Lotte Jacobi Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Lotte Jacobi Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 19, 2025
LOTTE JACOBI (POLISH-AMERICAN 1896-1990)
Est: $800 - $1,200
LOTTE JACOBI (GERMAN -AMERICAN 1896-1990) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mann in their House, Princeton, ca. 1939 gelatin silver print image size: 17 x 11.5 cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.) dimensions with passe-partout: 28.5 x 23 cm (11 1/4 x 9 in.) signed lower right LOT NOTES Thomas Mann (1875–1955) was a prominent German novelist, essayist, and social critic renowned for his profound explorations of European cultural and intellectual traditions. Born in Lübeck, Germany, Mann achieved international acclaim with novels such as Buddenbrooks (1901), which earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, and later works like Death in Venice (1912), The Magic Mountain (1924) and Doctor Faustus (1947). His writings often tackled complex themes such as the tensions between art and life, individualism versus society, and moral decay in modern civilization. A vocal opponent of Nazism, Mann fled Germany in 1933, eventually settling in the United States. He returned to Europe in 1952, residing in Switzerland until his death. Mann remains one of the most influential literary figures of the 20th century, celebrated for his intellectual depth and nuanced narrative style. Lotte Jacobi was a prominent German-American photographer known for her striking portraits of influential artists, intellectuals, and public figures of the 20th century. Born in Prussia, Jacobi came from a family with deep roots in photography. She established her career in Berlin during the Weimar Republic, capturing expressive images of notable figures such as Albert Einstein, Käthe Kollwitz, and Marc Chagall. With the rise of Nazism, Jacobi emigrated to the United States in 1935, eventually settling in New York City, where she continued her influential work and experimented with abstract photographic techniques, including her innovative “photogenics.” Her powerful portraits, characterized by their intimacy and psychological depth, earned her lasting recognition as one of the era’s leading photographic artists. Keywords: photograph, literature N.B. Condition reports are available upon request. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Dec. 04, 2024
Jacobi, Lotte: Ballettschule Eduardowa
Est: €360 - €500
Ballettschule Eduardowa. 1930. Vintage gelatin silver print. 16,7 x 16,2 cm. Signed in lower right corner of recto; photographer's copyright stamp and annotated in pencil on verso. Lotte Jacobi is renowned for her intimate and engaging portraits, utilizing dramatic lighting and composition to capture the true essence of her subjects. Her portfolio includes striking photographs of ballet dancers, in this case those from the Ballet School Eduardowa in early 1930s Berlin, which highlight the elegance and energy of their performances. Jacobi's fusion of artistic vision and technical prowess has established her as a significant and celebrated figure in the history of photography. – Corners slightly bumped, some scuff and pressure marks, otherwise in good condition. - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
Nov. 29, 2024
Lotte Jacobi, Lotte Lenya, Berlin, 1929
Est: €4,000 - €5,000
Signed in pencil in the margin lower right. Mounted on cardboard.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Nov. 29, 2024
Lotte Jacobi, Lucie Höflich (Deutsches Theater, Berlin), 1920s
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Each mounted on cardboard, signed in pencil below the image on the mount. Each with photographer's address stamp on the reverse of the mount.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Oct. 31, 2024
