Lot 4170: Krajewsky, Max: KaDeWe presentation album

Presentation album of the reconstruction of the KaDeWe department store, Berlin. 1956. 35 vintage glossy chromogenic color prints on Agfa paper. Each circa 20,5 x 28,5 cm and 22 x 29 cm. Each with photographer's blindstamp in lower left corner; most with photographer's stamp and negative notation in pencil on the verso, each mounted to album page along upper edge, some also with photo corners, bound in contemporary full leather album with ornate carved image of the KaDeWe on front cover.
This extensive album shows exterior and interior views of the KaDeWe , Berlin's most elegant department store, after the completion of the building's renovation and rebuilding in 1956. The photographs show a strange mix of new technical modern features like escalators, modern lamps, cooling boxes in the food department combined with more rustic, conservative furniture in the exhibtion rooms. - Most prints with faded colors, otherwise in very good to near excellent condition.