Collector's Room Update: reinventing the world

Reinventing the world

Collector’s Room Update #2 Anamorfose photo gallery 29 June – 29 September 2012

Cover illustration: Raoul Hausmann, Stuhlschatten, vintage silver print, 1931 Back cover illustration: Alexis Delcroix, La barbe, vintage silver print, 1934

Exhibition catalogue “Collector’s room update #2: Reinventing the world Avant-garde photography” 29 June – 29 September 2012

AnamorFose.be Nieuwstraat 11 B-8870 Izegem Belgium Phone: + 32 476 49 19 71 xavier@anamorfose.be www.anamorfose.be © 2012 Xavier Debeerst

Reinventing the world

A photo essay on European avant-garde photography Reinventing the world is the second part of a trilogy giving an overview of the Anamorfose collection of vintage photos.

The Collector’s Room Updates are not traditional museum exhibitions but rather a personal view on the history of photography.

Reinventing the World is a group exhibition with the work of 20 different Belgian and European photographers such as Willy Kessels (B), Raoul Hausmann (D), Leni Riefenstahl (D), Alexis Delcroix (B), Henri Martinie (FR), NikolaĂŻ Kossikoff (RU/B), Dr. Paul Wolff (D), Sasha Stone (D) and Gerhard Riebicke (D).

The exhibition is a unique confrontation of vintage prints, many of which have never been shown before. Many of the pictures look very modern but they were all made almost 80 years ago.

The awakening during the interwar period Squeezed between two world wars the interwar period is a melting pot of new art forms.

After the cruelties of the First World war and the horror of the Spanish flu all existing values had disappeared. And that was also the case for photography.

Photographers take away from their earlier work in search of a new world letting go all existing values.

Absurdity as motto When you have nothing to lose, everything becomes possible.

The Berlin Dadaists are the exponents of this philosophy. They tackle all media in search of a new imagery.

Raoul Hausmann, Berlin artist and protagonist of the Dada movement, is the central photographer in the exhibition. His entire life was one great work of art.

The city as a habitat The desolate cities need to be redrawn. Many artists give their views on the new society through the city. City life symbolizes progress and the new world.

Constructivism and Futurism are the keywords.

The city is the centre of the new world. The industrialization and urbanization of society become important themes for photographers.

Sasha Stone, Dr. Paul Wolff (Germany) and Nikola誰 Kossikoff (Russia-Belgium) give a good picture of the city and the industrialization. The city is no longer a topographic data but has become a moving world of transport and progress.

The city means more than just transportation and industrialization, the city is also cabaret and a lively night life where the artists are happy to participate and which in itself yields great photography.

Still life as an experiment The experiment is one of the main features of the avant-garde photography. The still life plays an important role in the experiment. From readymades to advertising photos.

Techniques such as montage, collage, photogram, solorisation, extreme exposures and angles are perfected.

Later these techniques will become commonplace. They are now found in software like Photoshop.

In the exhibition there is experimental work and still lifes by a.o. Raoul Hausmann, Alexis Delcroix and Willy Kessels.

Raoul Hausmann, Stuhlschatten, +/- 1931 , Germany, Handwriting on the back, Vintage silver print (later print +/1950), Very Good, Original mounting, 39,7 X 30,4 cm

Raoul Hausmann, Composition, +/- 1930, Germany, Handwriting on the back, Vintage silver print (later print +/1950), Very Good, Not mounted, 17,3 X 23,5 cm

Alexis Delcroix, La Barbe, 1934, Belgium, Signed, titled & dated, Vintage silver print, Excellent, Original mounting, 38,5 X 28,1 cm

Alexis Delcroix, Famille de cocottes, 1934, Belgium, Signed, titled & dated, Vintage silver print, Excellent, Original mounting, 28,7 X 21,7 cm

Willy Kessels, Nude double exposure, 1933, Belgium, Photographers drystamp, Vintage silver print, Excellent, Not mounted, 29,8 X 23,8 cm

Willy Kessels, Ovules Salantales, +/- 1930, Belgium, Photographers stamp on the back, Vintage silver print, Excellent, Not mounted, 29,4 X 23,5 cm

