Cologne Street Musicians, 1922 – 1925 (print 1980)

Title

Cologne Street Musicians

Photographer

• August Sander

Date

1922 – 1925 (print 1980 Gunther Sander)

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• milieu study

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Silver Gelatin Print on paper

Material

• silver particles
• gelatin emulsion
• paper

Technique

• silver gelatin print

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet recto unten links: Blindstempel: AUG. SANDER, KÖLN, LINDENTHAL

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet verso unten links: Handschriftlich: 18.)
Bezeichnet verso unten Mitte: Handschriftlich: 1980 Gunther Sander
Bezeichnet verso unten rechts: Handschriftlich: HYZ 120788

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Gemeinsames Eigentum mit dem Städelschen Museums-Verein e.V.

Picture Copyright

© Die Photographische Sammlung / Sk Stiftung Kultur – August Sander Archiv, Köln / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Acquisition

Acquired in 2013 with support from the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Hessischer Kulturstiftung, joint property with the Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• documentary photography
• street photography
• genre

Main Motif

• street scene
• musician (male)
• musical instrument
• couple
• man
• child
• group of people
• Cologne

Primary

• 48C756 popular music, street music
• 48CC72 musician - CC - out of doors
• 48C75 making music; musician with instrument
• 31D14 adult man
• 31A235 sitting figure
• 31A231 standing figure
• 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden

Secondary

• 48C7311 violin, fiddle
• 48C7335 accordion
• 41D213(SUIT) ensembles of pieces of clothing (SUIT)
• 41D221(HAT) head-gear: hat
• 41A33 window
• 41A31 façade (of house or building)
• 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
• 61E(KÖLN) names of cities and villages (KÖLN)