August Sander "The painter Otto Dix". 1928. August Sander1876 Herdorf am Sieg / Herford - 1964 Cologne. Silver bromide gelatin print on backing cardboard. Unsigned. Later print from 1987, blindstamped "Aug. Sander Köln Lindenthal" at lower left. From the series "August Sander. People of the Twentieth Century" of the August Sander Archive, New York. Edition der Griffelkunst Hamburg, 247 choice (III. quarter), C2. Framed behind museum glass in a narrow wooden rail. "Sander's achievement was to harness the traditional method of carefully arranging portraits to the new documentary task of photography. He reconciled the studio portrait with documentary photography. This act takes on special significance through the systematic nature inherent in his life's work. Today, this is regarded as an early example of conceptual art, which was not without influence on developments within the fine arts. Thus, with his portrait work, Sander made an important contribution to the recognition of photography as art and is therefore considered, along with Albert Renger-Patzsch, to be the most internationally renowned German photographer of our century." (Quoted after: R. Misselbeck in Koetzle p. 391). Minimally wavy. In the black margin le. and minimally rubbed. Dimensions: print 25 x 17 cm, under. 45 x 34 cm, frame 45.5 x 36 cm. August Sander 1876 Herdorf am Sieg / Herford - 1964 Cologne Representative of a mainly documentary factual-conceptual photography, he devoted himself especially to portraiture. First worked in the studio of the photographer Carl Siebel, then in the studio of Georg Jung in Trier. Subsequently travels, among others to Berlin, Halle and Leipzig. In Dresden he possibly attended a course for painting and drawing. From 1901 worked for the "Photographische Kunstanstalt Greif" in Linz, 1904 took over and became sole owner of the "Atelier für bildmäßige Porträts, Landschafts- und Photographie in natürlichen Farben". 1910 Founds a studio in Cologne, at the same time intensifies his photographic activities in the Westerwald. Early 1920s acquaintance with the group "Cologne Progressives", numerous portrait works produced. 1927 Trip to Sardinia. One of Sander's main works is the photographic project "People of the 20th Century", with which he became one of the most influential photographers of his time.