Sasha Stone, Nude #2, +/- 1930, Belgium, Photographers stamp on the back, Vintage silver print, Excellent, Not mounted, 9,7 X 14,4 cm

Sasha Stone, Berlin - Verkehr, +/- 1925, Germany, Photographers stamp & title on the back, Vintage silver print, Very Good, Not mounted, 8 X 11,5 cm

Gerhard Riebicke, Young nude woman with bow and bar soy dog, +/- 1928, Germany, Press Stamp on the back, Vintage silver print, Very Good, Not mounted, 15,7 X 10,5 cm

Gerhard Riebicke, Hochsprung, +/- 1925, Germany, Photographers stamp and label on the back, Vintage silver print, Excellent, Not mounted, 16,5 X 12 cm

Unknown German Photographer, Das Strassentheater, +/- 1930, Germany, No inscriptions, Gevalux, Excellent, Not mounted, 17,7 X 23,6 cm

Unknown German Photographer, Crabs, +/- 1930, Germany, No inscriptions, Gevalux, Excellent, Not mounted, 15,7 X 23,6 cm

Raoul Hausmann Born in Vienna in 1886, Raoul Hausmann moved to Berlin with his family at the age of fourteen. He first trained in painting under his father. Exposure to Richard Huelsenbeck’s writings and the magazine ‘Cabaret Voltaire’ around 1917 introduced Hausmann to Dadaist thought and in 1918 he joined Huelsenbeck, Johannes Baader, George Grosz and John Heartfield in the founding of the Berlin ‘Dada Club’. During the 1920s and 30s Hausmann was also in contact with the Berlin Constructivists.

His photographic concerns preceded his photographic practice, outlining new demands on photography in theoretical writings. It was not until the late 1920s that Hausmann began using a camera, although he had already begun experimenting with the photographic image.

The relationships between photographic image, the eye and vision as a process of the mind, remained an ongoing concern for Hausmann, stimulated by scientific research. While he had earlier explored photograms, straight photographic capture as well as infrared.

During the 1930s, as a banned artist under Nazism, Hausmann, his wife (who was Jewish) and Vera Broido (with whom the couple lived in a ménage à trois) were forced to flee Germany. They lived subsequently in Ibiza from 1933-36 until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War brought about their relocation to Paris where they stayed until the German occupation of the city forced them to move once more, this time to Limoges, France where Hausmann would remain until his death in 1971.

Raoul Hausmann Chairs Ibiza, (id 4599,0) +/- 1936, Germany Vintage silver print (later print +/- 1950), Very Good 11 X 16,7 cm 3000,0 Euro Provenance : succession Hausmann (Marthe Prévot, Limoges). Tirage Roger Vuliez Inventair Marthe Prevot 3069 Reference: Andreas Haus, Raoul Hausmann, Kamerafotografien 1927 1957, Schirmer/Mosel, München, Germany, 1979, page 56 Musée d'art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Raoul Hausmann, Saint-Etienne, France, 1994, page 162 Musée départemental d'art contemporain de Rocheouart, Raoul Hausmann, 1886 - 1971, 1986, Mâcon, France, page 48

Raoul Hausmann Composition, (id 4598,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print (later print +/- 1950), Very Good 17,3 X 23,5 cm 3000,0 Euro Provenance : succession Hausmann (Marthe Prévot, Limoges) Inventaire Marthe Prevot 974

Raoul Hausmann Kitchen scene Ibiza , (id 4742,0) +/- 1933 (printed 1979 - 6/60), Germany Vintage silver print, Excellent 22,2 (27,6) X 31,2 (36,5) cm 275,0 Euro Similar image published in: Andreas Haus, Raoul Hausmann, Kamerafotografien 1927 1957, Schirmer/Mosel, München, Germany, 1979, page 52

Raoul Hausmann Serie “Beauté sans Beauté”, Ce que livre la cuisine , (id 4520,0) +/- 1931, Germany Vintage silver print (later print +/- 1950), Very Good 19 X 23,8 cm 4000,0 Euro Provenance : succession Hausmann (Marthe Prévot, Limoges) Inventaire Marte Prevot 136