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Albert Einstein, Princeton, NJ. 1938; printed 1970s.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Albert Einstein, Princeton, NJ. 1938; printed 1970s. Silver print, the image measuring 13½x10⅛ inches (34.3x25.7 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Jacobi's signature in pencil on recto. Taken by Lotte Jacobi at Einstein's request for a 1938 Life magazine feature but then rejected by the magazine, this image of Einstein is one of the most recognized photographs of the German physicist. It was first exhibited in 1942 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York as part of the collective show, "A Comparative Exhibition of Twentieth-Century Portraits." Einstein and Jacobi had known each other previously in their native Germany, from which both were forced to flee from the Nazi regime - Einstein in 1933 and Jacobi in 1935. The two collaborated in setting up the photograph, which was taken in a relaxed setting in Einstein's home in Princeton, NJ, together deciding that Einstein should appear in his leather jacket - a distinctive feature of this portrait, setting it apart from the many other portraits made of him throughout his life. Though this photograph was not chosen by Life's photo editors, who apparently thought posing Einstein in a leather jacket was not appropriate, Jacobi did have three black and white photos of the physicist appear on the second page of the two-page feature spread on Einstein that ran in the April 11, 1938 edition of the magazine. Publication Wise, Kelly, Lotte Jacobi (Addison House, Danbury, NH) 1978, pp. 10, 23, 100 Gasterland-Gustafsson, Gretchen, Lotte Jacobi, Albert Einstein, Smart History, The Center for Public Art History
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 18, 2024
Lotte Jacobi, Grock and Trudi Schoop, 1938
Est: $800 - $1,200
Lotte Jacobi (1896 - 1990) Grock and Trudi Schoop, 1938 gelatin silver graphite signed lower left: Lotte Jacobi
Santa Fe Art Auction
Sep. 18, 2024
Lotte Jacobi, Wonderful Study, ca. 1928
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Lotte Jacobi (1896 - 1990) Wonderful Study, ca. 1928 gelatin silver graphite inscribed on mount lower right: Stamped on verso / Atelier Jacobi / Lotte JACOBI / Wonderful Study / Ca. 1928 . Germany partial ink stamp verso: Belegexemplar und Hongrer an: ATELIER JACOBI / [ ] hbury, Joachim [ ] inscribed verso: LOTTE JACOBI / Wonderful Study... / Ca 1928 . Germany
Santa Fe Art Auction
Aug. 25, 2024
LOTTE JOHANNA JACOBI (NH/POLAND, 1896-1990)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
LOTTE JOHANNA JACOBI (NH/POLAND, 1896-1990) "Albert Einstein with Pipe", 1937, original gelatin silver photo, signed, unframed, 4" x 2 7/8", loose in folio. Per Einstein Archives: " Captured here by Jacobi while he was sailing in Huntington, Long Island in 1937, Einstein had been photographed earlier at the Berlin studio of Jacobi's father and also by Jacobi herself in 1927, before she, like Einstein, fled Germany in the 1930s. One year later Jacobi photographed Einstein for a famous series in Life magazine, and the two remained lifelong friends. Einstein greatly admired Jacobi, calling her his favorite photographer."
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 07, 2024
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990)
Est: £250 - £350
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) PORTRAIT OF ALFRED STIEGLITZ AT "AN AMERICAN PLACE", 1938. Silver gelatin print, printed later, image/sheet size 244 x 183mm, signed by the photographer in pencil within the lower right of the image, and titled in pencil on verso.
