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August Sander
Portrait of a young officer
1902-1904
Gelatin silver print, matte, mounted on card
16.7 x 8.3 cm
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Auction 110, 19th - 21st Century Photography, 6 December 2017, Lot: 4277
LL/78629
The photograph offered here is a rare example of the beginning of August Sander's artistic and professional career. After travelling as a photographic apprentice to Berlin, Magdeburg, Halle, Leipzig and Dresden, in 1901 Sander worked in the Greif photographic studio in Linz. Together with Franz Stukenberg he took over the Greif photographic studio in 1902, renaming it Sander & Stukenberg.
Lit.: August Sander. Linzer Jahre 1901 - 1909. Cologne 2005.
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