl Schenker until 1924. In 1927, she opened her own photo studio for portrait, architectural, and object photography. During this time, she made numerous portrait photographs of artists. Lore Feininger was bombed out twice in Berlin, and her photo lab and negative archive were completely destroyed in 1943. Photographs by Lore Feininger are in the collection of numerous museums, including the Museum Folkwang and the Museum of Modern Art. – Small loss of emulsion in right edge, otherwise a fine tonal print in very good condition.
Film Photography -- Photographer unknown. Portrait of Marlene Dietrich for "Dishonored". 1931. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 23,5 x 17,8 cm. Typed press text and two newspaper stamps on the verso.Some handling/crease marks, a few light surface scratches, slight oxidation mirroring in lower edge, otherwise in good condition.
Gandhi/Rolland -- Photographer: Rodolphe Schlemmer (1878-1972). Romain Rolland, Mahatma Gandhi and Mirabehn (Madeleine Slade) at Villa Olga, Rolland's home in Villeneuve, Switzerland. 1931. Vintage oil pigment print. 22,5 x 24,2 cm. Mounted to chamois card (foxing and staining), signed by the photographer in ink below the image on the mount; copyright stamp on mount verso.Romain Rolland was a lifelong pacifist. He protested against the First World War in "Au-dessus de la Mêlée" (1915) and in "Above the Battle" (1916). In 1924, his biography on Gandhi, in which he described Gandhi as one of the greatest figures of 20th century, contributed to the Indian nonviolent leader's reputation. The two men were friendly towards each other and met in 1931. The Swiss photographer Rodolphe Schlemmer completed an apprenticeship as a photographer in Geneva. He then worked for several years with Fred Boissonnas, with whom he planned to open studios in St. Petersburg, Barcelona, Paris and Budapest. In 1910, Schlemmer set up a studio in Montreux, which was experiencing a tourist boom at the time. He catered to an upscale clientele and maintained relationships with personalities from politics and culture, namely Romain Rolland, Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi. Schlemmer created numerous portraits and landscapes and mastered the techniques of the carbon print, the gum bichromate print and other fine hand-crafted processes which established his reputation.
Fischer, Arno -- "Ost-Berlin, Unter den Linden". 1956/printed later. Gelatin silver print. 15 x 22 cm (18 x 24 cm). Signed by the photographer in pencil on the verso.Corners bumped with small emulsion loss in upper right, small retouched spot, otherwise in good condition.Lit.: Elke aus dem Moore (ed.). Arno Fischer. Fotografie (exhibition catalogue). Ostfildern 2009, ill. p. 33.
Fischer, Arno -- West Berlin, Kurfürstendamm. 1958. Vintage gelatin silver print on doubleweight paper. 26,5 x 29 cm. Signed and titled by the photographer in pencil on the verso.Some backed tears in right edge, corners slightly bumped, some stronger creases in edges/corners.Lit.: Elke aus dem Moore/Matthias Flügge (eds.). Arno Fischer. Fotografie (exhibition catalogue). Ostfildern 2009, compare ill. p. 41.
Fischer, Arno -- Portrait of the actresses Angelika Domröse, Jutta Hoffmann and Anne Katrin Bürger. 1960s/printed later. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on doubleweight paper. 40 x 30,3 cm. Photographer's stamp and collection stamp on the verso.A few handling creases near right edge and some irregularities to ferrotype surface, otherwise in good condition.
Marquardt, Sven -- Portrait. 1980s. Vintage gelatin silver print. 37 x 25,5 cm. Signed by the photographer in pencil in lower margin.From East Berlin, Sven Marquardt started his training as a photographer and cameraman at the DEFA studios. After his first publications in the magazines Sonntag and Das Magazin from 1985-1986, he was the assistant of Rudolf Schäfer. He worked as a fashion photographer until the late 1980s for Sibylle together with Roger Melis and Arno Fischer, and he became known for documenting the subculture of the GDR. After the reunification of Germany he stopped photographing for a period and worked as a bouncer at the Berlin club Berghain, where he soon became a symbolic figure of the club culture. His work has been featured in several exhibitions, and he continues to photograph today. – Corners bumped, a few handling creases, otherwise in good condition.