Chiswick Auctions
Jul. 16, 2024
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990), "Tajik Woman, Stalinabad," 1932, Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to board, Image/Sheet: 11.875" H x 8.875" W
Est: $300 - $500
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) "Tajik Woman, Stalinabad," 1932 Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to board From an edition of unknown size; printed later Signed in pencil, lower right: Jacobi
John Moran Auctioneers
Jul. 16, 2024
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990), "Gardner Museum, Boston, Mass.," circa 1950, Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a mat board, Image/Sheet: 15.375" H x 19.25" W; Mat board: 26.125" H x 29" W
Est: $500 - $700
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) "Gardner Museum, Boston, Mass.," circa 1950 Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a mat board From the edition of unknown size; printed later Signed lower right: Jacobi
John Moran Auctioneers
Jun. 05, 2024
Jacobi, Lotte: Photogenic abstraction
Est: €800 - €1,200
Photogenic abstraction. Circa 1950. Vintage gelatin silver print. 19,7 x 24,6 cm. Photographer's Photogenics /copyright stamp on the verso, hinge-mounted in upper corners to mat. - - Encouraged by Leo Katz, in the early 1940s Lotte Jacobi began experimenting with making photographs without a camera. It was Katz who coined the term "Photogenics" for these renditions of paths of light. To him these images were true "original" art objects, devoid of the reproducible nature of normal photographs. Jacobi's photogenics follow the new concepts in the visual arts of the time. They were included in such avantgarde exhibitions as In and Out of Focus in 1948 and Abstraction in Photography in 1951, both at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as well as in the second Subjektive Fotografie exhibition in 1954, in Saarbrücken. – A few minimal nicks in edges, otherwise in near excellent condition. - - Provenance: Christie's. Light, Volume and Form: Photographs from the Shalom Shpilman Collection, May 24-June 2, 2016, lot 85. - - Lit.: Marion Beckers/Elisabeth Moortgat. Atelier Lotte Jacobi - Berlin, New York. Berlin 1997. ill. pp. 191-192 (similar photogenics). - - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
Jun. 05, 2024
Jacobi, Lotte: Jazz Club Café Dachgarten, Berlin
Est: €300 - €400
Jazz Club Café Dachgarten, Berlin. Circa 1931. Vintage gelatin silver print. 15,5 x 21,5 cm. Photographer's/copyright stamps and annotated in pencil on the verso. - - In this image Lotte Jacobi photographed a jazz performance at the famous jazz club, Café Dachgarten in Berlin. In the center one can see the composer Will Meisel. – Corners bumped with small creases (two backed), a few light handling dents, otherwise in good condition. - - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
Jun. 05, 2024
Jacobi, Lotte: Theater portraits of Hans Albers and Lucie Höflich in Ferdinand Bruckners "Die Verbrecher"
Est: €300 - €400
Theater portraits of Hans Albers and Lucie Höflich in Ferdinand Bruckners "Die Verbrecher".1928. 3 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 24 x 18 cm. Each mounted to board (slight traces of use), each signed by the photographer in pencil below image on mount; each with photographer's stamp on mount verso. - - Hans Albers celebrated his first major stage success at the Deutsches Theater Berlin in the role of a waiter in the play "Die Verbrecher" by Ferdinand Bruckner. This was his major breakthrough and he went on to star in a variety of sound films. – Two with minimal mirroring in edges, otherwise in very good condition. - - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
May. 16, 2024
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Lotte Lenya, Berlin.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Lotte Lenya, Berlin. Silver print, the image measuring 7½x8⅞ inches (19.1x22.5 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Jacobi's signature in pencil on recto. 1930; printed 1970s Provenance: Ledel Gallery, New York; acquired by the Present Owner in 1984
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 26, 2024
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990), "Tajik Woman, Stalinabad," 1932, Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to board, Image/Sheet: 11.875" H x 8.875" W
Est: $600 - $800
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) "Tajik Woman, Stalinabad," 1932 Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to board From an edition of unknown size; printed later Signed in pencil, lower right: Jacobi
John Moran Auctioneers
Mar. 26, 2024
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990), "Gardner Museum, Boston, Mass.," circa 1950, Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a mat board, Image/Sheet: 15.375" H x 19.25" W; Mat board: 26.125" H x 29" W
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) "Gardner Museum, Boston, Mass.," circa 1950 Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a mat board From an edition of unknown size; printed later Signed lower right: Jacobi
John Moran Auctioneers
Mar. 26, 2024
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990), Untitled, from the "Photogenics Series," circa 1950s, Gelatin silver print on paper, Image/Sheet: 8" H x 10" W
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) Untitled, from the "Photogenics Series," circa 1950s Gelatin silver print on paper From the edition of unknown size; printed later Signed in pencil lower left: Lotte Jacobi
John Moran Auctioneers
Mar. 23, 2024
Photograph, Lotte Jacobi
Est: $300 - $500
Lotte Jacobi (American, 1896-1990), "Robert Frost," circa 1959, gelatin silver print, signed lower right, metal title plaque affixed verso, sight: 9.25"h x 7.5"w, overall (with frame): 15.5"h x 13.25"w. Provenance: Property from the estate of artist Robert Bechtle and art historian Whitney Chadwick.
