Lot 4002: Ahrendts, Leopold: "Wusterhauser Bär" am Grünen Graben

"Wusterhauser Bär" am Grünen Graben (Alter Festungsgraben), Berlin. Late 1850s. Salt print. 10,5 x 18 cm. Flush-mounted to card.
The so-called "Wusterhauser Bär" is the last remaining structure of the Berlin city wall from the 18th century. This early photo from the mid-19th century shows the structure at its original location, am Grünen Graben. - Slightly cropped in upper edge, a few light foxing spots in sky area, otherwise a dark print in excellent condition with a strong reddish-brown tone. - With: Paul W. John. View of ivy-covered Wusterhauser Bär, moved 1893 to the Köllnische Park. 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print. 15,5 x 11,5 cm. Photographer's stamp and annotated by the photographer in pencil on the verso.
Lit.: Bodo von Dewitz/ Wolfgang Horbert (eds.). Schatzhäuser der Photographie. Die Sammlung des Fürsten zu Wied. Göttingen 1998, ill. p. 84.
Jost Hansen/Horst Mauter (eds.). Berlin am Wasser. Fotografien 1857 - 1934. Berlin 1993, ill. p. 72 (incorrectly attributed to F.A. Schwartz).