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  • Jacobi, Lotte: Ballettschule Eduardowa
    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
  • Lotte Jacobi, Lotte Lenya, Berlin, 1929
    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
  • Lotte Jacobi, Lucie Höflich (Deutsches Theater, Berlin), 1920s
    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
  • LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Albert Einstein, Princeton, NJ. 1938; printed 1970s.
    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
  • Lotte Jacobi, Grock and Trudi Schoop, 1938
    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
  • Lotte Jacobi, Wonderful Study, ca. 1928
    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
  • LOTTE JOHANNA JACOBI (NH/POLAND, 1896-1990)
    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
  • Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990)
    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
  • 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
    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
  • 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
    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
  • Jacobi, Lotte: Photogenic abstraction
    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
  • Jacobi, Lotte: Jazz Club Café Dachgarten, Berlin
    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
  • Jacobi, Lotte: Theater portraits of Hans Albers and Lucie Höflich in Ferdinand Bruckners "Die Verbrecher"
    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
  • LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Lotte Lenya, Berlin.
    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
  • 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
    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
  • 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
    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
  • Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990), Untitled, from the "Photogenics Series," circa 1950s, Gelatin silver print on paper, Image/Sheet: 8" H x 10" W
    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
  • Photograph, Lotte Jacobi
    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
  • Photograph, Lotte Jacobi
    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
  • LOTTE JACOBI (Polish/American, 1896-1990)
    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
  • Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990)
    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
  • Lotte Jacobi 1896-1987
    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
  • Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990)
    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
  • Lotti Jacobi (1896-1990) Hans Albers, 1942
    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
  • LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Kurfürstendamm, Berlin.
    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
  • Lotte Jacobi, Untitled (Portrait of Louise Nevelson)
    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
  • [PHOTOGRAPHY]. JACOBI, Lotte (1896-1990), photographer. Portrait of Paul Robeson. 1952 (printed later).
    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
  • LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Self-portrait.
    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
  • Lotte Jacobi: Head of a Dancer
    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
  • Jacobi, Lotte: Portrait of a young woman
    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
  • LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Dancer #16, Pauline Koner, New York, c. 1937 signé
    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
  • LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Isa Beate Vermehren, Accordion Player.
    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

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  • LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Head of a Dancer (Niura Norskaya), Berlin.
    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

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  • Jacobi, Lotte: Portrait of Walter von Molo
    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
  • Lotte Jacobi, Anna May Wong
    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
  • Muthesius, Eckart: Portrait of Eckart Muthesius
    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
  • LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Portfolio III: Photogenics 1946-1955.
    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
  • LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) A selection of 8 real photo post cards.
    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

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  • 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
    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
  • LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Albert Einstein, Princeton, NJ.
    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

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  • LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Marc Chagall at work.
    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

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  • LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990) Lotte Lenya, actress, Berlin.
    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

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  • LOTTE JACOBI Mary Wigman Abstract Expressionist Dancer
    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: 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, Witch . 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 Witch Dance 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 Witch 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 and 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 early Volk-inspired philosophy of the Reich 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 – if troubling – brilliance. Credit: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/may/22/mary-wigman-german-modern-dance-pioneer

    Andrew Smith Gallery Photography Auctions, LLC
  • Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990): Woman Standing at an Open Gate
    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).

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  • Jacobi, Lotte: Albert Einstein in Leather Jacket, Princeton, New Jersey
    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.

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  • Lotte Jacobi, Erskine Caldwell, c. 1956
    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
  • Lotte Jacobi, Ger./Am. 1896-1990, "Einstein Portfolio", 25 black and white photo prints of Albert Einstein and some of his possessions
    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

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  • Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990)
    Sep. 24, 2020

    Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990)

    Est: CHF500 - CHF800

    Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) Photogenic, tirage argentique, circa 1940, 23x18 cm

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