Clars Auctions
Feb. 16, 2024
Photograph, Lotte Jacobi
Est: $500 - $700
Lotte Jacobi (American, 1896-1990), "Robert Frost," circa 1959, gelatin silver print, signed lower right, metal title plaque affixed verso, sight: 9.25"h x 7.5"w, overall (with frame): 15.5"h x 13.25"w. Provenance: Property from the estate of artist Robert Bechtle and art historian Whitney Chadwick.
Clars Auctions
Dec. 06, 2023
LOTTE JACOBI (Polish/American, 1896-1990)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
LOTTE JACOBI (Polish/American, 1896-1990), ''Head of a Dancer (Niura Norskaya), Berlin'', 1929, printed later, gelatin silver print, pencil signed lower right. Hinge-mounted, matted and framed under glass. Image 7-13/16''h, 9-7/8''w; sheet 7-15/16''h, 10''h. Provenance: Estate of Janet and Hank Beck, Westhampton, NY.
South Bay Auctions Inc
Nov. 30, 2023
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990)
Est: £300 - £500
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) PORTRAIT OF ALFRED STIEGLITZ AT "AN AMERICAN PLACE", 1938. Silver gelatin print, printed later, image/sheet size 244 x 183mm, signed by the photographer in pencil within the lower right of the image, and titled in pencil on verso.
Chiswick Auctions
Sep. 22, 2023
Lotte Jacobi 1896-1987
Est: €500 - €900
Lotte Jacobi 1896-1987 Pauline Koner mit Photogenic, um 1950, Abzug 1979 Verso signiert und numeriert als einer von 30 Abzügen Reprod. in: M. Beckers u. E. Moortgat, Atelier Lotte Jacobi, Bln. 1997, Tafel 117 17,5:25 cm (6.9:9.8 in)
Schneider-Henn
May. 31, 2023
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990)
Est: £500 - £700
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) PORTRAIT OF ALFRED STIEGLITZ AT "AN AMERICAN PLACE", 1938. Silver gelatin print, printed later, image/sheet size 244 x 183mm, signed by the photographer in pencil within the lower right of the image, and titled in pencil on verso.
Chiswick Auctions
May. 02, 2023
Lotti Jacobi (1896-1990) Hans Albers, 1942
Est: $800 - $1,200
Lotti Jacobi (1896-1990) Hans Albers, 1942 Gelatin silver print, printed later, reversed title and date in the negative; signed in pencil on the recto. image: 7 x 9 1/4in. (17.8 x 23.5cm.) sheet: 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm.)
Hindman
Apr. 27, 2023
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Kurfürstendamm, Berlin.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Kurfürstendamm, Berlin. Silver print, the image measuring 11 1/2x10 1/8 inches (29.2x25.7cm.), the original mount 14x12 inches (35.6x30.5 cm.), with Jacobi's signature in pencil on print recto, and her credit, title, and date on mount verso. 1932
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 20, 2023
Lotte Jacobi, Untitled (Portrait of Louise Nevelson)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Lotte Jacobi Untitled (Portrait of Louise Nevelson) 1976 silver gelatin print 10 h x 8 w in (25 x 20 cm) Inscribed to verso 'Louise Nevelson Lotti [sic] Jacobi Property of Diana MacKown Photo used in Dawns and Dusks'. Provenance: Collection of Diana MacKown | Private Collection Exhibited: Pavers, 18 November 2010 - 22 January 2011, Schroeder Romero & Shredder, New York Literature: Dawns + Dusks: Conversations with Diana MacKown, Nevelson, pg. 103 This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Wright
Feb. 28, 2023
[PHOTOGRAPHY]. JACOBI, Lotte (1896-1990), photographer. Portrait of Paul Robeson. 1952 (printed later).
