T. Lux Feininger - Mitglieder der Bauhaus-Kapelle - image-1

Lot 509 N

T. Lux Feininger - Mitglieder der Bauhaus-Kapelle

Auction 1189 - overview Cologne
03.12.2021, 14:00 - Photography
Estimate: 4.000 € - 5.000 €
Result: 6.875 € (incl. premium)

T. Lux Feininger

Mitglieder der Bauhaus-Kapelle
c. 1929

Vintage gelatin silver print. 23.7 x 17.3 cm. Inscribed in ink by Xanti Schawinski "Photo Lux Feininger" and stamp "xanti schawinsky" on the verso. - Traces of usage. Matted.

The photograph, which shows Ernst Egeler (saxophone) and Clemens Röseler (trombone) on the roof of the Bauhaus, shot from below, was used for an advertising card for the Bauhaus band and was accompanied by the following text: "wie sie sehen: wir überleben alle stürme. wir spielen unsere musik, einen hei - in - die - knochenfahrenden rythmus! [sic!] der schlägt ein! sie müssen uns hören - sie denken an uns! für ihre feste die bauhauskapelle" ("as you can see: we survive all storms. we play our music, an infectious rhythm. that hits! you must hear us - you'll think of us! the bauhauskapelle for your festivities"). (cf. Jeannine Fiedler (ed.), op. cit. p. 225)

Provenance

Estate of Xanti Schawinsky; private collection, Switzerland

Literature

Jeannine Fiedler (ed.), Fotografie am Bauhaus, exhib.cat. Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin, Berlin 1990, ill. p. 225; Günther Linke (ed.), Bauhaus. 1919-2019. Eine Auswahl, Berlin 2019, ill. p. 62 and ill on front cover