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Dance Photography
Scene from "Der Weg" choreographed by Mary Wigman

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
Auktionsdatum 5.6.2024

Photographer: Herbert Volwahsen (1906-1988) and Charlotte Rudolph (1896-1983). Scene from the dance pantomime "Der Weg" (1932) and "Totenmal" (1930), both choreographed by Mary Wigman. 2 vintage gelatin silver prints. 10,2 x 14,5 cm and 8,7 x 13,5 cm. Rudolph photo with photographer's blind stamp in lower left corner; each annotated in pencil on the verso.

One image depicts a scene from the pantomime dance "Der Weg," choreographed by Mary Wigman in 1932 and photographed by the sculptor Herbert Volwahsen. The other photo captures a scene from "Totenmal" in 1930, photographed by the prominent German dance photographer Charlotte Rudolph, who documented dancers like Mary Wigman, Vera Skoronel, and Gret Palucca in the 1920s-1930s. Tragically, her studio was destroyed during the bombing of Dresden on February 13, 1945. – Minimal mirroring in edges, minimal nicks in edges, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: Rudolf Bach. Das Mary Wigman Werk. Dresden 1933, ill. ("Totenmal", variant).
Christiane Kuhlmann. Charlotte Rudolph. Tanzfotografie 1924-1939. Göttingen 2004.