Est: $600 - $800
[PHOTOGRAPHY]. JACOBI, Lotte (1896-1990), photographer. Portrait of Paul Robeson. 1952 (printed later). 8 x 10 in. silver gelatin photograph (minimal edge wear). Pencil signed lower right by Jacobi. Paul Leroy Robeson (1898-1976) was an American film and stage actor, notably known for his roles as "Joe" in the London production of Show Boat, and as Othello at the Shubert Theatre in 1943, for which he received a Donaldson Award; the run of Othello starring Robeson remained the longest-running production of a Shakespeare play until 2011. He became active in several social justice campaigns and eventually the Civil Rights Movement. Advocating for Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War, Robeson became active in the Council on African Affairs; later, his sympathies for communism and the Soviet Union and his criticisms of United States foreign policy caused him to be blacklisted during the McCarthy era. He received the Spingarn medal from the NAACP in 1945; his efforts to end Apartheid were posthumously recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in 1978. Robeson is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the American Theater Hall of Fame; he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Hindman
Oct. 20, 2022
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Self-portrait.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Self-portrait. Silver print, the image measuring 7 3/8x9 7/8 inches (17.8x22.9 cm.), with Jacobi's signature in pencil on recto. Circa 1940s; printed early 1970s
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 09, 2022
Lotte Jacobi: Head of a Dancer
Est: €1,200 - €1,800
JACOBI, LOTTE 1896 Thorn - 1990 Concord/New Hampshire Title: "Head of a Dancer". Date: 1929. Later print. Technique: Gelatin silver print. Depiction Size: 8 x 11cm. Sheet Size: 9 x 14cm. Notation: Signed, titled and inscribed. Frame: Framed. Provenance: - Villa Grisebach, Berlin, auction 149, lot 1738.
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
Jun. 08, 2022
Jacobi, Lotte: Portrait of a young woman
Est: €300 - €400
Portrait of a young woman. 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print. 24 x 18 cm. Mounted to board (slight traces of use), signed by the photographer in pencil below image on mount. - - Minimal mirroring in lower edge, otherwise in good condition. - - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
May. 24, 2022
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Dancer #16, Pauline Koner, New York, c. 1937 signé
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Dancer #16, Pauline Koner, New York, c. 1937 signé au crayon (image) image : 24 x 33,6 cm. (9 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.) feuille : 27,7 x 35,3 cm. (10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Christie's
Apr. 14, 2022
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Isa Beate Vermehren, Accordion Player.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Isa Beate Vermehren, Accordion Player. Silver print, the image measuring 9x6 1/2 inches (22.9x16.5 cm.), with Jacobi's credit and several printing notations in pencil, a paper label affixed with the name of the sitter, and a Hans Behm Bilder stamp, all on verso. Circa 1930-35
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 10, 2022
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Head of a Dancer (Niura Norskaya), Berlin.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Head of a Dancer (Niura Norskaya), Berlin. Silver print on carte-postale paper, the image measuring 3 3/8x4 1/4 inches (8.6x10.8 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Jacobi's signature, in ink, on recto. 1909; printed circa 1970
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 08, 2021
Jacobi, Lotte: Portrait of Walter von Molo
Est: €200 - €300
Portrait of the writer Walter von Molo (1880-1958). 1930. Vintage gelatin silver print. 22,1 x 16 cm. Photographer's/copyright stamps, number stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso. This portrait of Walter von Molo by Lotte Jacobi is comparable to her portrait of Käthe Kollwitz, which was taken around the same time (1929). Both were members of the Academy of Arts in Berlin (Molo was chairman of the literary section). Until the early 1930s Molo was one of the most popular German authors. During the Third Reich he went into an inner emigration and resigned from all honorary positions. After 1945 he was not able to reestablish his previous success. – Corners bumped, a few rubbed spots, minimal oxidation mirroring in lower edge, otherwise in good condition. - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
Oct. 06, 2021
Lotte Jacobi, Anna May Wong
Est: $600 - $800
Lotte Jacobi Anna May Wong c. 1932 gelatin silver print sight: 8.75 h × 6.5 w in (22 × 17 cm) Signed to lower left 'Lotte Jacobi'. Provenance: Christie's, New York, 19th & 20th Century Photographs, 31 October 1988, Lot 351 | Private Collection, Chicago | Thence by descent This work will ship from Wright in Chicago, Illinois. Condition of the item is not included in this description. Condition reports are available from Wright upon request. Wright strongly recommends that you review a condition report for each item on which you plan to bid. Email condition@wright20.com to request a condition report.