Steinberg, Uwe -- Dessau. Circa 1963/printed later. Gelatin silver print. 27 x 39,5 cm. Photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso.Born in Breslau, Uwe Steinberg moved to Dessau in 1959 where he did an apprenticeship at the ADN-Zentralbild (GDR central press agency). In the 1970s he was a photojournalist for the NBI magazine in Berlin. He later also studied at the Leipzig Art Academy. In 1982 he was the head of the photography department in the Berlin VBK, the central artist association. – In excellent condition.
Gyger, Emanuel -- Near Adelboden. 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print. 29,5 x 19,5 cm. Signed and titled by the photographer in pencil in lower corners; photographer's stamp on the verso.Light fold in upper right corner, otherwise a fine tonal print in near excellent condition.Lit.: Paul Hugger. Das Berner Oberland und seine Fotografen. Thun 1995.
Gyger, Emanuel / Arnold Klopfenstein -- Alpine views: "Portjengrat"; "Nadelhorn. Der Dom"; "Bei Saas-Fee". 1930s. 3 vintage (2 brown-toned) gelatin silver prints. Each circa 20 x 29,5 cm. Each signed and titled by the photographer in ink in lower corners; each with number stamp and Photographische Werkstätte Emanuel Gyger, Adelboden printed on the verso.Arnold Klopfenstein started an apprenticeship with Emanuel Gyger in 1914, eventually becoming his business partner in 1928. He was a trained mountaineer and often took longer hikes with E. Gyger, when he made his picturesque alpine views. Klopfenstein and Gyger worked together very closely and their images are often indistinguishable from one another. – One print with light handling mark in upper left corner, one with oxidation mirroring in dark areas and edges, one with crease in lower left corner, otherwise beautiful tonal prints in very good condition.Lit.: Paul Hugger. Das Berner Oberland und seine Fotografen. Thun 1995.
Holzer, Jenny -- Photographer: Boris Becker (b. 1961). Jenny Holzer's installation "For Paula Modersohn-Becker". 2005. Inkjet print. 50 x 70 cm. Signed in ink by Jenny Holzer in link in lower portion; editioned 24/100 in pencil on the verso.The installation "For Paula Modersohn-Becker", by the American concept artist Jenny Holzer, is an homage to the Worpswede artist Paula Modersohn-Becker. It was acquired by the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen and is permanantly installed there in the winding staircase. – Minimal edge wear, some retouched spots in edges, otherwise in good condition.
Jewish Synagogue Rykestr. -- Photographer: Werner Weigl (1931-2019). Jewish Synagogue, Rykestr., Berlin. 1955. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on doubleweight paper. 39,7 x 30,2 cm. Various exhibtion stamps and annotations on the verso.The image shows a Chuppa ceremony with the Jewish community of both West and East Berlin attending. – Corners bumped/with creases, some handling marks, some edge wear.
Keetman, Peter -- "(Augen-)Blick". 1961. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on doubleweight Agfa paper. 30 x 23 cm. Signed, titled and dated by the photographer as well as number in pencil and photographer's stamp on the verso.Light buckling, a few small retouched spots, otherwise in very good condition.
Kessels, Willy -- Microphone. 1932. Vintage gelatin silver print. 24,8 x 16,8 cm. Photographer's blindstamp in lower right; photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso. Hinge-mounted in mat.Willy Kessels attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Gent and then moved to Brussels, where he worked as a sculptor and architectural draftsman in the 1920s. He began his photographic career in 1929, seeing photography as a modern means of representation. Kessels was very active during the 1920s-1930s, and his photo montages, aerial views, angles and use of light illustrate the modern movement of Belgian photography at the time. His attractive nudes also are a large part of his oeuvre. – A rich beautiful print in near excellent condition.
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