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Lotte Johanna Jacobi (1896-1990), Josef Scharl, c. 1927

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:300.00 EUR Estimated At:480.00 - 600.00 EUR
Lotte Johanna Jacobi (1896-1990), Josef Scharl, c. 1927
Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa photo paper
Germany, ca. 1927, later print
Lotte Johanna Alexandra Jacobi (1896-1990) – German photographer
Inscribed verso in pencil ‘Josef Scharl aus der Münchener Zeit / Foto Lotte Jacobi’
Image size: 21.1 x 16.4 cm
Good condition
Lotte Jacobi is one of the most prolific portrait photographers; the auction record for a portrait photograph of hers is set above 11,000 Euros
Object is regular taxed. Differential taxation is not possible.
This portrait by Lotte Jacobi depicts Josef Scharl, the German painter and printmaker of Expressionism, in ca. 1927, a time when the artist lived in Munich. Lotte Jacobi always captured the most influential personalities of the time. They were politicians, scientists, composers, authors, actors and painters. Her professional career spans more than 60 years and she leaves behind a great chronicle of this period. Her studio photographs are of special expressiveness, making her one of the most prolific portrait photographers.



The photograph is inscribed verso in pencil ‘Josef Scharl aus der Münchener Zeit / Foto Lotte Jacobi’. In the upper center is a fingerprint and in the lower right some slight staining. The photograph is besides that in good condition. The image size is 21.1 x 16.4 cm and the dimensions of the sheet are 21.6 x 16.8 cm.



Lotte Johanna Alexandra Jacobi (1896-1990)

Lotte Jacobi was raised in Poznan and was taught her first abilities by her father, a photographer. After completing her film and photography studies in Munich, she took over the fatherly photo studio and opened a gallery. She had already gained recognition with her own portrait, theater and art photographs. At outbreak of National Socialism she saw herself forced to emigrate to New York because of her Jewish origin. She has portrayed e.g. Marc Chagall, Albert Einstein, Käthe Kollwitz, Thomas Mann, Edward Steichen and Alfred Stieglitz. To her oeuvre also belong experimental photo prints that she created without using a camera, which were later coined by Leo Katz as ‘photogenics’. She was awarded with the Dr.-Erich-Salomon-Preis of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie. Her work honor two solo exhibitions at the Folkwang Museum in Essen, as well as at the Verborgene Museum in Berlin and the Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum in Cologne. (tm)
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