Raoul Hausmann Stuhlschatten , (id 4518,0) +/- 1931 , Germany Vintage silver print (later print +/- 1950), Very Good 39,7 X 30,4 cm 5500,0 Euro Provenance : succession Hausmann (Marthe Prévot, Limoges) Inventaire Marthe Prevot 840 Publication: Published as a photomontage in Camera, 1941-42 Giuseppe Marcenaro & Bernhard Wittek, Raoul Hausmann, Retrospettiva, Goethe-Institut Genua, 1982, Genova, Italy, Page 131 Musée départemental d'art contemporain de Rocheouart, Raoul Hausmann, 1886 - 1971, 1986, Mâcon, France, page 51 Musée d'art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Raoul Hausmann, Saint-Etienne, France, 1994, page 193 Andreas Haus, Raoul Hausmann, Kamerafotografien 1927 1957, Schirmer/Mosel, München, Germany, 1979, page 38

Raoul Hausmann Vera Broido on the beach, (id 4519,0) +/- 1931, Germany Vintage silver print (later print +/- 1950), Very Good 18 X 24 cm 3000,0 Euro Vera Broido was born in St Petersburg in 1907, the daughter of two Russian Jewish revolutionaries. In 1914 when Vera was only seven, her mother was exiled to Western Siberia for her anti-war attitudes; so Vera boarded the Transiberian Express and set off with her mother for a place so far away that even the newspapers didn't reach her. Thanks to father she could emigrate to Germany. During her stay in Berlin she meets Raoul Hausmann (1886-1971) becoming his model and partner between 1928 and 1934.

Provenance : succession Hausmann (Marthe Prévot, Limoges) Inventaire Marthe Prevot 682 Similar image published in: Giuseppe Marcenaro & Bernhard Wittek, Raoul Hausmann, Retrospettiva, Goethe-Institut Genua, 1982, Genova, Italy, Page 118 Andreas Haus, Raoul Hausmann, Kamerafotografien 1927 -

Raoul Hausmann Verre de bierre, (id 4600,0) +/- 1935, Germany Vintage silver print (later print +/- 1950), Very Good 23,2 X 17,4 cm 3000,0 Euro Provenance : succession Hausmann (Marthe PrĂŠvot, Limoges) Similar image: Michel Giroud, Raoul Hausmann "Je ne suis pas un photographe", ChĂŞne, Paris, 1975 page 95

Alexis Delcroix The work of Alexis Delcroix was one of the biggest discoveries during the preparation of this photo essay. Until this day we haven't found any biographical information about this fabulous photographer. Perhaps he was one of the many talented Belgian amateur photographers of the inter war period. During this period it wasn't obvious to publish "modern" photography in Belgium. The photography magazines were still dominated by the pictorialists.

His work is characterized by large and extremely well-finished prints. The print quality of his work is exceptional. Almost better than that of the professionals.

His sense for experiment and composition is striking.

Alexis Delcroix was a Belgian amateur photographer. He was active from the 1930s until the 1950s in Brussels.

He was an active member of the APB. He participated in a lot of (inter)national exhibitions. In our archives we only found international publications of his work.

Alexis Delcroix Masque contemporaine, (id 4383,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,4 X 37 cm 850,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Solarization study #1, (id 4581,0) +/- 1935, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,5 X 28,5 cm 850,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Solarization study #4, (id 4583,0) +/- 1935, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,5 X 28,5 cm 850,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Solarization study #3, (id 4584,0) +/- 1935, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,5 X 28,5 cm 850,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Solarization study #5, (id 4587,0) +/- 1935, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,5 X 28,5 cm 850,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Study with glasses, (id 4590,0) +/- 1935, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,5 X 28,5 cm 850,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Solarization study #2, (id 4591,0) +/-1935, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 28,5 X 38,5 cm 850,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix La Barbe, (id 4595,0) 1934, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,5 X 28,1 cm 1500,0 Euro Published Photograms of the Year 1948 edited by Iliffe and Sons London, Gilbert Adams

Alexis Delcroix Study with water glass, (id 4596,0) +/- 1935, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,5 X 28,5 cm 850,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix No title, (id 4704,0) +/- 1935, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 28,6 X 28,4 cm 450,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Avant le Mazout, (id 4705,0) +/- 1935, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,7 X 28,5 cm 450,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Nos dĂŠlices, (id 4707,0) 1942, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 28,4 X 38,7 cm 850,0 Euro This photo by Alexis Delcroix was made in 1942 during the war when food was scarce.

