ATELIER GEIRINGER & HOROVITZ (act. 1925–1933) Lot n° 25

ATELIER GEIRINGER & HOROVITZ (act. 1925-1933) | Maria Bard in 'Die Hotelmaus', Vienna 1927 Image Size: 22,4 x 10,6 cm English: Vintage silver print on double-weight matte paper 23 x 11 cm, toned, mounted on the original cardboard 33 x 24,7 cm, in excellent condition. Studio's blindstamp with address "Wien I., Stubenring 2" in the lower image at right; studio label "Trude Geiringer Dora Horovitz" and (later) handwritten annotation "Maria Bard in Hotelmaus 1927" in pencil on the cardboard. LITERATURE A. Holzer, F. Kreutler (ed.), Trude Fleischmann. The self-confident gaze, cat. Vienna Museum 2011, p. 75. The Viennese studio of Trude Geiringer (1890-1981) and Dora Horovitz (1897-1978) became famous for exquisite portraits and dance studies soon after its opening. Horovitz, who graduated from the "Graphische Versuchs- und Lehranstalt" and then worked at Franz Xaver Setzer's studio in Vienna, was primarily responsible for the photographs. When Geiringer left the studio in 1933, Horovitz continued to run it alone until she had to flee from the Nazis. Maria Bard (1900-1944) played at the "Theater in der Josefstadt" in the season of 1926/27; according to a later caption, the photo shows her as Yvonne in the play "Die Hotelmaus". German: Vintage silver gelatin print on cardboard-thick, matt paper, 13.5 x 7.2 cm, toned, mounted on original card 33 x 24.7 cm, in excellent condition. Studio blindstamp with address "Wien I., Stubenring 2" in the image lower right, on the cardboard label "Trude Geiringer Dora Horovitz" and (later) inscribed "Maria Bard in Hotelmaus 1927". A. Holzer, F. Kreutler (eds.), Trude Fleischmann. The self-confident gaze, cat. Wien Museum 2011, p. 75. The Viennese studio of Trude Geiringer (1890-1981) and Dora Horovitz (1897-1978) became known for exquisite society portraits and dance studies soon after it was founded. Horovitz, who had graduated from the Graphische Versuchs- und Lehranstalt and then worked in Franz Xaver Setzer's studio, was primarily responsible for the photographs. When Geiringer left the studio in 1933, Horovitz continued to run it alone until she had to flee from the Nazis. Maria Bard (1900-1944) performed at the Theater in der Josefstadt in the 1926/27 season; according to a later caption, the photograph shows her as Yvonne in the play "Die Hotelmaus".