Wright
Jun. 16, 2021
Muthesius, Eckart: Portrait of Eckart Muthesius
Est: €360 - €500
Photographer: Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990). Portrait of the architect Eckart Muthesius. Circa 1930. Vintage gelatin silver print. 22 x 16,9 cm. Signed by the photographer in the negative in lower right; photographer's ATELIER JACOBI, Charlottenburg, Joachimsthaler Str. 5 stamp on the verso, mounted along upper edge to board (some wear). - - The son of Hermann Muthesius, the German architect and interior designer Eckart Muthesius lived in India between 1930-1939. The Maharaja of Indore commissioned him to decorate and design his Palace at Manik Bagh in the modern International Style; it became a large-scale art project and Muthesius incorporated furniture designed by Eileen Gray, Le Corbusier, Marcel Breuer and Ivan da Silva Bruhns. He often returned to Berlin to collaborate on the projects for the furniture for the palace and this portrait was likely taken on one of those visits. Lotte Jacobi portrayed many famous figures of the day such as Albert Einstein, Emil Jannings, Lotte Lenya and Käthe Kollwitz. – Some creases in corners, otherwise in good condition. - - Provenance: Eckart Muthesius Archive - - Lit.: Reto Niggl. Eckart Muthesius. The Maharaja's Palace in Indore. Architecture and Interior 1930, Stuttgart 1996, ill. p. 13. - - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
May. 27, 2021
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Portfolio III: Photogenics 1946-1955.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Portfolio III: Photogenics 1946-1955. Complete with 10 beautifully printed abstract works from her experimental, cameraless series entitled "photogenics." Palladium prints, the images measuring 9x7 to 9 3/4x13 inches (22.8x17.8 to 24.8x33 cm.), the sheets 10x12 to 12x15 1/4 inches (25.4x30.5 to 30.5x38.7 cm.), each with Jacobi's signature, in pencil, on recto; individually matted with the debossed plate number on the overmat. Folio-sized gray cloth clamshell box, with the photographer's name and the number 3 debossed on the cover and side; the printed title page, plate list, and colophon with Jacobi's signature and the edition notation 7/25, in ink; contents loose as issued. ONE OF AN EDITION OF 25 COPIES WITH 5 APs. Deering, New Hampshire: Lotte Jacobi, 1946-55; printed 1981 Untitled (abstraction) * Landscape * Untitled (abstraction) * Praying Hands * Untitled (abstraction) * Birdform * Mask * Untitled (abstraction) * Sunset * Bird in Flight - Homage to Brancusi.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 27, 2021
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) A selection of 8 real photo post cards.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) A selection of 8 real photo post cards. Silver prints on carte-postale paper, the images measuring 4 1/4x3 inches (10.8x7.6 cm.), and slightly smaller, and the reverse, the sheets 5 1/2x3 1/2 inches (14x8.9 cm.), 7 with Jacobi's signature, in pencil, and one with her title, in ink, on recto, and one with a signature, lengthy inscription, and date, on verso. 1928-1942; printed 1979 Lotte Lenya, actress, Berlin, 1930 * Albert Einstein in a leather jacket, 1938 * Alfred Stieglitz,1940 * Claire Bauroff, Berlin, 1928 * Peter Lorre, Berlin, 1942 * Käthe Kollwitz, 1931 * Grock, c. 1930s * Karl Valentine and Liesl Karlstadt, 1928
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 15, 2021
Lotte Jacobi, Polish/Am. 1896-1990, Portrait of Charles Buckley, Silver gelatin print, 9 5/16" x 7 5/16" sight, 13 3/4" x 10 1/2" matte
Est: $300 - $400
Lotte Jacobi Polish/Am. 1896-1990 Portrait of Charles Buckley Silver gelatin print Signed l.l. 9 5/16" x 7 5/16" sight, 13 3/4" x 10 1/2" matted Provenance: Private Collection Exeter, New Hampshire
Barridoff Auctions
Mar. 11, 2021
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Albert Einstein, Princeton, NJ.