Alexis Delcroix Jour de fĂŞte, (id 4708,0) 1950, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 28,4 X 38,4 cm 850,0 Euro Exhibition label on the back: The London Salon of Photography, 1951

Alexis Delcroix Cherries, (id 4709,0) +/- 1935, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,4 X 28,7 cm 450,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Famille de cocottes , (id 4711,0) 1934, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 28,7 X 21,7 cm 1500,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix East-Berlin (?) , (id 4805,0) +/- 1950, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 22,3 (55) X 28,8 (42) cm 500,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Du Sucre, (id 4806,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 39,2 (56) X 28,2 (42) cm 650,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix B창tir ..., (id 4807,0) 1957, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 39,2 (50) X 28,6 (40,7) cm 500,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Tea time, (id 4808,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Gevalux, Very Good 28,1 X 38,2 cm 650,0 Euro Traces of a former mounting on the back. Has no effect on the image.

Alexis Delcroix The path, (id 4809,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 29,4 (43) X 39,5 (55) cm 650,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Children fishing , (id 4810,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 28,3 (43) X 39 (55,5) cm 650,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Street scene, (id 4811,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,5 (56) X 28,7 (42) cm 650,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Composition with stairs , (id 4812,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,5 (50) X 28,3 (40) cm 650,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Portrait of a man, (id 4813,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,2 X 28,2 cm 650,0 Euro Traces of a former mounting on the back. Has no effect on the image.

Alexis Delcroix Still life of a dinner set , (id 4814,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 29 (43) X 38,2 (55) cm 650,0 Euro

Alexis Delcroix Flower study, (id 4815,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 38,2 (56) X 28,2 (43) cm 650,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Willy Kessels was born in Dendermonde, Belgium, in January 1898. After completing the Ecole des Beaux Arts of Ghent, he went to Brussels and during the 1920s worked there as a sculptor and architectural draftsman.

He met Le Corbusier in 1928. He began his photographic career in 1929, considering this as a logical next step to his previous work. He saw in photography a modern means of representing the world. Kessels was very active during the 1920s and 30s, contracting to photograph industrial installations and advertising campaigns.

His photo-montages, aerial views, angles and his work with light, all illustrate the modern tendency of Belgian photography, which remained heavily influenced by pictorialism. He is perhaps best known though for his nudes.

Willy Kessels died in 1974.

Willy Kessels Collection des OrchidĂŠes De Messieurs Vuylsteke , (id 579,0) 1936, Belgium Vintage silverprint, Mint 17,5 X 23,3 cm 1750,0 Euro 1 original photo by Willy Kessels + the original portfolio of the orchid collection. The portfolio is in excellent condition.

Extremely rare.

Willy Kessels Collection des OrchidĂŠes De Messieurs Vuylsteke #2 , (id 4760,0) 1936, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 29,1 X 21,2 cm 1150,0 Euro 1 original photo by Willy Kessels + the original portfolio of the orchid collection. The portfolio is in excellent condition and is number 8.

Extremely rare.

Willy Kessels Double portrait, (id 1165,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Mint 29 X 22,5 cm 2500,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Edward Anseele returning from Congo , (id 4231,0) +/- 1920, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 17,3 X 23,3 cm 850,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Embracement, (id 426,0) +/- 1950, Belgium Vintage silverprint, Excellent 24 X 17 cm 900,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Embracement #2, (id 4817,0) +/- 1950, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 10,5 X 8 cm 850,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Nude #6, (id 4515,0) 1937, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 13 X 17,6 cm 1500,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Nude #7, (id 4727,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Very Good 8,7 X 13,4 cm 1500,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Nude #8, (id 4759,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 21,7 X 7,6 cm 1500,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Nude #9, (id 4761,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 8 (24) X 18 (18) cm 1650,0 Euro Reference: Geheugenverlies / Amnesie, Willy Kessels, Fotograaf, Bozar Brussels, 1997, page 142

Willy Kessels Nude double exposure, (id 4757,0) 1933, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 29,8 X 23,8 cm 2750,0 Euro Reference: Willy Kessels, Trans Photographic Press, Paris, 1998

Willy Kessels Opening of a sport institute # 1 , (id 3108,0) 03/1937, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 11,9 X 16,3 cm 650,0 Euro “Inauguration de l’institut d’Education Physique Foundation Hugo Audrieu” Album traces on the back of the photo.

