Artist Index: Berlin

Berlin. 2 Aquarelle mit Darstellungen des Berliner Straßenalltags. 28 x 25,5 cm (Darstellung). Um 1900.
Die detaillierten und realistischen Aquarelle geben den Alltag des Berliner Arbeiterstandes wieder. Unterhalb der Darstellungen befinden sich die Titel: "Das Cafe am Kreuzberg" und "Die fahrenden Verzinner". Es sind jeweils zwei Personen, zwei Männer und ein Mann und eine Frau dargestellt, die auf offener Straße ihrem Beruf nachgehen, wie die Bewirtung und die Verzinnung. Dabei haben sie allerlei Utensilien bei sich wie Töpfe, Kaffeekannen und Becher, Wolle, Flaschen, Pfannen, Metall, eine Pfeife etc. – Papierbedingt leicht gebräunt und minimal stockfleckig. Ecken nach innen abgerundet.

Photographer: Waldemar Titzenthaler, F. Albert Schwartz and Photographische Gesellschaft. Views of Berlin. 1870s-90s. 6 albumen prints, 3 collodion paper prints. Each circa 20 x 27 cm and smaller. 4 with photographer's name/monogram in the negative in lower corners, all but 1 mounted to board (some traces of use), 3 with printed text on mount.

The views include a panoramic view of Berlin, Pariser Platz, the Pergamon Altar (3), the Berliner Schloß (2) and Mausoleum, Charlottenburg. – One with creases in corners, otherwise in good to very good condition.

Photographer: Kessler. Views of Berlin during reconstruction. 1950s. 11 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on Agfa-Brovira paper. Each circa 18 x 24 cm. 1 with photographer's stamp and some with German typed press text label on the verso.

This interesting group of images shows well-known newly constructed buldings in Berlin after WWII such as the Henry Ford building in Dahlem, Otto-Suhr-Allee, Ernst-Reuter-Platz, the Academy of Arts, Hansaviertel and others. – Some light handlling marks, otherwise in good to very good condition.

Photographer unknown. Album with views of Berlin. 1920s-30s. 40 vintage photo postcards. Each circa 9 x 14 cm. Mounted in album page slits, bound in contemporary paper album with chord binding.

Most photo postcards unused and in good to very good condition.

Berlin. Ansichten berühmter Bauten. 6 lithographischen Tafeln aus "Borussia". 19 x 28 cm. Mit Passepartout. 24 x 32,5 cm. 1842.
Vorhanden sind: I) "Innere Ansicht der neuen friedrich-werderschen Kirche in Berlin". - II) "Das Brandenburger Thor in Berlin". - III) "Das Museum in Berlin". - IV) "Das Mausoleum der Königin Luise von Preussen im Schlossgarten zu Charlottenburg". - V) "Auessere Ansicht der neuen friedrich-werderschen Kirche in Berlin". - VI) "Das Königliche Schloss in Berlin". – Die Lithographien mit Filmklebung im oberen Rand montiert. Die "Innere Ansicht der neuen friedrich-werderschen Kirche in Berlin" in der linken oberen Ecke mit minimaler Fehlstelle.

Berlin. Sammelband mit Ansichten der Stadt Berlin. 42 montierte Stahlstiche. 23 x 32 cm. Leinen d. Z. (hinteres Gelenk angeplatzt, etwas berieben und ausgeblichen). Berlin um 1860.
Das Privatalbum wurde von einem gewissen P. Masfone für die "Signora D. Teresa Granito Contessa di Cerro" zusammengestellt und ihr im Oktober 1858 gewidmet. Die Stahlstiche, alle mit hs. französischer Bezeichnung, zeigen den Kreuzberg, die Bibliothek, das Universitätsgebäude, die Bauschule, die Schlossbrücke, den Dom, das Schloss, die Nikolaikirche, das Bethanien-Krankenhaus, den Gendarmenmarkt, das Gefängnis, die Borsigwerke, das Humboldt-Schloss und vieles mehr. – Stellenweise gebräunt und braunfleckig, meist wohlerhalten.

Berlin. "Meiner theuren Cousine Julie Langerhans zur Erinnerung an Berlin." (Deckeltitel). 14 montierte kolorierte Tonlithographien. 21 x 27,5 cm. Leinen d. Z. (etwas berieben) mit goldgeprägtem Vorderdeckeltitel. (Berlin, R. Nesselmann und Scherl), um 1845.
Vgl. Kiewitz 991-999. – Der privat zusammengestellte Sammelband wurde als Geschenk angefertigt, um die Erinnerung an den Berlin-Aufenthalt einer Cousine zu würdigen. Die Tafeln zeigen u. a. die folgenden Ansichten: den Kreuzberg, das Brandenburger Tor, das Zeughaus, die Neue Wache, das Museum mit dem davor befindlichen Lustgarten, das Schauspielhaus, das Krankenhaus Bethanien sowie das Charlottenburger Schloss.
– Die Original-Trägerpapiere stärker braun- und stockfleckig, die Tafeln leicht bzw. etwas braunfleckig. Leicht gebräunt. Vorderer fliegender Vorsatz mit hs. Widmung.

