Artist Index: Berlin

Photographer unknown. Images of Berlin after WW II. 1950s. 111 vintage photo postcards (10 x 14,5 cm) and 25 gelatin silver prints (7 x 10 cm). Mounted to album pages in photo corners, bound in grey textured canvas album 25 x 22 cm.

A comprehensive collection comprising views of Berlin in the 1950s. The first part of the album consists of photo postcard views, showing many of the newly built architectural landmarks of Berlin such as the traffic tower at the Joachimsthaler/Ku'damm corner; the new Zoo Palast cinema; the Kempinski Hotel; Kranzler Eck; the new restaurant pavillon in the exhibtion garden (Funkturm); the new HdK concert hall, Hardenberg Str.; Kongresshalle, Tiergarten; many planes at Tempelhof Airport; views of the architectural exhibition 1957; the new Bilka department store; the Bikini Haus and several views of Berlin by night. At the end of the album are a group of private shots showing the streets of Berlin, the Zoo station under reconstruction, Autobahn bridges and construction at Halensee, street traffic, the Berlin Hilton hotel and the Memorial Church in its state as a sole ruin. – Photographs in very good condition.

Photographer: Karl-Heinz Kraemer. Aerial view of Alexanderplatz, Berlin under construction. July 1967. 2 vintage gelatin silver prints joined with tape on verso as a panorama. 14 x 42 cm. 2 photographer's stamps, archive stamps and annotated/layout marks in pencil/ ink on the verso.

A very detailed panoramic view of the constrcution of Alexanderplatz, Berlin. Karl-Heinz Kraemer was a popular architectural photographer in the GDR. He was known for his extensive documentation of the construction of the TV tower at Alexanderplatz. – Creases in edges and middle area, otherwise in good condition.

Lit.: Karl-Heinz Kraemer. Berliner Panorama. Leipzig 1987.

Views of Berlin. 1871. Circa 42 albumen prints. Each circa 18 x 27 cm. Each mounted to original board (slightly soiled in edges) with title and number printed below the image on the mount, in 2 red cloth portfolios.

Both include views of the most known sites of Berlin. The early photos of the four major train stations, including Hamburger Bahnhof, Niederschlesischer Bahnhof, Görlitzer Bahnhof and Ost Bahnhof are quite rare. – Most in very good condition.

Publisher: Kunstanstalt Voremberg, Berlin and unknown photographer. Berlin interiors, mostly cafes and restaurants.1929 - mid-1930s. 15 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 23 x 17 cm and 17 x 23 cm. Most with publisher's name in the negative lower left/right.

A rare group of larger views of Berlin cafes and restaurants, which usually only exist as postcards such as "Dortmunder Union Klause" and "Bei Mikosch". – Some small creases in corners/near edges, some with light surface soiling, otherwise in very good condition.

Documentation photos of the reconstruction of bridges and rails for the elevated railway in Berlin. 1929 - 1936. 50 vintage gelatin silver prints on doubleweight paper. Most 17 x 23 cm. Circa 12 with Industrie Aufnahmen Ragotzi stamp, some with annotations in pencil on the verso.

An attractive collection showing the massive building of the Berlin elevated railway and other prominent places such as Jannowitzbrücke, Schlesischer Bahnhof, Westend, Nikolassee, etc. – In very good condition.

Photographer unknown. Views of Salamander shoe store and display windows.1929 - mid-1930s. 7 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 23 x 17 cm, 17 x 23 cm and slightly smaller.

Some small creases in corners/near edges, some with oxidation mirroring in edges, a few with soiling spots, otherwise in good condition.

Photographer: Kappelhöfer and Otto Martens. Views of Berlin after WWII. 1945. 2 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 35,4 x 30 cm and 30 x 40,3 cm. Each with photographer's stamp, date stamp and numbers in red crayon/pencil on the verso. Mounted to contemporary mats (soiled, foxing, some nicks in edges), each titled in pencil/ink below the image on the mat, 1 with archive label on mat verso.

