Herdorf 1876 – 1964 Cologne
Portraits from "People of the 20th Century". 1912–32
70 Gelatin silver prints, printed by Gunther Sander 1961–63. From 40,9 × 26,9 cm to 49,7 × 39 cm (16 ⅛ × 10 ⅝ in. to 19 ⅝ × 15 ⅜ in.) Each in the image lower left with the blindstamp: "Aug. Sander, Köln Lindenthal". Each laid down on original cardboard (approx. 59,7 x 49,3 cm), thereupon on the reverse the stamp: "printed by Gunther Sander, 19.....", therein date of the print in pencil: "61/63". Each signed, dated, titled and annotated in pencil by Gerd Sander as well as numbered in pencil by further hands. 32 original cardboards with black adhesive numbers in lower right
Provenance
Formerly August Sander, Cologne
EUR 300,000 - 500,000
USD 330,000 - 549,000
Sold for:
949,000 EUR (incl. premium)
Autumn 2019
Photography, 27 November 2019
Literature and illustration
August Sander: Antlitz der Zeit. 60 Aufnahmen deutscher Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Munich 1929 / August Sander: Deutschenspiegel. Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Gütersloh 1962 / August Sander: Menschen ohne Maske. Photographien 1906–1952. Munich 1976 / Gunther Sander (ed.): August Sander. Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Portraitphotographien 1892–1952. Munich 1994 / Exh. cat.: August Sander. 'In der Photographie gibt es keine ungeklärten Schatten!'. Moscow, Puschkin-Museum; Tokyo, Watari-um, Museum of Contemporary Art; Bonn, Kunstmuseum, 1994/95 / Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne (ed.): August Sander. Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Vol. I–VII. Munich 2002 / Exh. cat.: August Sander. Verfolgte / Verfolger. Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Paris, Mémorial de la Shoah, 2018 / Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne (ed.): August Sander. Antlitz der Zeit. 60 Fotos Deutscher Menschen. Munich 2019