THE ARC OF PHOTOGRAPHY: A PRIVATE EAST COAST COLLECTION August Sander Otto Dix 1924 Gelatin silver print, mounted. 9 x 6 5/8 in. (22.9 x 16.8 cm). Signed, annotated 'Cöln' and dated in pencil on the overmat; credit blindstamp on the recto; 'Aug. Sander/ Lichtbildner/ Cöln-Lindenthal/ Dürenrstra. 201' credit label on the reverse of the overmat.
Provenance The August Sander Archive, Cologne; Private Collection, Cologne; Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, 18 October 2003, lot 88 Literature Harry N. Abrams, Inc., August Sander People of the 20th Century, Volume V: The Artists, p. 123; Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH, August Sander Menschen des 20. Jahrunderts, p. 26 Catalogue Essay The New Objectivity that typified the German Weimer-era zeitgeist was thoroughly manifested in the arts, as embodied in the current lot. In portraiture, New Objectivity was exercised in its call for a forthright, in-depth and honest approach that sought the intrinsic elements within the sitters. In his paintings, Otto Dix depicted subjects whose essence he believed exemplified the era. Similarly, August Sander systematically documented people across the social cross-section, presenting an accurate slice of Germany between the two World Wars. That Dix be featured in Sander’s body of work, is therefore, befitting. Read More
THE ARC OF PHOTOGRAPHY: A PRIVATE EAST COAST COLLECTION August Sander Otto Dix 1924 Gelatin silver print, mounted. 9 x 6 5/8 in. (22.9 x 16.8 cm). Signed, annotated 'Cöln' and dated in pencil on the overmat; credit blindstamp on the recto; 'Aug. Sander/ Lichtbildner/ Cöln-Lindenthal/ Dürenrstra. 201' credit label on the reverse of the overmat.
Provenance The August Sander Archive, Cologne; Private Collection, Cologne; Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, 18 October 2003, lot 88 Literature Harry N. Abrams, Inc., August Sander People of the 20th Century, Volume V: The Artists, p. 123; Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH, August Sander Menschen des 20. Jahrunderts, p. 26 Catalogue Essay The New Objectivity that typified the German Weimer-era zeitgeist was thoroughly manifested in the arts, as embodied in the current lot. In portraiture, New Objectivity was exercised in its call for a forthright, in-depth and honest approach that sought the intrinsic elements within the sitters. In his paintings, Otto Dix depicted subjects whose essence he believed exemplified the era. Similarly, August Sander systematically documented people across the social cross-section, presenting an accurate slice of Germany between the two World Wars. That Dix be featured in Sander’s body of work, is therefore, befitting. Read More
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