Lot 1266: Photographs :

Schmölz, Hugo
1879 Sonthofen - 1938 Cologne
Nibelungen housing estate in Cologne-Mauenheim: a) Gudrunhof aus Nibelungenstraße; b)
Guntherstraße, Nibelungenplatz; c) Nibelungenplatz.
1925. 3 Vintages. Gelatin silver prints. Mats. a) 15,8 x 21,2cm (16,5 x 21,6cm); b) 16,3 x
22,4cm (16,9 x 22,8cm); c) 19,7 x 16,3cm (19,9 x 16,8cm). a-b) Each verso denoted with the
photographer's studio stamp and the archive number in India ink. Each inscribed in pencil.
c) Blindstamp in the lower left image corner, verso denoted with the photographer's studio
stamp including date. a-c) Each verso titled in pencil by a hand other than that of the
artist.
a-b) Slight handling traces. c) A stain in the upper left image corner. Distinct creases
in the lower right corner and scratches in the image surface. Verso with remains of former
mounting.
Literature: Lich, Luff un Bäumcher. Fotografie des Kölner Siedlungsbaus der GAG von 1920
bis 1932 mit 120 Werken von Werner Mantz und Hugo Schmölz. Köln 2010.