(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
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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
Thorndike, ME: Thorndike Press, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Small quarto, pp. 201, illustrated with b/w photographs. Signed by the photographer on the title page. This book offers an extraordinary glimpse into the heart and soul of the people of Maine. from an unknown lobsterman's wife to the famous Nearings of..... More
Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, April 1, 1998. First edition. Pictorial Wraps, b/w stock. Octavo. More
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
Virginia: Howell Press Inc., 1989. First edition. Hardcover. quarto. pp. 120. beautiful photographic history of an American icon. a great gift idea, especially in the beautiful gift box. More
