Lot 104: Hans G. Casparius (1900-1986), At The Sound Studio, 1940s

Hans G. Casparius was interested in unpredictable, natural emotions and therefore emphasized a
personal relationship to his models. The present set is composed of five vintage gelatin silver prints depicting snapshots of a recording session in a studio. The careful observer will discover the famous writer and later Nobel Prize winner Elias Canetti among the sitters.

Some vintage gelatin silver prints are verso typographically titled; one photograph is verso inscribed with pencil ‘Elias Canetti’. The works are in good overall condition considering their age. The edges are affected by weak to relatively strong frilling. Some corners reveal tiny pin holes. The image sizes are equal to the sheet sizes of c. 33 x 35 cm.

Hans G. Casparius (1900-1986)
Hans Gustav Casparius was born in Berlin and is one of the most renowned photographers of the Weimar Republic. In 1930, he was active as a documentary photographer for the first time and accompanied the German travel writer Arnold Höllriegel (1883-1939) to Alaska and Canada. A few years later, in 1935, Casparius emigrated to London, where he founded the production company Music in Vision, Ltd. with the German film critic Hans Nathan Feld (1902-1992). The extensive photographic estate by Hans G. Casparius is now preserved in the Deutsche Kinemathek. (cbo)

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