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Krull, Germaine
(1897-1985)Der Akt

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

Der Akt. Zwanzig photographische Aufnahmen weiblicher Körper nach der Natur. 20 l. with photos as hand-pulled photogravures on Japan. 41 x 30,5 cm. Original cream-colored boards with mounted photogravure. Dachau, Einhorn-Verlag, 1918.

802 Photo Books, p. 111; Heidtmann 11127; Koetzle 215. First edition of Germaine Krull’s first publication, issued when she was only 21, shortly after opening her studio in Munich in 1917. Forced to leave the city in 1920 due to her political activism, she went on to work internationally, including in the Soviet Union, Amsterdam, Paris, Brazil, Africa, and Bangkok. One of the most influential women photographers of the interwar period, she is represented here alongside works by József Pécsi (4 photographs) and Wanda von Debschitz-Kunowski (9 photographs), with 7 photographs by Krull herself. The photogravures (hand-pressed copper engravings) and the 2 text leaves are printed on thin Japan paper and mounted to cardboard sheets.