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Gloeden, Wilhelm von
(1856-1931)Young boy with headband

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Young boy with headband. 1890s. Albumen print, mounted to board. 22,5 x 16.2 cm (mount 35,5 x 28 cm).

Wilhelm von Gloeden is best known for his idealized photographs of nude Sicilian youths, staged in classical poses and settings around Taormina. Drawing on Greco-Roman aesthetics and pastoral themes, his work blends homoeroticism, ethnographic curiosity, and pictorial elegance, contributing to early discourses on photography as both fine art and social document.

Literatur: Italo Zannier. Wilhelm von Gloeden Fotografie: Nudi, Paesaggi, Scene di Genere. Florence: Alinari, 2008. ill. p. 133 (images from same sitting).