Artist Index: Fischer, Arno

Fashion photos, Moscow. 1967. 2 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 30 x 21 cm. Each with Sibylle paper label and 1 with protective cover sheet attached to the verso.

One with traces of previous mounting, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: Published in: Sibylle issue 5, 1967.

East Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg. 1957. Vintage gelatin silver print. 21,8 x 30 cm. Photographer's stamp, annotated and signed by the photographer in pencil on the verso.

A few light handling marks, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: Elke aus dem Moore/Matthias Flügge (eds.). Arno Fischer. Fotografie (exhibition catalogue). Ostfildern 2009, ill. p. 47.

Fashion photos, Moscow. 1967. 3 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 30 x 20 cm. Each with Sibylle paper label and protective cover sheet attached to the verso.

In 1962 Arno Fischer became part of the editorial team of Sibylle which was the most popular and almost only lifestyle magazine in the GDR, primarily dedicated to fashion. The magazine was unique in the GDR because its photographers were able to freely develop their artistic activities despite the authoritarian regime. – Corners slightly bumped, edges curled, a few light handling creases, otherwise in good condition.

Lit.: Published in: Sibylle issue 5, 1967.

Untitled. 1970s. Vintage gelatin silver print. 13 x 19 cm (20 x 30 cm). Signed by the photographer in pencil on the verso.

Lower edge unevenly torn, crease lower right, a few small retouched spots, otherwise in very good condition.

"West-Berlin". 1956/printed later. Gelatin silver print. 14 x 21,8 cm (18 x 24 cm). Signed by the photographer in pencil on the verso.

Corners minimally bumped, a few small retouched spots, otherwise in very good condition.

New York. 1984. Vintage gelatin silver print. 34,5 x 23,3 cm (36,7 x 25,5 cm). Signed and annotated by the photographer in pencil on the verso.

A few retouched spots in lower area, backed tear in left edge, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: Elke aus dem Moore/Matthias Flügge (eds.). Arno Fischer. Fotografie (exhibition catalogue). Ostfildern 2009, ill. p. 149.

East Berlin. 1969. Vintage gelatin silver print. 24 x 30 cm. Signed and annotated by the photographer in pencil on the verso.

A few light handling marks, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: Elke aus dem Moore (ed.). Arno Fischer. Fotografie (exhibition catalogue). Ostfildern 2009, ill. p. 62.

"Hemdblusenkleider, synthetische Wirkware mit Lurexeffekt" (Märchenbrunnen, Friedrichshain, Berlin, 1970). Vintage gelatin silver print. 40 x 30 cm. Annotated in pencil on the verso.

Slightly buckled in lower edge, otherwise in very good condition.

Provenance: Sibylle Archive

"Müritz". 1956/printed 1980s. Gelatin silver print. 16,5 x 24,8 cm (19,5 x 28,4 cm). Titled and signed by the photographer in pencil on the verso.

Some handling marks/creases and slightly soiled in margins, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: Elke aus dem Moore/Matthias Flügge (eds.). Arno Fischer. Fotografie (exhibition catalogue). Ostfildern 2009, ill. p. 65.

Reportage photo series of India. 1978. 6 vintage gelatin silver prints on doubleweight paper. Each circa 40 x 30 cm.

Edges slightly curled, some with light soil marks in margins, otherwise in very good condition.

Provenance: Arno Fischer Archive

Streetlife in Moscow. 1967. 11 vintage gelatin silver prints. 30 x 20 cm. Each with Sibylle paper label and protective cover sheet attached to the verso.

In 1962 Arno Fischer became part of the editorial team of Sibylle, which was the most popular and almost only lifestyle magazine in the GDR, primarily dedicated to fashion. The magazine was unique in the GDR because its photographers were able to freely develop their artistic activities despite the authoritarian regime. – Some light handling creases, otherwise in good condition.

Provenance: Sibylle Archive

Hofmusikant. 1950/ printed later. Gelatin silver print on doubleweight paper. 27 x 37 cm. Signed and annotated by the photographer in pencil on the verso.

A very early work by Arno Fischer. – A few light handling marks, one crease in lower portion, otherwise in very good condition.

Berlin. Circa 1957. Vintage gelatin silver print on doubleweight paper. 24,4 x 29,5 cm. Signed and titled by the photographer in pencil on the verso.
Corners bumped and with creases, lower margin torn along edge, a few stronger creases in mid portion.

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.
Elke aus dem Moore/Matthias Flügge (eds.). Arno Fischer. Fotografie (exhibition catalogue). Ostfildern 2009, compare ill. p. 41. Some backed tears in right edge, corners slightly bumped, some stronger creases in edges/corners.

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.