21st Nov, 2025 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025

 
  Lot 37
 

ALEXANDER BINDER (1888–1929)
Studio portrait of a boy, Berlin c. 1926

Estimate
€900 - €1,200
 

Buyer's premium: 20%

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Lot details

Start price: € 600

Estimate: € 900–1,200

English:

Vintage silver print on double-weight matte paper, brown toned, mounted on original card 33.7 x 24.5 cm, in very good condition. Signed "Binder" in the lower negative, photographer's logo with address "Berlin W.15" printed at the lower cardboard, his logo with address, copyright note and handwritten negative number "144220" in pencil on the reverse.

The photographer Alexander Binder, who ran a studio in Berlin from 1913 onwards, was one of the most important German portrait photographers of the silent film era, who also worked for the advertising and fashion industries. When Binder died in 1929, his studio was continued by his employees and remained in the possession of his widow until it was closed down by the Nazis.

Deutsch:

Vintage-Silbergelatineabzug auf kartonstarkem, mattem Papier, braun getont, montiert auf Original-Untersatzkarton 33,7 x 24,5 cm, in sehr gutem Zustand. Im Negativ links unten signiert "Binder", am Karton unten rechts gedrucktes Fotografenlogo mit Adresse in "Berlin W.15", rückseitig ebenfalls Logo-Aufdruck mit Adresse, Copyright-Vermerk und handschriftlich mit Bleistift eingetragener Nachbestell-Nummer "144220".

Der Fotograf Alexander Binder, der ab 1913 ein Studio in Berlin betrieb, war der bedeutendste deutsche Porträtist der Stummfilmzeit, der auch für die Werbe- und Modebranche arbeitete. Als Binder 1929 starb, wurde dessen Atelier von Mitarbeiter:innen weitergeführt und blieb im Besitz der Witwe, bis die Nazis sie enteigneten.

Image Size: 22 x 16 cm

 

Auction: OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025, 21st Nov, 2025

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