August Sander, Dorfschullehrer

August Sander

Herdorf 1876 - 1964 Cologne

Dorfschullehrer

1921

Vintage gelatin silver print. 14.9 x 10.1 cm. - The upper right and the lower left corner each with small crease. Provenance

From the sitter to the present owner Literature

cf. Gunther Sander, August Sander. Menschen ohne Maske. Photographien 1906 - 1952, Munich 1976, ill. 80; cf. Gunther Sander (ed.), August Sander. Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Portraitphotographien 1892 - 1952, Munich 1997, plate 273 (here titled: Dorfschulleiter, Westerwald); cf. Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln (ed.): August Sander. Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vol. 4: Die Stände, Munich 2002, ill. p. 209

The present print was a gift from the village schoolteacher Otto Altgeld, portrayed by Sander in the Westerwald in 1921, to the current owner. Trained as a photographer himself, the latter also portrayed the pedagogue in autumn 1972 and received the photograph in return. Our image is a variant of the renowned, widely published shot of the village teacher, in which he can be seen in a similar pose accompanied by his dog.

Supplement: Heinz Straeter, Otto Altgeld, former teacher, Volkertzen (Westerwald), from the series: Hommage à Sander, 1972. Gelatin silver print