AUGUST SANDER (1876–1964) Lot n° 38

AUGUST SANDER (1876-1964) | 'Handlanger' (Bricklayer), Cologne c. 1928 Image Size: 58,7 x 44 cm English: Gelatin silver print, printed in 1990 by Gerd Sander on semi-matte double-weight paper, in perfect condition. Blindstamp "Aug. Sander Köln Lindenthal" at lower left, signed, dated and numbered "13/18" by Gerd Sander in pencil on the reverse, also edition stamp "August Sander Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts" with handwritten specifications "ASA 3/10/1 | Edition 1990 | No.: 13/18 | NB II/10/3 | CTC 120" and copyright note "SK-Stiftung Kultur - August Sander Archiv - VG-Bildkunst, Bonn" on the reverse. LITERATURE August Sander, Antlitz der Zeit, Munich 1929, pl. 23; Gunther Sander, Ulrich Keller (eds.), August Sander, Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts, Munich 1980. Under the title "Antlitz der Zeit" (Face of Time) and with a foreword by Alfred Döblin, August Sander first published sixty photographs of his legendary portrait cycle in 1929. The picture atlas is divided into seven sections devoted to different professions or social groups. A sober presentation is intended to stimulate comparative observation and aims at a photographic social analysis of the Weimar Republic. As one of the main representatives of Neue Sachlichkeit, Sander became a pioneer of conceptual photography. German: Silver gelatin print, printed in 1990 by Gerd Sander on semi-matte, "double-weight" paper, in perfect condition. Embossed stamp "Aug. Sander Köln Lindenthal" at lower left, signed, dated and numbered "13/18" by Gerd Sander in pencil on the reverse, and edition stamp "August Sander Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts" with handwritten entries "ASA 3/10/1 | Edition 1990 | No.: 13/18 | NB II/10/3 | CTC 120" and copyright notice "SK-Stiftung Kultur - August Sander Archiv - VG-Bildkunst, Bonn". LITERATURE August Sander, Antlitz der Zeit, Munich 1929, p. 23; Gunther Sander, Ulrich Keller (eds.), August Sander, Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts, Munich 1980. PROVENANCE directly purchased from Gerd Sander Under the title "Antlitz der Zeit" (Face of Time) and with a preface by Alfred Döblin, August Sander first published sixty photographs of his legendary portrait cycle in 1929. The picture atlas is divided into seven sections devoted to different professions or social groups. A sober presentation is intended to stimulate comparative observation and aims at a photographic social analysis of the Weimar Republic. As one of the main representatives of Neue Sachlichkeit, Sander became a pioneer of conceptual photography.