4 photographs, comprising Group of Circus People; Peasant Children; Girl in a Circus Caravan; and High School Boys Celebrate the Kaiser's Birthday, each with the photographer's 'Köln Lindenthal' blindstamp on the image, signed and dated by the photographer's son, Gunther Sander, on the reverse, 1915-27, printed in 1979 by Gunther Sander (Citizens of the Twentieth Century, pls. 26, 349, 355, and 371) (4) 

These prints, slightly warm-toned and on double-weight paper with a slight surface sheen, are in generally excellent condition except where noted: Peasant Children - Extending from the upper left edge of the image is a soft ¼-inch crease that does not break the emulsion. In the upper margin edge, there is a ½-inch horizontal crease that does not break the emulsion. On the reverse of the print, the title, date, and numerical notations are written in an unknown hand in pencil. School Boys Celebrate the Kaiser's Birthday - There is minor edge rubbing and chipping. Group of Circus People - In the lower margin of the print, there is a small grey adhesion of indeterminate nature. These photographs were acquired from Robert Freidus Gallery, New York, in 1980.
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