Photographer: Usa Borchert. Selected views of postwar Berlin. Circa 1949. 10 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on Agfa-Brovira paper. Each circa 24 x 18 cm. 7 with photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso.
The images show postwar Berlin with its many ruins, Trümmerfrauen and includes two self-portraits. Usa Borchert was the wife of Eric Borchert, the star photographer at the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung. He published the standard book on war photography under the National Socialists titled "Entscheidende Stunden. Mit der Kamera am Feind" in 1941, but he fell shortly later in North Africa in Tobruk in 1942. – Some corners bumped, some with creases, one with tear, otherwise in good to very good condition.

Photographer unknown. Dramatic events during Oct. 25-28,1961, Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin. 13 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 18 x 24 cm.
These images show various scenes around Checkpoint Charlie during and after the dramatic events between Oct. 25-28, 1961 when American and Russian tanks threatened each other. The photographs come from an East Berlin archive of former GDR border troops and were taken from the East side. – Curled in edges, some with light handling marks, otherwise in good condition.

Album with views of postwar Berlin. 1947-49. 87 vintage contact gelatin silver prints. Each 5,5 x 8,5 cm. Mounted in photo corners to album pages, bound in contemporary carved wooden album with chord binding.
The album contains many images of damaged monuments and buildings after World War II in Berlin from 1947 up to the first elections in 1949. – Photos in very good condition.

Photographer: East German secret police. Dramatic events during Oct. 25-28, 1961, Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin. Printed 1960s. 22 gelatin silver prints (SED archive prints). Each circa 13 x 18 cm. Some with Parteiarchiv stamp on the verso.

These dramatic images show the few days after the GDR had asserted rights which only the Allies were entitled to. In response General Lucius D. Clay positioned American tanks at the border near Checkpoint Charlie. The images were taken by the East German secret police. – Some with creases in corners, slight edge wear, otherwise in good condition.

Provenance: SED Partei Archiv, East Berlin

Photographer: O. Hepke. Views of Woolworth store, Leipziger Str., Ecke Markgrafenstr. Berlin. 1927. 5 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 22,3 x 30,2 cm. Each with photographer's stamp on the verso.

The German affiliate of F.W. Woolworth & Co. was founded in 1926 in Hotel Adlon, Berlin and the first German store was opened in Bremen in 1927. A larger store was opened the same year in Berlin on the corner of Leipziger Str. and Markgrafenstr. The cheap prices and merchandise laid out on open tables were the foundation of its success. – Corners slightly bumped, a few nicks in edges, one print with stronger crease in upper edge (backed), slight silvering in edges, otherwise in very good condition.

Photographer: Paul Weber. Various residential buildings and factory in Berlin. 1926/27. 7 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 17 x 23 cm. Each with Bauhütte Berlin GmbH stamp and typed text label with architect and location on the verso, in original paper folder (slight traces of use) with photographer's stamp on outer flap.

Attractive collection of views showing typical architectural styles of the late 1920s. One image shows the house of painter Fritz Ascher. – Minimal oxidation mirroring in edges, corners minimally bumped, one print with a few crease marks, otherwise in very good condition. With: Architectural views: Schocken department store at night, Stuttgart (Arthur Köster); Kopp & Joseph at night, Berlin (Atelier C. Rehbein) and Jonaß department store, Berlin.1928. 3 vintage gelatin silver prints. 18 x 24 cm. 1 with photographer's blindstamp in lower right and 2 with Blume Bronce Bau Berlin logo in the negative in lower right corner.

Photographer: Alex Stöcker (1896-1962). Presentation album of the Berlin Polo Club e.V. Circa 1927. 22 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 17 x 23 cm. Most with photographer's stamp on the verso, mounted to album pages in corners, bound in modern canvas album with leather clasp with chord binding (22 x 32 cm).

The Berlin Polo Club e.V. was founded in 1906 and was the second largest (after Hamburg) in Germany and on the European mainland. It was the meeting place of the Bohéme but also the aristocracy. With its international network and many Jewish members the club was a thorn in the side of the National Socialists and they pressed for its dissolution in 1933. This is a rare document of the club's heyday. – Photographs in very good condition.

Aerial views of Berlin and Potsdam. 1929-30. Circa 74 gelatin silver prints. Most circa 12 x 17 cm. Mounted to album pages (slightly warped), bound in cased album with chord binding.

Rare and unusual collection of aerial views showing various sites in Berlin, many under construction such as the Haus des Rundfunks; the reconstruction of Alexanderplatz; Messegelände with the Funkturm; Trumpf chocolate factory, Weissensee; the new Lichtburg, Wedding; the Charlottenburg Oberon; Trabrennbahn Karlshorst; Werder and old Potsdam as well as many factories, train stations and housing developments under construction. Another interesting aspect is the painted advertising visible on many of the larger buildings. – Photos in very good condition.