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Seidenstücker, Friedrich
(1882-1966)Lachmöwe

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

Lachmöwe. 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper. 17,9 x 13 cm. Photographer's studio stamp as well as annotated in pencil on the verso.

Friedrich Seidenstücker is best known for his animal photography, particularly images made at the Berlin Zoological Garden in the 1920s-1930s. Rather than presenting animals as spectacle, he approached them with a sculptural sensibility, emphasizing form, posture, and physical presence through careful observation and restrained composition. His work reflects both his training as a sculptor and the New Objectivity ethos, treating animals as autonomous subjects within a modern photographic framework.