The views show Spittelmarkt and ruins of the Palast Hotel, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. – Some handling marks/creases, a few light spots, otherwise in good condition.

Photographer unknown. Views of Berlin after WWII.1950s - 1960s. 17 vintage gelatin silver press prints. Each circa 24 x 18 cm. 1 with stamp.

The images show ruins with Communist propaganda posters in public places and the border between East and West Berlin. – Stronger traces of use.

Photographer unknown. Images of Berlin after WWII. 1945 -1957. 26 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 10 x 14 cm. Mounted to album pages in photo corners, bound in full leather album with embossed Berlin city emblem on front cover.

At the beginnig of the album is a portrait of Willy Brandt and Ernst Reuter followed by typical scenes of the rebuilding of Berlin such as Trümmerfrauen at work, reforestation of the city's forest areas, street and rail construction and some modern buildings such as the Kongresshalle and Telefunken building.

Photographer unknown. Views of buildings in Berlin.1929. 5 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 23 x 17 cm and 17 x 23 cm. 1 print with date in negative lower right.

Some small creases in corners/near edges, some with light surface soiling, otherwise in very good condition.

Views of Berlin. 16 large-format plates in photogravure with printed title below the image, in original canvas portfolio (soiled and traces of use, inner flaps loose). Paul Schuster, Berlin (circa 1900).

This attractive selection shows prominent Berlin locations such as Potsdamer Platz, the Königliches Schloß - interior and exterior views, the Sieges Allee in Tiergarten, the Friedrichsbrücke, the Schlossbrücke and the Dome. – Plates with slight toning in margin edges, some with small loss in edges, otherwise strong prints in good condition.

Photographer: Photographische Gesellschaft Berlin. Views of Berlin. 1890s. 22 albumen prints. Each circa 18 x 27 cm. Each mounted to original board (time-stained in edges, slightly dusty, some edge wear), with title and photographer's name printed below the image on the mount.

um 1797. Bildnis Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1770-1840), König von Preußen, in blauer Uniform mit Bruststern des königlich-preussischen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler.
Gouache und Aquarell auf Elfenbein. 4,4 x 3,4 cm (oval). Im Medaillonrahmen mit rückseitig eingefasstem Haarornament und dem ligierten Monogramm "AR" aus Gold.

Am Weihnachtstag des Jahres 1793 heiratete Friedrich Wilhelm Luise zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Das Paar lebte im Kronprinzenpalais Unter den Linden in Berlin und im bescheidenen Sommersitz Schloss Paretz bei Potsdam. Fast bürgerlich lebte dieses einander sehr zugetane Paar. Mit Herrschaftsantritt von Friedrich Wilhelm im Jahr 1797 wurde seine Frau zu Königin Luise, die von den Berlinern wohl verehrteste Königin aller Zeiten.

Photographer: Otto Martens. Views of Berlin after WWII. 1945-46. 3 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 38 x 28,5 cm and 29 x 38 cm. Photographer's stamp, date stamp and numbers in red crayon/pencil on the verso. Mounted in contemporary mats (soiled, some nicks in edges), 2 titled in pencil below the image on the mat.

The views show Lützowplatz, In den Zelten and Admiral Scheer bridge. – Some handling marks/creases, a few light spots, otherwise in good condition.

Various photographers and unknown. Historic images of Berlin. 1930s - 1990s. 76 vintage gelatin silver prints (most press prints). Each circa 23 x 16 cm and smaller. Many with agency stamp/label and/or photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil/crayon on the verso.

Interesting selection of images showing life in Berlin from the 1930s - 1990s. Includes the photographers Fritz Eschen, E. Rogge, Sven Simon, most from the agency Pressephoto Hecht. Many show Berlin before and after WWII, ruins of the inner city, farming in the Tiergarten, poor people on the streets, street life in the mid-forties around Kurfürstendamm, Leipziger Platz and Bahnhof Zoo. Also includes some views of the Berlin Wall and one image shows Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt at the Casablanca Conference in 1943. – Some with traces of use, otherwise many in good condition.