References Ronny Gobyn, De massa in verleiding, De jaren ’30 in België, Ludion, ASLK, Brussel, 1994 Geheugenverlies / Amnesie, Willy Kessels, photographe, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, 1997 Christine De Naeyer, Willy Kessels, Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, 1996

Willy Kessels Ovules Salantales , (id 4523,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 29,4 X 23,5 cm 1500,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Photogram, (id 416,0) +/- 1950, Belgium Vintage silverprint, Excellent 8,5 X 12 cm 900,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Photogram # 2, (id 125,0) +/-1950, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 12,5 X 8,8 cm 900,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Photogram #4, (id 4728,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Very Good 6,5 X 9,3 cm 350,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Photogram #5, (id 4729,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 11,6 X 16,6 cm 850,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Photogram #6, (id 124,0) +/- 1950, Belgium Vintage silverprint, Mint 23,2 X 17 cm 900,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Pomma, (id 580,0) +/-1920, Belgium Vintage silverprint, Excellent 30 X 24 cm 1500,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Profile, (id 425,0) +/- 1950, Belgium Vintage silverprint, Excellent 12,4 X 8,3 cm 900,0 Euro

Willy Kessels Women, (id 424,0) +/- 1950, Belgium Vintage silver print, Mint 12 X 7 cm 900,0 Euro

Sasha & Cami Stone Sasha Stone was born Aleksander Serge Steinsapir in St. Petersburg in 1895 of Jewish parents. In Germany, where Stone became a photographer, he belonged to the circle around the important artistic periodical "G".

He lived and worked in Europe and America between the wars and is best known for his portraits, nude studies, photographs of Berlin and for his photojournalism.

Both he and his wife Cami's photographs were published in the German photography annual Das Deutsche Lichtbild.

Sasha Stone and his wife Cami fled Germany in 1932. His nude work appeared in "Les Femmes", which was published by Editions Arts et Metiers Graphiques, Paris, in 1933. His nudes are usually in poses that are quite modernist in sensibility and the lighting emphasizes the sculptural shapes and angles of the women.

Stone and his wife Cami moved to Brussels in 1932. The studio was located at 18 rue de Naples until the German invasion of Belgium in 1940. He was killed that year by the Nazis.

Sasha Stone Nude #2, (id 3379,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print Excellent 9,7 X 14,4 cm 2500,0 Euro Original print for the portfolio “Femmes� by Sasha Stone.

Sasha Stone Berlin - Verkehr Potsdammerplatz , (id 4719,0) +/- 1925, Germany Vintage silver print Very Good 8,0 X 11,5 cm 850,0 Euro

Sasha Stone Berlin - Verkehr, (id 4720,0) +/- 1925, Germany Vintage silver print Very Good 8,0 X 11,5 cm 850,0 Euro

Sasha Stone Pingouins, Zoo Anvers (very large format) , (id 4758,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print Very Good 42,0 X 59,0 cm 2500,0 Euro

Gerhard Riebicke Gerhard Riebicke (1878 - 1957) was the most important sport, dance and nudism photographer in Germany between 1925 and 1935. His images were widely distributed in Germany as well as internationally in magazines, newspapers and books. His work was also published in several issues of the famous German photography yearbook "DAS DEUTSCHE LICHTBILD". His images were moreover included in the legendary avantgarde photography show "Film and Foto" in Stuttgart (1928), and Vienna (1930). The Riebicke photo archiv in Berlin was to a large extent destroyed during the war.

