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Alfred Stieglitz.
(New York Atelier): 1938. 11" x 14", matted to 16" x 20". Gelatin Silver Print. Pencil-signed lower right. Lotte Jacobi was very much aware of her position in the world of photography, and felt she was an artist, not a commercial photographer. She also photographed all of her colleagues, in..... More
Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.
nd c. 1940s. 10.5" x 11" image on 11" x 14" paper. Gelatin silver print. Pencil signed lower right. Taken during WWII, when Benjamin Britten was living in New York, at the home of German emigre (and friend of Jacobi) Elisabeth Mayer. The image is of Pears and Britten at..... More
Kurt Weill.
(Atelier Berlin): ca. 1930. 8" x 10," Gelatin Silve Print. Pencil-signed lower left. As Bertolt Brecht's chief collaborator, in Berlin and in Hollywood, Kurt Weill achieved almost cult status. Jacobi's photographs of Weill are some of the most famous and most successful, and...most uncommon. A prime example of Jacobi's connectedness..... More
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, with Alex Strasser and Janos Reissmann; In the Theater am Nollendorfplatz
(Atelier Berlin): 1929. 9" x 7," Silver Gelatin Print. Pencil-signed lower left. This is a very important document of Lotte Jacobi's personal interest in the Weimar Berlin stage. Here she is busy photographing the rehearsals for Walter Mehring's "The Merchant of Berlin," capturing the set designer Moholy-Nagy together with Alex..... More
Marc and Ida Chagall.
(New York Atelier): 1945. 10" x 8". Gelatin silver print. Pencil signed lower right and titled "Chagall" on verso in Jacobi's handwriting. After sitting for a series of photos for Lotte Jacobi (some with his daughter Ida), Chagall was presented with the resulting images. After studying them carefully, he pronounced..... More
Max Guelstorff.
(Berlin Atelier): ca. 1931. 9.5" x 13.5" (matted to 22" x 28"). Gelatin silver print. Pencil signed. Guelstorff (1882-1947) was a German actor and stage director. More
Max Reinhardt.
(Atelier New York): 1938. special platinum print edition by printer Carlos Richardson. 8" x 10," Platinum Print. Pencil-signed lower right. Also pencil signed by the printer, Carlos Richardson. Lotte Jacobi had known Max Reinhardt and his stage from their days in Berlin. She immediately re-connected with him (and partner Helene..... More
Otto Klemperer.
(Atelier Berlin): ca 1930. 8" x 10," gelatin silver print. Pencil-signed lower right. One of the scarcest of Jacobi's prints. All of her images of musicians and conductors are very hard to locate. More
Peter Lorre.
(Berlin Atelier): ca. 1932. 9 x 12 Gelatin Silver Print. Pencil-signed lower right. Printer by Carlos Richardson. Peter Lorre was a close personal friend of Jacobi's during their days in Berlin in the 20s and 30s. She had photographed him on countless on-site shoots at theatre performances. However, she wanted..... More
Rodgers and Hart.
(New York Atelier): (1940s). 10 x 8; Gelatin Silver Print. Pencil-signed lower right. A very rare glimpse of two giants in the American music scene, at the piano. An extremely scarce image in Jacobi's body of work. More
Wilhelm Fuertwaengler, in Overcoat and Hat.
(Atelier Berlin): 1930. 8" x 10," Silver Gelatin Print. Pencil-signed lower right. Lotte Jacobi had known many of the prominent figures in the theater and classical music world of Weimar Berlin, where she was one of the most active photographers. This dates from that period and is one of her..... More
Pablo Casals, 1967 in Marlboro, Vermont.
(Atelier New Hampshire): 1967. 8" x 10," Gelatin Silver Print. Signed in pen lower left. One of the scarcest of all "artistic" images of Lotte Jacobi, taken in Marlboro, Vermont in 1967. We have original correspondence between Lotte Jacobi and Casals, which can be sold as a lot, for possible..... More
Aurelia Bilder-Album.
nd c. 1958. 15 of 24. 180 original b/w photographs, each measuring 1.25" x 2". Text in German. Photograph album of American and European film stars, from the library of Lotte Jacobi. Some of the photos in the album are identified as hers. More
Portrait of Konstantin Stanislavski.
Berlin: c. 1930. 8" x 10", pencil signed by Jacobi in the bottom right corner, and identified as Stanislavski on the reverse. Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski was a seminal Soviet Russian theatre practitioner. He was widely recognized as an outstanding character actor. His principal fame and influence rests on his system..... More
Portrait of Max Hoelz.
Berlin: 1929. 8" x 10", pencil signed by Jacobi in the bottom right corner, and identified as Hoelz on the reverse. Max Hoelz (1889-1933) was a German Communist, most known for his role as a 'Communist Bandit' in the Vogtland region. Reproduced in Lotte Jacobi's 1998 biography, page 40. More
Portrait of Mr. Bosck.
Berlin: c. 1930. 8" x 10", pencil signed by Jacobi in the upper left corner, and identified as "Mr. Bosck, publisher in Prag around 1930." More
Einstein Portfolio by Lotte Jacobi (the photographer's own copy); Albert Einstein 100th Anniversary-March 14, 1979
(New York atelier): Self published, 1979. Limited edition. 5" x 7" portfolio, with reproductions of 25 of Jacobi's most famous Einstein images, including sailing, violining, with fellow emigres, etc. Einstein was asked by Life magazine to sit for a photographer to do a photo series. He obliged, as long as..... More
Erwin Piscator, Fitz Lang, Reinhold Schunzel c. 1932.
(New York atelier): 1932. 7" x 9.5" Gelatin silver print. Pencil signed lower left. Erwin Piscator (1893-1966) was a German theatre director and producer. Fitz Lang (1890-1976) was an Astrian-American film director, screenwriter and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States. He has been cited as one..... More
Portrait of Ida Chagall c. 1945.
(New York atelier): 1945. 11" x 14" Gelatin silver print. Pencil signed lower right. Ida Chagall (1916-1994), also known as Ida Meyer, was the daughter of the renowned Russian-French artist Marc Chagall. More
Portrait of Marc Chagall c. 1945.
(New York atelier): 1945. 11" x 14" Gelatin silver print. Pencil signed lower right. Marc Chagall (1887-1985) was a Russian-French early modernist artist. More
Portrait of Marc Chagall c. 1945.
(New York atelier): 1945. 8" x 11" Gelatin silver print. Pencil signed lower right. Marc Chagall (1887-1985) was a Russian-French early modernist artist. More
Portrait of Mary Wigman c. 1930.
(New York atelier): 1930. 10.75" x 14" Gelatin silver print. Pencil signed lower right. Mary Wigman (1886-1973) was a German dancer and choreographer, notable as a pioneer of expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement training without pointe shoes. She is considered one of the most important figures in the history..... More
Untitled Female Nude.
New York: nd c. 1940s. Vintage Gelatin Silver Print, 11 x 14". Stamped with Ruth Jacobi's info on the reverse. A bit of a photographic sensation: renowned Weimar German/American photographer Lotte Jacobi had a sister, who was as capable and well-placed a professional photographer as anyone in the twentieth century..... More