Est: $1,800 - $2,200
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Albert Einstein, Princeton, NJ. Silver print, the image measuring 10x7 3/8 inches (25.4x18.7 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Jacobi's signature, in pencil, on recto. 1938; printed 1970s
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 11, 2021
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Marc Chagall at work.
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Marc Chagall at work. Silver print, the image measuring 6x4 1/2 inches (15.2x11.4 cm.), the sheet 7x5 inches (17.8x12.7 cm.), with Jacobi's signature and copyright, in pencil, on recto. 1945
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 11, 2021
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Lotte Lenya, actress, Berlin.
Est: $5,000 - $7,500
LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Lotte Lenya, actress, Berlin. Silver print, the image measuring 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Jacobi's signature, in pencil, on recto. Circa 1928; printed 1970s
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 06, 2021
LOTTE JACOBI Mary Wigman Abstract Expressionist Dancer
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
LOTTE JACOBI, Mary Wigman, Berlin, signed, c. 1930, 9.4x6.4" gelatin silver print, Printed 1979, signed on print recto in lower right of image; embossed 6 on overmat lower right, from Lotte Jacobi Portfolio II, edition of 25, 1979 , this is print 6 In this stunning portrait, Jacobi shows the inner power of Mary Wigman, a leading international pioneer of dance and choreography of the early- to mid-twentieth century. As the debate gathers around the current imbalance between male and female choreographers, the names of pioneering women such as Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and Bronislava Nijinska are regularly invoked to recall a golden age of female creativity and power. These women, all working in the early years of the 20th century, had a transforming influence on the language and practice of dance. And there is one more name that should also be added to the list:â¯the German choreographer Mary Wigman (1886-1973). Born into a comfortably bourgeois family in 1986, Wigman didn't begin formal training until she was 24, but after just three years studying the rhythmic, gymnastic system of Emile Jacques-Dalcroze, and working with Rudolf Laban, Wigman created her first solo, Witchâ¯. In that short work, she began exploring the elements that would define her style â including the conviction that dance could be performed without music and that it could have the courage to be ugly. From the surviving clip of Witchâ¯Danceâ¯above (a slightly revised version that was filmed in 1926), it's clear that Wigman also proved a compelling powerhouse of a performer.Dance. In that short work, she began exploring the elements that would define her style, including the conviction that dance could be performed without music and that it could have the courage to be ugly. From the surviving clip of Witchâ¯Dance, a slightly revised version that was filmed in 1926, it's clear that Wigman was also a compelling powerhouse of a performer. This short solo is a masterpiece of strangeness. Wigman aimed for a state of ritualized trance, summoning up the dangerous spirit of her character, yet the detail and control of her movement is remarkable. The savage crackle of those first hexing gestures; the keening, ducking circle of her upper body and head (made all the more strange by the mask she wears; the slow, spooky opening of her knees. Wigman's witch is cousin to the troubled terrifying spirit of Max Schreck's Nosferatu, hunching over herself as if drawing dark spells from her own body, then launching into a rocking and lurching trajectory towards her prey. Wigman was part of the wider expressionist movement in Germany (among those who admired her was the painter Emil Nolde). But other clips of her group piece Exodus andâ¯her 