The European Naturist movement in 1920s and 30s grew from the philosophic and medical belief that large doses of outdoor exercise in the sun were good for the mind and the body. Writers, photographers and military leaders of the time all championed Naturism, and none more ardently than the Germans. In Germany, some military exercises were conducted in the nude and several photojournalists, such as Gerhard Riebicke produced photo tableaus of the training session. Today, the history of the naturist movement in Germany, and the cultural and political atmosphere that supported it, add to one's appreciation of these intriguing photographic works of art.

Gerhard Riebicke Rumpfdrehen, (id 3239,0) 1925, Germany Vintage silver print, Very Good 11,1 X 17 cm 500,0 Euro Reference Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit, Die Schönheit, 1925, page 236, illustration 1776 Bodo Niemann, Gerhard Riebicke, Photographien, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Berlin, 2000

Gerhard Riebicke Rücksitzen, (id 3240,0) +/- 1925, Germany Vintage silver print, Very Good 13,3 X 8,2 cm 650,0 Euro Reference Ulf Erdmann Ziegler, Nackt unter Nackten, Verlach Dirk Nishen, Berlin, 1992, page 43 Bodo Niemann, Gerhard Riebicke, Photographien, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Berlin, 2000

Gerhard Riebicke No title #2, (id 3242,0) 1925, Germany Vintage silver print, Very Good 16,4 X 11,9 cm 650,0 Euro Bodo Niemann, Gerhard Riebicke, Photographien, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Berlin, 2000

Gerhard Riebicke Naked woman enjoying the sun in the grass , (id 3784,0) +/- 1935, Germany Vintage silver print (rppc), Excellent 8,2 X 13,3 cm 450,0 Euro

Gerhard Riebicke Jumping , (id 3785,0) +/- 1935, Germany Vintage silver print (rppc), Excellent 13,5 X 8,4 cm 450,0 Euro

Gerhard Riebicke Naked woman enjoying the sun at the beach , (id 4234,0) +/- 1935, Germany Vintage silver print, Very Good 7,5 X 13,8 cm 450,0 Euro

Gerhard Riebicke Hochsprung, (id 4235,0) +/- 1925, Germany Vintage silver print, Excellent 16,5 X 12 cm 750,0 Euro

Gerhard Riebicke German Gymnasts, (id 4721,0) 1936, Germany Vintage silver print, Very Good 12 X 17 cm 900,0 Euro Reference SurĂŠn, Mensch und Sonne, Berlin, 1936, page180 Bodo Niemann, Gerhard Riebicke, Photographien, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Berlin, 2000

Gerhard Riebicke Open air exercise, (id 4730,0) +/- 1936, Germany Vintage silver print, Very Good 11 X 15,7 cm 850,0 Euro Reference SurĂŠn, Mensch und Sonne, Berlin, 1936, Page 41 Bodo Niemann, Gerhard Riebicke, Photographien, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Berlin, 2000

Gerhard Riebicke Elli Weiss, (id 4731,0) +/- 1936, Germany Vintage silver print, Very Good 8 X 13 cm 850,0 Euro Elli Weiss was a jewish model. She has modeled also for a painter. She could leave Germany in the mid 1930's and went to Holland.

Reference: Bodo Niemann, Gerhard Riebicke, Photographien, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Berlin, 2000

Gerhard Riebicke Young nude woman with bow and bar soy dog, (id 4782,0) +/- 1928, Germany Vintage silver print, Very Good 15,7 X 10,5 cm 900,0 Euro Riebicke photographed this model with bar soy a couple of times. Also Friuedrich Seidenst端cker photographed the same woman Nude with bar soy dog. Obviously Riebicke and Seidenst端cker knew each other very well Literature: Bodo Niemann, Gerhard Riebicke, Photographien, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Berlin, 2000

Unknown German Photographers Sometimes the name of a photographer remains unknown. Unfortunately there is no name or signature on the photos in this set. Judging the image and print quality of the photos the photographers must have been talented or professional photographers from the 1920s or 1930s.

Remarkable are the photos of the zoo. Photographers such as Dr. Paul Wolff or Albert Renger-Patzsch also made a lot of photos in the German zoos in that same period.

