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an old book with a picture of a group of people riding horsesa painting of a sunflower with a picture of a cat on ita picture of a book with pictures of people on skisthe cover of a book with a picture of a woman in a white dresstwo pictures of a house and a garden on the same pagetwo old book covers with pictures of people on themtwo old photos of a couple of people sitting on a benchtwo books with a picture of a man and a woman sitting on a benchtwo books with pictures of people and flowers on theman old leather book with a decorative design on the covertwo pictures of a book with pictures of people and animals on it
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136 - Art Nouveau 2 albums belonging to the Neuendorff family, Ber…
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Art Nouveau 2 albums belonging to the Neuendorff family, Berlin. Containing 30 and 51 large-format hand-drawn illustrations and photographs respectively. c. 1892–1934. Folio and landscape folio leather-bound albums with elaborate leather-cut designs on the covers and unbound album pages on heavy card. The sheets are either loose or held together in screw-bound folders with green and burgundy linen spines. These consist of cardboard pages with silver gelatine and albumin prints, as well as picture postcards, glued onto them. The photographs are set within full-page, hand-painted compositions in gouache and watercolour. Some are highlighted with Indian ink, white overpaint and gold bronze, whilst others bear inscriptions. These magnificent albums document the life of the Neuendorff family in their home on Bayernallee in Berlin, their education (Eichkamp School, Berlin), their travels (Venice, Müritz, St Moritz, Oberuff, Berchtesgaden, Knole Lodge, Bad Pyrmont, Neupfalz near Stromberg), and her work (as a nurse at the Heiliggeist Hospital, 1917). - The large-format single pages also form part of a personal memory album belonging to the Neuendorff family, comprising the parents Karl and Wilhelmine with Annemarie, Ursula and Barbara. The family can be traced in the Berlin address books via the father, the lawyer Karl Neuendorff: 1921 Westendallee 97b, 1924–1930 Bayernallee 5 (Charlottenburg-Westend), and from 1931 until at least 1943 as the owner of Falterweg 29 in the Eichkamp estate. Professionally, he was deputy legal adviser and, subsequently, chief legal adviser to the Association of German Occupational Accident Insurance Associations (Berlin W 9, Köthener Str. 37; from 1941, the Reich Association of Industrial Occupational Accident Insurance Associations, Nikolsburger Platz 4) and managing director of Unfallverhütungsbild GmbH. They depict the everyday life of Berlin’s upper middle class during the Wilhelmine Empire and the Weimar Republic. Each page is designed as a self-contained work of art. Each page is designed as a self-contained work of art. The background of each painting is tailored to the destination. Examples include marbled architectural motifs for Venice, rhododendrons for Bournemouth, oak leaf tendrils for Bad Pyrmont and blue snow-covered landscapes for St Moritz. – A compelling record spanning almost 50 years of an upper-middle-class family in Berlin. Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) – 2 albums of the Neuendorff family, Berlin. Featuring 30 and 51 large-format hand-drawn illustrations and photographs respectively. Circa 1892–1934. Folio and oblong folio. Leather album with an elaborate embossed leather (Lederschnitt) image on the cover, plus unbound album leaves on heavy card. The leaves are loose or gathered in screw-post binders with green and burgundy cloth spines. The leaves consist of card pages with mounted silver gelatine and albumen prints, as well as picture postcards. The photographs are set within full-page, hand-painted compositions in gouache and watercolour. Some are highlighted with ink, white body colour and gold bronze, whilst others bear inscriptions. These magnificent albums document the life of the Neuendorff family in their house on Bayernallee in Berlin, their education (Eichkamp School, Berlin), their travels (Venice, Müritz, St Moritz, Oberuff, Berchtesgaden, Knole Lodge, Bad Pyrmont, Neupfalz near Stromberg) and work (nurse at the Heiliggeist Hospital, 1917). The large-format single sheets also form part of a personal memory album belonging to the Neuendorff family, featuring the parents Karl and Wilhelmine, together with Annemarie, Ursula and Barbara. The family can be traced in the Berlin address books via the father, the lawyer Karl Neuendorff: 1921 Westendallee 97b, 1924–1930 Bayernallee 5 (Charlottenburg-Westend), and from 1931 until at least 1943 as the owner of the house at Falterweg 29 in the Eichkamp housing estate. Professionally, he was deputy syndic and association syndic of the Verband der Deutschen Berufsgenossenschaften (Berlin W 9, Köthener Str. 37; from 1941, the Reichsverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften, Nikolsburger Platz 4) and managing director of Unfallverhütungsbild GmbH. They depict the everyday life of Berlin’s upper middle class during the Wilhelmine Empire and the Weimar Republic. Each page is designed as a standalone work of art. The painted background is tailored to each travel destination. Examples include marbled architecture for Venice, rhododendrons for Bournemouth, oak-leaf tendrils for Bad Pyrmont and blue snowscapes for St. Moritz. An impressive record, spanning almost 50 years, of an upper-middle-class family in Berlin.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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