Artist Index: Seidenstücker, Friedrich

Elephant seal. Circa 1927. Vintage gelatin silver print mounted to board. 29 x 22,5 cm (40 x 30 cm). Photographer's studio stamp on verso.

Minimal buckling and light scuff marks otherwise in near excellent condition.

Lit.: Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur (ed.). Friedrich Seidenstücker. Von Nilpferden und anderen Menschen. Fotografien 1925-1958, ill. p. 135.

African penguins. 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print mounted to board. Circa 19 x 14 cm. Photographer's studio stamp and copyright information on the verso, annotated in pencil on verso of board.

Some scuff, pressure marks and handling creases, otherwise in good condition.

Lit.: Bruno Schultz/Graf von Santeul, eds. Das Deutsche Lichtbild: Jahresschau 1935. Berlin: Bruno Schultz Verlag, 1935, ill. p. 106.

The actor and photographer Julius Arnfeld at work at the Berlin Zoo. 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print. 18 x 13 cm. Photographer's studio stamp and annotated in pencil on verso.

Julius Arnfeld began his career as an actor, working at various theaters. In Breslau he directed at the Lobe Theater, among others, where he supported the young Heinz Rühmann. As a Jewish artist, he was banned from working in 1933, so he tried to survive as a photographer, with little success. In 1942 he was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto. He survived the camp, but he sadly suffered the loss of his murdered family. – Edges rubbed, some scuff marks and creases, otherwise in good condition.

Lit.: Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur (ed.). Friedrich Seidenstücker. Von Nilpferden und anderen Menschen. Fotografien 1925-1958, compare ill. p. 107.

"Spaziergänger" (Walkers). Circa 1930 and 1950/printed 2002. 6 gelatin silver prints from the original negatives. Each circa 25 x 19 cm (30 x 24 cm) and 19 x 25,5 cm (24 x 30 cm). Each with printed Griffelkunst edition text on the verso, in original half-canvas folder with illustrated text brochure.
The images include: "Pfützenspringer" series (2 prints), "Spaziergang in der Ahornstraße, Berlin", "Aufputz", "Kleine Welt in Kreide" and "Mutterglück". – In excellent condition.

Puddle series; Woman washing stairs. 1930/28/printed later. 2 gelatin silver prints from the original negatives. 24 x 30,3 cm and 30,3 x 24 cm. bpk Berlin edition stamp, titled, dated and editioned 16/30 and17/30 in pencil on the verso.

In excellent condition.

Potsdamer Bahnhof, Berlin; Potsdamer Stadtschloß and Garnisonskirche. 1932/46/printed later. 2 gelatin silver prints from the original negatives. 30,1 x 23,6 cm and 24 x 30,3 cm. bpk Berlin edition stamp, titled, dated and editioned 16/30 and17/30 in pencil on the verso.

In excellent condition.