WOG Lot n° 1589

WOG, , "Mappe 1: Der Akt - Eine Sinfonie in Licht und Schatten", 1941, cardboard portfolio with embossed cover title and thread binding with 9 (of 12) mounted photogravure reproductions after photographs by Olga and Aderjan Wlassics as well as a double-page introduction by Reinhold Scharnke (1899-1983), enclosed: facsimile of a handwritten letter by Aderjan Wlassics dated June 10, 1940, in which he explains his artistic intentions. June 1940, in which he explains his artistic intentions, publisher O. Arnold, Berlin 1941, 39 x 30 cm, edges clearly bumped, spine partly torn, cover stained, the planned "Mappe 2" was never published.limit 90,- >> In 1924 Adorjan von Wlassics (1893-1946) and his wife Olga (1896-1969) opened a photo studio in Vienna under the name "Foto-Kunst Manassé", specializing in nude photography. Olga was the photographer in the studio community, while Adorjan reworked the photographs with painterly means. In 1935, the Wlassics moved to Berlin and opened a successful studio in the former Geschke studio on Kurfürstendamm under the name "WOG" (Wlassics-Olga-Geschke).