Lot 28 D

August Sander - Untitled (Views of the Rhine river)

Auction 996 - overview Cologne
23.05.2012, 00:00 - Photography
Estimate: 3.500 €
Result: 3.416 € (incl. premium)

10 vintage gelatin silver prints. From 11,6 x 17,4 cm to 17,5 x 23,3 cm, portrait and landscape formats. 8 prints with photographer's stamp (Köln-Lindenthal resp. Kuchhausen) on the verso. 9 prints with label affixed along the upper edge of the verso, thereon typewritten information on the subject and photographer. One print without any annotation. - Slight oxidation mirroring and traces of use.

The Motifs: Small villages along the Rhine river and their surroundings: Leubsdorf (3), Andernach (2) Drachenfels (1), Ruins of Hammerstein castle (1), Rhine river between Cologne und Wesseling (1), Rhine river near Brohl (1), Rhine river near Linz (1)

Literature

Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne (ed.), August Sander. Landschaften, Munich 1999, plate 42; Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne (ed.), August Sander. Sehen, Beobachten und Denken. Photographien, Munich 2009, plate 24