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Gemeinde Wien (Modern Residential Housing)
Residential buildings of Gemeinde Wien

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 4.12.2024

Photographer: Martin Gerlach (1879-1944) and others. Residential buildings of Gemeinde Wien. 1925-1930. 8 vintage, most ferrotyped gelatin silver prints. 23 x 17 cm and 17,5 x 23,3 cm. Each with photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil/red crayon on the verso.

After World War I, during Austria’s First Republic (1918-1934), the Social Democrats governed Vienna, creating what was known as "das rote Wien" (“Red Vienna”). Their primary focus was on promoting social housing, known as Gemeindebau. The architectural photographs presented here feature typical residential buildings from the Gemeinde Wien in various city districts, including V. Bezirk (Reumannhof, 2 images), XIII. Bezirk (Hermeswiese), XV. Bezirk (Schmelz), XVII. Bezirk (Kongressplatz), XVIII. Bezirk (Lindenhof), and XX. Bezirk (Denisgasse/Spaungasse). The collection also includes a photograph of an unrealized modern iron construction in Breslau (from the collection of Adolf Behne). – Most with a few minimal handling marks/creases in corners, one with stronger creases and tear in right edge, otherwise in very good condition.