Lot 4258: Hilsdorf, Jacob: Stephan George

Hilsdorf, Jacob: Stephan George Portrait of Stephan George (1868 - 1933) sitting ("Im Schreibtischstuhl des Binger Zimmers"). Circa 1899/printed 1926. Gelatin silver print. 22 x 15,7 cm (30,5 x 24 cm). Signed by Theodor Müller-Hilsdorf in pencil below the image in the margin; Theodor Hilsdorf's stamp on the verso.
In 1903 Theodor Hilsdorf, the brother of the portraitist Jacob Hilsdorf, took over the photography studio of his father-in-law Friedrich Müller. In 1945 the studio was totally destroyed in a bombing raid and only 2000 of the more than 100,000 negatives of the archive remained intact. This portrait was taken by Jacob Hilsdorf and printed again later by Theodor Hilsdorf. - Some oxidation mirroring in edges, otherwise in very good condition.
Lit.: Robert Boehringer, "Mein Bild von Stephan George" (2nd ed.), Düsseldorf/Munich 1968, ill. pl. 82.