Gelatin silver print, matte on Agfa photographic paper
Germany, 1931, printed posthumously
Herbert List (1903-1975) – German photographer
Photographer’s estate stamp verso, there signed and dated in black ink by Max Scheler (trustee of the estate) ‘Ostsee 1931’
Dimensions: 49.2 x 58.2 cm
Very good condition
Provenance: private collection Hamburg, Germany
The auction record for a black and white photograph of the famous German photographer Herbert List is set above 14,000 Euros; in 1998, Villa Griesebach sold a print of the photograph ‘Picnic at the Baltic Sea’ for more than 9,000 Euros at auction
Object is regular taxed. Differential taxation is not possible.

This black and white photograph was created by Herbert List in 1931. Depicted is a family enjoying a sunny day at a beach at the Baltic Sea. They are having a picnic and watching their children playing in the water. Herbert List was a German photographer who worked for magazines like Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Life.



The photograph is professionally mounted in seven points under a mat (reversible). It is in very good condition showing some faint handling creases in the margins. The mat is 50 x 59.9 cm in size and the dimensions of the photograph are 49.2 x 58.2 cm.



Herbert List (1903-1975)

Herbert List was born in Hamburg and trained as coffee tradesman in Heidelberg where he also studied literature and art history at the University of Heidelberg. When he started working at his father’s coffee factory, he was able to travel to many countries around the world, where he started taking pictures. Induced by the friendship with Andreas Feininger, his interest in photography rose in the 1930s. List moved to Paris in 1935 to escape National Socialist Germany, and also held his first exhibition there. Since 1937, he was active in studio photography in London, and he started selling prints to large British magazines. Together with George Hoyningen-Huene, he travelled to Greece and Italy. He spent some time in Greece and was forced to move back to Germany in 1941. During the years after, he was able to publish a few image series books, and in 1964, he received the medal of the Society of German Light Photographers.

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