Artist Index: List, Herbert

Jean Cocteau, Paris. 1948. Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper. 23 x 28,5 cm. Photographer's/copyright stamps and annotated in ink/pencil on the verso.

Herbert List's portraits of Jean Cocteau, the acclaimed French writer, artist, and filmmaker, are a testament to List's ability to capture the essence of his subjects, conveying the multifaceted persona of Cocteau through evocative and thought-provoking imagery. – Light buckling, small liquid surface spot in upper left, minimal surface scuffing more visible in raking light, light crease mark in lower right corner, corners slightly bumped, otherwise a rich, dark print in very good condition.

Provenance: Uta and Wilfried Wiegand Collection

Lit.: Max Scheler/Matthias Harder (eds.). Herbert List. The Monograph. Munich 2000, ill. p. 205 (image from the same sitting).

Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. 1950s. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira doubleweight paper. 29,5 x 21 cm. 2 photographer's stamps and annotated by the photographer in pencil on the verso.
Edges slightly curled, corners bumped with minimal emulsion loss, a few small retouched spots, otherwise in very good condition.

Deutscher Turner-Bund training. 1950s. Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper. 21 x 29 cm. Photographer's stamp on the verso.

Some light handling marks, a few retouched spots, light stain in left edge, lower edge slightly buckled, otherwise in good condition.

St. Peter's Square, Rome. 1950s. Vintage gelatin silver print. 20 x 30 cm. Photographer's stamp on the verso.

A few light handling marks, otherwise in good condition.

Palazzetto del Sport, Rome. 1960s. Vintage gelatin silver print. 29,9 x 20 cm. Photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso.

Retouched line in upper area, otherwise in very good condition.

Woman in festivity dress, St. Guénolé, Finistère, Brittany. 1956. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 29,2 x 23,2 cm. 2 photographer's stamps, estate stamp, as well as annotated and layout marks in pencil on the verso.

Corners slightly bumped, edges slightly curled, some retouched spots, a few handling creases in lower portion, otherwise a rich tonal print in very good condition.

Funeral ceremony, Cap Finistère, Brittany. 1956. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 23,5 x 29,7 cm. Photographer's estate stamp as well as annotated in pencil on the verso.

Boy in chair. 1960s. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper. 29,6 x 19,8 cm. Photographer's stamp on the verso.

Untitled.
Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper. Circa 1955.
29 x 17,8 cm (image and paper).
Annotated in pencil on the verso.

German sailors cleaning the masts of the MS. Hornerberg of Hamburg while touring the Carribean.
Framed.

Literatur: Max Scheler/Matthias Harder (eds.). Herbert List. The Monograph. Munich 2000.