Views of Berlin. 1890s-1920s/printed later. 22 ferroytped gelatin silver prints. Each circa 12 x 17,2 cm. Each mounted to album board with captions in German in white crayon below the images on the mount, bound in a 1920s cloth album.
Landesbildstelle Berlin (ed.). Berlin. Photographien von Waldemar Titzenthaler, Berlin 200, ill pp. 32, 39 (variant) and 61. – A very attractive collection of Berlin views showing the hustle and bustle on the streets with automobiles and crowds. – Some surface dents, otherwise in very good condition. – Two views of Berlin, also by Titzenthaler. Circa1900/printed later. 2 gelatin silver prints mounted to board.
Photographer unknown. Views and monuments of Trier. 1865. 5 albumen prints, arch-topped. Circa 14,5 x 22 cm and reverse. Mounted to board (some with light foxing), each with title and P. Braun's Verlag in Trier printed below the images on the mounts.
The views show the Porta Negra, the Basilica, the Roman Baths, portal of Liebfrauenkirche and the marketplace with the Rothe Haus (illustrated) in Trier. – A few surface scuff/rubbed marks, one slightly buckled, otherwise with strong tones and in very good condition.
Woodbury, Walter Bentley / James Page
Atjeh (Aceh), Entrance to the Kraton, Poeloe bras and Lingga near Singapore
Los 4094
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744€ (US$ 800)
"Atjeh (Aceh) - Eingang in den Kraton" (entrance to the Palace district); Poeloe bras and "Lingga bei Singapore". 1865 - 1870. 3 albumen prints with rounded corners. Each circa 19 x 24 cm. Each mounted to album page, annotated in German in ink below the images on the mount, 1 with Woodbury & Page, Java in the negative lower right one with number 32 in the negative lower left.
After an apprenticeship in Manchester (1849-51) in a patent office, Walter Woodbury traveled to the Australia gold mines in 1852. After a number of jobs he took up professional photography and emigrated with James Page to Java in 1858, where the photographic firm of Woodbury & Page was founded in Batavia. He returned to England via Singapore, where in January 1863 he advertised his photographhic views for sale at John Little & Co. – Some handling creases, especially near edges, some light fading in edges, one with small spot near upper edge, one with small tear, otherwise strong prints in very good condition with a rich dark brown tone.
Zeppelin
Photographer unknown. The airship Italia in Seddin. 1928. Vintage gelatin silver print. 13 x 18 cm. Agency stamp and typed press text label (partly torn) on the verso.
This rare photo shows the airship Italia in the large hangar at the Seddin airfield in April 1928. The airship was repaired in Seddin near Stolp before it set off for Spitsbergen and flew towards the North Pole on May 23 with a crew of 16, including the Italian polar explorer Umberto Nobile. On the return flight it suddenly lost altitude and was damaged when landing. The rudderless airship flew loose with six crew members and was subsequently lost. An amateur radio operator was able to receive radio signals from the remaining crew and to organize help. The famous polar explorer Roald Amundsen also died in the rescue operation. Finally, a Swedish plane was able to rescue Umberto Nobile. The last survivors of the Italia were picked up by a Soviet icebreaker after 49 days. The spectacular accident received much attention and sympathy in the international press. – Some light surface soiling, corners bumped, otherwise in good condition.
Milk drops. 1930s. 2 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on Agfa-Brovira paper. Each circa 16,6 x 23 cm.
Carl Albiker, the son of the sculptor Karl Albiker, started technical training in photography at the Lette-Verein, Berlin in 1928. – A few retouched spots, edges curled, otherwise in very good condition.
Lightning. 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print on doubleweight Agfa-Brovira paper. 22,5 x 17,2 cm.
Edges slightly curled, otherwise in very good condition.
Photographer: Heinrich Opitz. The new Bauhaus school in Dessau. 1926/printed 1997. Gelatin silver print. 13 x 17,5 cm (30 x 22 cm). Museum für Kunsthandwerk Leipzig edition stamp on the verso. From an edition of 50.
Slight buckling in edges, otherwise in excellent condition.
Architecture
Karstadt department store, Hermannplatz, Berlin
Los 4104
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397€ (US$ 427)
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.