Unknown German Photographer Crabs, (id 4662,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 15,7 X 23,6 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Das Fischervolk , (id 4447,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 23,7 X 16,1 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Das Strassentheater , (id 4455,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 17,7 X 23,6 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Der Fischereihafen , (id 4450,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 17 X 23,7 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Der Kirchturm, (id 4452,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print, Excellent 23,4 X 17,6 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Der Mast, (id 4456,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print, Excellent 23,8 X 17,5 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Der Schulplatz, (id 4458,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print, Excellent 17,8 X 23,7 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Der Steg, (id 4454,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print, Excellent 17,9 X 23,8 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Die Arbeiter, (id 4445,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 17,8 X 23,7 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Die Henne, (id 4451,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 23,5 X 17,3 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Die Parade, (id 4449,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 23,7 X 16,6 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Die Schueler, (id 4444,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print, Excellent 17,7 X 23,7 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Die Zigeuner, (id 4446,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 23,8 X 17,8 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Die Zuschauer, (id 4453,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print, Excellent 16,a X 23,5 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Egyptian vulture, (id 4660,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 21,3 X 17,7 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Elefanten, (id 4457,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 17,9 X 23,9 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Elephants, (id 4659,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 17,7 X 23,8 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Elephants on stage , (id 4792,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 17,6 X 23,6 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Giraffe, (id 4661,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 23,6 X 17,7 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Greeting the elephant , (id 4791,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print, Excellent 17,1 X 23,6 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Ostrich, (id 4663,0) +/- 1930, Germany Gevalux, Excellent 17,7 X 23,6 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown German Photographer Umpfluegen, (id 4448,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print, Excellent 17,6 X 23,7 cm 450,0 Euro

Nikola誰 Kossikoff In Ghent (Belgium) there is a grayish, deserted, old industrial street referring to the modernist photographer Nikola誰 Kossikoff. This desolate street is situated in the Seaport neighbourhood.

From this place you look at the port of Ghent, which is the major subject in Kossikoff's photography.

In the 1930s Kossikoff made photographs of the activities in the port on an almost day-to-day basis. The port was his world and major theme. Kossikoff's work remained unknown until recently.

Kossikoff was born in 1898 in Kharkoff, White Russia, he escaped to North Africa after the Russian Revolution and later to Paris. He used to belong to the rich Russian aristocracy but due to his flight he had to interrupt his studies in engineering in order to survive on heavy manual labour. During his stay in Paris Nikola誰 Kossikoff came into contact with the avant-garde art movement of the Twenties.

From 1935 until the Second World War he worked on the documentary of the port. During the war he was forced to go into hiding. After the war he started up a portrait studio where he tried to make spontaneous portraits full of character.

His portrait photography was quite successful. He stopped with photography in 1954 and died in 1975 in Ghent.

Nikolai Kossikoff Car transport (901), (id 1612,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 16,5 X 22,9 cm 250,0 Euro

Nikolai Kossikoff Car transport (902), (id 1613,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 17 X 23,4 cm 250,0 Euro

Nikolai Kossikoff D茅p么t du fer, (id 2807,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 16,5 X 20,8 cm 250,0 Euro

Nikolai Kossikoff (1058) Ghent Seaport, (id 2860,0) 1930’s, Belgium Vintage silver print, Very Good 17 X 23 cm 250,0 Euro

Nikolai Kossikoff (2152) Ghent Seaport, (id 2875,0) 1930’s, Belgium Vintage silver print, Very Good 16,9 X 22,9 cm 250,0 Euro

Nikolai Kossikoff (325) Ghent Seaport, (id 2878,0) 1930’s, Belgium Vintage silver print, Very Good 23 X 17,2 cm 250,0 Euro

Nikolai Kossikoff (562) Dépôt de fer - la charge prête pour partir , (id 2886,0) 1930’s, Belgium Vintage silver print, Very Good 22,5 X 14,5 cm 250,0 Euro

Nikolai Kossikoff (693)Ghent Seaport, (id 2893,0) 1930’s, Belgium Vintage silver print, Very Good 21,5 X 14,2 cm 250,0 Euro

Dr. Paul Wolff & Alfred Tritschler Dr. Paul Wolff & Alfred Tritschler founded the first German photo agency in 1927.