1929 solo Sommerdans also suggest a kinship with different elements of the zeitgeist: the more fluent, natural movement language popularized by Isadora Duncan, which keyed into an older pastoral spirit of German Romanticism. Wigman's own influence was, however, very broad. There are clear affinities between her style and the early work of Martha Graham (the eloquent use of the torso in the latter's 1930 solo Lamentation is very close to the opening of Sommerdans). Even more vivid is the debt that would be owed to Wigman by the legendary butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno: the mask-like face, the movement language and sense of inwardness in The Dead Sea all seem influenced by Witch Dance. But even though Wigman's style was disseminated through Europe and America by students such as Hanya Holm, and even though elements of it can still be traced in the Tanztheater of Pina Bausch, Wigman herself has slipped slightly below the radar. And one reason may be her relationship with the Nazi regime. Wigman was far more complicit with the Third Reich than her fellow choreographer Kurt Jooss, who left Germany in 1933. (Her mentor Rudolf Laban also cut links, but not until 1938.) While her early choreography was not to official taste, she was sufficiently in step with the earlyâ¯Volk-inspired philosophy of the Reichâ¯to receive a commission to choreograph a mass Olympic Youth dance for the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. And while she was privately sympathetic to Jewish students in her Dresden school, she didn't rebel against orders to remove Jewish dancers from her company. However, the 1937 edict by Goebbels that dance "must be cheerful and show beautiful female bodies and have nothing to do with philosophy" put a halt on her career. While she seems to have been personally protected by her relationship with a prominent arms manufacturer, Wigman's company was closed, and when her protector died in 1942, so was her school. After the war, she became key to the modern dance revival in Germany, and for years effectively papered over her complicity with the Nazi regime. But today much of her influence has been forgotten, along with the full force of her extraordinary â if troubling â brilliance. Credit: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/may/22/mary-wigman-german-modern-dance-pioneer
Andrew Smith Gallery Photography Auctions, LLC
Dec. 03, 2020
Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990): Woman Standing at an Open Gate
Est: $700 - $900
Gelatin silver print, with the stamped signature lower right under the mat. 9 x 7 in. (sheet), 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (frame).
STAIR
Dec. 02, 2020
Jacobi, Lotte: Albert Einstein in Leather Jacket, Princeton, New Jersey
Est: €600 - €900
"Albert Einstein in Leather Jacket, Princeton, New Jersey". 1938. Vintage gelatin silver print. 25 x 19,7 cm. Signed by the photographer in pencil in lower left. - - Stronger oxidation mirroring in dark areas and edges, indentation spot in upper right. - - Lit.: Marion Beckers/Elisabeth Moortgat. Atelier Lotte Jacobi - Berlin, New York. Berlin 1997, ill. p. 157. - - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
Nov. 12, 2020
Lotte Jacobi, Erskine Caldwell, c. 1956
Est: $500 - $600
Lotte Jacobi, Erskine Caldwell, c. 1956, Vintage gelatin silver print, 9.5" x 6". Artist's credit stamped on verso. Little Brown & Co address in pencil on verso. Title (partial) in pencil on verso.
Keith Delellis Gallery LLC
Oct. 17, 2020
Lotte Jacobi, Ger./Am. 1896-1990, "Einstein Portfolio", 25 black and white photo prints of Albert Einstein and some of his possessions
Est: $75 - $100
Lotte Jacobi Ger./Am. 1896-1990 "Einstein Portfolio" 25 black and white photo prints of Albert Einstein and some of his possessions with a text booklet, issued for his 100th anniversary, March 14, 1979 Signed l.r. (each print) 5" x 7" (each print) Provenance: Private Collection Exeter, New Hampshire
Barridoff Auctions