Hannes Kilian (1909-1999)
1955 (taken) 1980s (print)
Man tanzt wieder

Gelatin silver print
30.5 x 24.5 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th - 21st Century Photography, 7 December 2022, Lot: 4222
 
After attending trade school, Hannes Kilian completed a three-year photography course in Switzerland. From 1933-1938, he lived in Naples and Paris, returning to Germany in 1938, where he worked as a freelance photojournalist. In 1941, he was recruited as a war photographer. As of 1945, Kilian resumed his work as a freelance photographer supplying photographs to magazines such as Time, Picture Post, Die Zeit, Stuttgarter Illustrierte, Der Spiegel, Stern and Vogue. As of the 1960s ballet became one of his main areas of focus.
 
Provenance: From the estate of the photographer.
 
Lit.: Klaus Honnef. Hannes Kilian. Exhibition catalogue. Ostfildern 2009, ill. p. 195.
 
LL/124014