Lot 1264: Photographs :

Schmölz, Hugo
1879 Sonthofen - 1938 Cologne
Nibelungen housing estate in Cologne-Mauenheim; a) Etzelstraße, Irmfriedweg; b)
Alberichhof; c) Guntherstraße 105-123.
1925. 3 Vintages. Gelatin silver prints. Mats. 11,4-16,5 x 16,6-22,3cm (12-17 x
17,1-22,6cm). a-c) Each denoted with a blindstamp in lower right image corner. Each verso
denoted with the photographer's studio stamp including date.
a) Verso damaged due to former mounting; b) the lower right sheet edge bumped. Remains of
former mounting on the verso; c) a crease in the upper left sheet corner (outside the
image). A tear in the gelatin silver layer in the upper image margin (ca. 1,2cm). Verso
with remains of former mounting.
b) Published in: Werner Heinen/ Anne-Marie Pfeffer. Köln: Siedlungen 1888-1938.
Stadtspuren - Denkmäler in Köln, vol. 10. Köln: Bachem Verlag, 1988. Ill. p.102.
Wilhelm Ripham was the architect of the Nibelungen housing estate. The colour consultating
was done by Heinrich Hoerle and Franz Wilhelm Seiwert.