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Gloeden, Wilhelm von
(1856-1931)Elegie

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

Elegie. Circa 1900. Large-format photogravure on strong vellum paper, mounted to board. 26 x 32,7 cm (mount 33,3 x 38,5 cm). Signed by the photographer in pencil and title printed in the lower margin.

This atmospheric work Elegie by Wilhelm von Gloeden was taken during the same period as Cain, one of von Gloeden’s most iconic and widely reproduced works. Here the photographer also employs a sitter in a contemplative pose with allegorical weight. Blending classical references with fin-de-siècle symbolism, the image exemplifies the photographer’s refined use of natural light, idealized male form, and mythic undertones that helped shape his enduring legacy in art photography.

Literatur: Volker Janssen (ed.). Wilhelm von Gloeden, Wilhelm von Plüschow, Vincenzo Galdi: Italienische Jünglings-Photographien um 1900. Berlin: Janssen, 1991, ill. p. 32.
Italo Zannier (ed.), Wilhelm von Gloeden, Fotografie: Nudi. Paesaggi. Scene di Genere, Florence: Alinari, 2008, ill. p. 78.