Estimate: € 5.000–6.000

22 Vintage silver prints

Each c. 30 x 20 cm

Each with the photographer's Stern copyright stamp and numerical stamp on the reverse, some of them with handwritten notations in ink on the reverse.

Max Scheler began his career as a photographer in postwar Germany, when he was a student and assistant of Herbert List. In Paris, his photographic works were brought to the attention of Robert Capa, who invited him to become a Magnum contributor. In 1959, Scheler moved to Hamburg, where he, together with Stefan Moses, Thomas Höpker, and Robert Lebeck became a huge influence on the ap- pearance of the magazine Stern as chroniclers of important events. Coverage of political affairs brought him to China in 1967, when the Cultural Revolution was already in full swing. For three weeks, Scheler traveled the People’s Republic on a tourist visa. He documented the country in times of cultural and political upheaval, but his pictures were always motivated by human interests, which is wonderfully evident in each of the 22 vintage prints contained in the present lot.

Start price: €3.400