Dr. Paul Wolff (1887-1951) was already a recognized photographer when he got his first Leica in 1926 - it was "Love at first sight". His book "Meine Erfahrung mit der Leica" became an international bestseller and was translated into many languages. As a pioneer of the Leica camera he formed the technique of the 35 mm photography in Germany in a decisive way.

The young photographer Alfred Tritschler (1905-1970) became his colleague and later partner of the Dr. Paul Wolff & Tritschler photo studio.

In 1929 he also took part in the seminal Film und Foto exhibition in Stuttgart and his early work shows the New Vision aesthetic in photography.

Dr. Paul Wolff was one of the photographers who covered the Berlin Olympics in 1936. He wrote a book about his experiences during the Olympic games of 1936, “Was ich bei den olympischen Spielen 1936 sah�.

Wolff & Tritschler Cologne boat and bridge, (id 4667,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print, Very Good 18,0 X 23,8 cm 650,0 Euro German photographers and pioneers of Leica Photography.

Leica stamp on the back.

Wolff & Tritschler Cologne panorama, (id 4666,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print, Very Good 22,9 X 17,0 cm 650,0 Euro German photographers and pioneers of Leica Photography.

Leica stamp on the back.

Wolff & Tritschler Cologne Rhine, (id 4670,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print, Very Good 23,8 X 17,8 cm 250,0 Euro German photographers and pioneers of Leica Photography.

Leica stamp on the back.

Wolff & Tritschler Cologne, port #1, (id 4668,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print, Very Good 23,5 X 17,9 cm 250,0 Euro German photographers and pioneers of Leica Photography.

Leica stamp on the back.

Wolff & Tritschler Cologne, port #2, (id 4669,0) +/- 1930, Germany Vintage silver print, Very Good 17,9 X 24,0 cm 650,0 Euro German photographers and pioneers of Leica Photography.

Leica stamp on the back.

Unknown photographers Not being able to attribute a photo to a photographer is both a handicap and a blessing. Having no name gives us the opportunity to look at an image without prejudices and without context. In this case the image has to be strong enough in itself.

They might have been professionals or press photographers but we can only remember them in their pictures.

We respect anonymous photography as much as photos made by well-known photographers if the image is striking. Well-known photographers also made lesser images.

Unknown photographer 23h, Place de la Paix (large size) , (id 4408,0) +/- 1950, Belgium Vintage silver print, Very Good 29 X 38 cm 450,0 Euro

Unknown photographer Advertising photo for gears (large print) , (id 4743,0) +/- 1940, UK Vintage silver print, Excellent 48 (50) X 38,5 (40) cm 350,0 Euro

Unknown photographer Display Irks Smash-and-Run Vandals , (id 4741,0) 22/12/1938, United States Vintage silver print (Press photo), Good 19 X 24 cm 450,0 Euro Text on the back: “Someone who apparently has a grudge against dictators hurled bricks through this show window ..., ruining the exhibited caricatures of Benito Mussolino and Adolf Hitler.�

Unknown photographer Drawing clambs (large print) , (id 4744,0) +/- 1940, UK Vintage silver print, Very Good 48 (50) X 38,5 (40) cm 550,0 Euro

Unknown photographer In the ruins of Viborg, (id 4740,0) 21/03/1940, Russia Vintage silver print (Press photo), Good 21,2 X 16,7 cm 350,0 Euro Text on the back: “A signed protrait of Hitler proped against a window sill in shell-wrecked Viborg. It is believed that the photo came from the German Consulate. This picture was taken shortly before the Finns and the Russians made peace.�

Unknown photographer Sawara, (id 4738,0) +/- 1920, UK Vintage silver print, Excellent 15,5 X 20,5 cm 350,0 Euro

Unknown photographer Soviet runner, (id 3160,0) 1929, Russia Cyanotype, Excellent 9 X 6,5 cm 900,0 Euro

Unknown photographer Street in Brussels (large size) , (id 4403,0) +/- 1930, Belgium Vintage silver print, Excellent 40 X 28,5 cm 450,0 Euro

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The photos can be picked up at the Gallery in Izegem, Belgium or are shipped with registered mail.

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Anamorfose Photo Gallery Š 2012