LOT ISA Auctionata Auktionen AG  /  Vintage & Contemporary Photography  / 

77

Herbert List, Silver Gelatin Print, ‘Sunbath 2’, Greece, 1955

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:750.00 EUR Estimated At:1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR
Herbert List, Silver Gelatin Print, ‘Sunbath 2’, Greece, 1955
Silver gelatin print
Forio d’Ischia, Greece, 1955; posthumously printed around 1980
Herbert List (1903-1975) – German photographer
Verso with estate stamp by Max Scheler
Image size: 35.4 x 24.5 cm
Very good condition
Herbert List is well-known for his nude photography of young athletic men; the auction record for a photograph of this genre currently sets at around 5,000 Euros
Object is regular taxed. Differential taxation is not possible.

The present posthumous print of a work by the German photographer Herbert List depicts a young man wearing white underwear and sports socks in front of a concrete wall. The picture was taken on the Greek island of Ischia, where List spent much time with his nude photography. However erotic, his models appear always in youthful innocence that works like a homage to the perfect body.



The photograph reveals the estate stamp by Max Scheler on the verso ‘HERBERT LIST ESTATE. POSTHUMOUS PRINT. Sunbath 2, Forio d’Ischia 1955 […???...] MAX SCHELER EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE’. The image size measures 35.4 x 24.5 cm and the overall dimensions of the sheet are 40.5 x 30.4 cm.



Herbert List (1903-1975)

Herbert List was born in Hamburg and trained as coffee tradesman in Heidelberg, where he also studied literature and art history at the University of Heidelberg. When he started working at his father’s coffee factory, he was able to travel to many countries around the world, where he started taking pictures. Induced by his friendship to Andreas Feininger, his interest in photography rose in the 1930s. List moved to Paris in 1935, in order to escape National Socialist Germany, and also to hold his first exhibition there. Since 1937, he was active in studio photography in London and he started selling prints to large British magazines. Together with George Hoyningen-Huene, he travelled to Greece and Italy. He spent some time in Greece and was forced to move back to Germany in 1941. During the years after, he was able to publish a few image series books. In 1964, he received the medal of the Society of German Light Photographers. (cbo)
Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance. Due to the legal obligation for the resale royalty in the art market the following applies: As a result of its membership in the AV Kunst, Auctionata charges additionally to the hammer price the contribution to the AV Kunst of currently 2.1% of the revenues from the sale of fine arts and photographs pro rata towards the buyer. More information about royalty right in our T&C.
Sign In to Bookmark Lot