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.
Vitra Design Museum (ed.). Mies van der Rohe. Möbel und Bauten in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno (exhibition catalogue). Weil am Rhein 1998. – 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.
Architecture, German
The architects Eckart Muthesius, Ludwig Ruff, Emil Fahrenkamp, Mies van der Rohe and Sep Ruf in Brussels
Los 4107
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620€ (US$ 667)
Photographer unknown. The architects Eckart Muthesius, Ludwig Ruff, Emil Fahrenkamp, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Sep Ruf in Brussels. Circa 1934. 4 vintage gelatin silver prints on carte postale. Each circa 9 x 14 cm.
Reto Niggl. Eckart Muthesius. The Maharaja's Palace in Indore. Architecture and Interior 1930, Stuttgart 1996, ill. p. 152. – The images show the architects Eckart Muthesius, Ludwig Ruff, Emil Fahrenkamp, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Sep Ruf who took part in a competition for designing the German Pavilion at the Brussels International Exposition in 1935. Two images show them at a cafe in Brussels and the other two viewing the construction site. Hitler did not approve any of the designs as they did not satisfy his wish for grand monumentality to represent the National Socialist worldview. As a result Germany did not participate in the Fair. – Corners slightly bumped, two with slight oxidation mirroring, otherwise in good condition. – Two enlargement prints from the same series in cafe. Circa 1934/printed 1950s. 2 gelatin silver prints. 13 x 18 cm. 1 annotated in red ink and pencil on the verso. - Some handling creases, corners bumped with creases.
Provenienz: Eckart Muthesius Archive
Baur, Max
Stadtschloß Potsdam with Lange Brücke
Los 4112 [*]
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620€ (US$ 667)
Stadtschloß Potsdam with Lange Brücke; Stadtschloß Potsdam. 1945/1930s. 2 vintage large-format gelatin silver prints on doubleweight paper. Each circa 29,8 x 39,9 cm. Each with photographer's/copyright stamp and annotated in ink on the verso.
Jutta Götzmann/Judith Granzow/Anja Tack (eds.). Potsdam, ein Paradies für meine Kamera. Max Baur. Fotografie. Berlin 2018.Corners minimally bumped, edges slightly curled, otherwise fine tonal prints in very good condition.
Maguerite and grass. 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print on doubleweight ivory paper. 29,8 x 21,8 cm. Photographer's stamp on the verso.
Light brown spot in upper right, otherwise a fine warm-toned print in very good condition.
Bellon, Denise
Selected images: "Les plus belles rue de Paris"
Los 4114
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372€ (US$ 400)
Selected images: "Les plus belles rue de Paris". 1938/printed 2006. 6 gelatin silver prints. Each circa 20 x 18,5 cm (30,2 x 23,7 cm). Each with printed Griffelkunst edition text on the verso, in original half-canvas folder with illustrated text brochure.
In excellent 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: 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.
Berlin
Dramatic scenes during Oct. 25-28, 1961
Los 4117
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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.
Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts Jerusalem
Images of the Bezalel School, Jerusalem
Los 4118
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372€ (US$ 400)
Photographer unknown. Images of the Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts, Jerusalem. 1920s. 4 vintage gelatin silver prints. 12 x 17 cm. Each annotated in pencil on the verso.
A small group of very rare images of the early times of the Bezalel School founded by Boris Schatz (1866-1932) in 1906. One image shows the Boris Schatz Gallery with many of his works, which he donated to the school. Other images show the drawing room and other studios with students, and the sculptural studio with the teacher Boris Schatz and his students. – Slight oxidation mirroring in edges, otherwise in good condition.
Blossfeldt, Karl
Pflanzenformen (Plant studies)
Los 4119
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496€ (US$ 533)
Pflanzenformen (Plant studies). 1930s/printed 2010 from the original negatives. 6 gelatin silver prints. Each circa 24,8 x 18,8 cm (30,5 x 24 cm). Each with Griffelkunst edition text printed on the verso, in original half-canvas portfolio with text brochure.
One print with minor handling mark in edge, otherwise in excellent condition.
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Telefon: +49 30 8938029-0
Fax: +49 30 8918025
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