Lot 253: Wolfgang Krolow, Kreuzberg Funfair, Signed, Berlin, 1986

This is a black and white photograph by Wolfgang Krolow from 1986. Depicted is from the frog’s perspective a chain carousel, which is named ‘Wellenflug’ (= wave swinger). The photo was taken during the ‘Kreuzberger Festliche Tage’, an annual late summer funfair held since 1949 in Viktoriapark. Wolfgang Krolow is known for his photographs of Berlin-Kreuzberg, the poetic and social critical snapshots of a district.

The photograph is verso devoted and signed in felt pen ‘Für Reinhard Wolfgang KROLOW‘, as well as inscribed and dated in felt pen ‘Kreuzberg 2011.‘. The photograph is besides a small stain and minimal traces of wear in very good condition. The image size is 29.2 x 39.4 cm and the dimensions of the sheet are 40.5 x 30.5 cm.

Wolfgang Krolow (b. 1950)
Wolfgang Krolow was born in 1950. In the mid-1970s he moved to Berlin to study at the Hochschule der Künste. On numerous journeys to distant lands and places he found a repertoire of motifs. However Krolow is known for his Kreuzberg photographs the show poetic and socially critical snapshots of the district. (tm)

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