August Sander

with black ink border, blindstamped on the image, titled in pencil and with the photographer’s reproduction rights stamp on the reverse, mounted along the top edge to modern paper, framed, the Buhl Collection label on the reverse, circa 1929

Gerd Sander, the grandson of the photographer

Deborah Bell, New York, 1994

Gerd Sander and Christoph Schreier, August Sander (London: National Portrait Gallery, 1994), p. 221 (there titled Freezing Hands)

This print is on double-weight paper with a slightly glossy surface. It has the lovely preponderance of mid-tones, and the inked black border, characteristic of Sander's work from this period. The photographer's circular blindstamp appears in the lower left corner. The photograph is in excellent condition. Close examination in raking light reveals some faint spots of original retouching. The print's very thin black border was applied with ink. The print is been affixed along the top edge only to a modern thick-paper mount.
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