{"product_id":"max-baur-potsdam-wie-wir-es-liebten-10-signed-vintage-gelatin-silver-photographs-mfa-houston-manfred-heiting-provenance","title":"Max Baur — Potsdam: Wie wir es liebten — 10 Signed Vintage Gelatin Silver Photographs — MFA Houston \/ Manfred Heiting Provenance","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMax Baur — \u003cem\u003ePotsdam: Wie wir es liebten\u003c\/em\u003e — 10 Signed Vintage Gelatin Silver Photographs — MFA Houston \/ Manfred Heiting Provenance\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBAUR, MAX (1898–1988).\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003ePotsdam — wie wir es liebten.\u003c\/em\u003e Photographs circa 1939; portfolio issued circa 1948.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA remarkable group of \u003cstrong\u003eten vintage gelatin silver photographs of Potsdam\u003c\/strong\u003e, each mounted to card and \u003cstrong\u003eindividually signed and titled by Max Baur in pencil\u003c\/strong\u003e, preserved in the original portfolio wrappers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf particular distinction is the exceptional provenance: \u003cstrong\u003eformerly in the Manfred Heiting Collection and subsequently in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston\u003c\/strong\u003e, acquired by the museum with funds provided by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe present portfolio was later deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMax Baur and the Photography of Potsdam\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMax Baur was one of the distinctive German architectural and landscape photographers of the interwar period. Working with the formal clarity and heightened attention to structure associated with German New Photography, Baur developed a particularly refined approach to architecture, landscape and still life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis photographs of Potsdam are among the subjects most closely associated with his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade before the widespread destruction suffered by Potsdam during the Second World War, these photographs preserve the city, its palaces, churches, gardens and architectural landscape as Baur encountered them before the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePotsdam — wie wir es liebten\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e—“Potsdam, as we loved it”—acquired particular resonance when the photographs were gathered as a portfolio after the war. The series became both an architectural study and a visual record of a city whose historic fabric had been profoundly altered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTen Original Signed Photographs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe portfolio comprises \u003cstrong\u003eten gelatin silver prints\u003c\/strong\u003e, each mounted to card and signed and titled by Baur in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe photographs are intimate in scale but exceptionally precise in composition, demonstrating Baur's characteristic control of light, architectural geometry and atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLargest image:\u003c\/strong\u003e approximately 7½ × 5½ in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMounts:\u003c\/strong\u003e approximately 10⅝ × 8⅝ in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage gelatin silver prints mounted to card\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Each signed and titled in pencil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original wrappers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDistinguished Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Manfred Heiting Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston\u003c\/strong\u003e, purchased with funds provided by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeaccessioned from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe provenance is especially significant. \u003cstrong\u003eManfred Heiting\u003c\/strong\u003e assembled one of the major private collections devoted to the history of photography and the photographic book, and material from his collection entered the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston as an important component of its photography holdings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndividual photographs from Baur's \u003cem\u003ePotsdam\u003c\/em\u003e series remain represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach photograph is mounted to card. Some surface dirt is present, with heavier surface dirt to the original wrappers. Overall the photographs remain in good condition, with wear commensurate with age and the portfolio's original format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unusually appealing opportunity to acquire a coherent suite of \u003cstrong\u003eten signed vintage photographs by Max Baur with direct museum and major-collection provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e, documenting prewar Potsdam through one of Germany's accomplished twentieth-century architectural photographers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Breething Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48220458156262,"sku":"BB-000040","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/7931\/5942\/files\/12.webp?v=1787333077","url":"https:\/\/www.breethingbooks.com\/products\/max-baur-potsdam-wie-wir-es-liebten-10-signed-vintage-gelatin-silver-photographs-mfa-houston-manfred-heiting-provenance","provider":"Breething Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}