Gelatin silver print
Germany, 1958, later printed in the 1980s
Robert Lebeck (1929-2014) – German photographer and photojournalist
Verso photographer stamp and inscribed in pencil ‘Elvis in Deutschland 1958 © Robert Lebeck 8/30’
Depiction: 26 x 38.4 cm
Very good condition
Elvis Presley as a soldier, when he was based in Friedberg in Hesse; the auction record for a photograph by Robert Lebeck is currently set at €3,900
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The present black and white photograph is a work by Robert Lebeck, one of the most famous photojournalists in Germany. It is a new print of the original from 1958 which shows Elvis Presley as a soldier, when he was based in Friedberg in Hesse. Lebeck’s works depict portraits of artists, musicians and actors, but also cover political and socio-critical issues.



Verso are the photographer stamp and the inscription in pencil ‘Elvis in Deutschland 1958 © Robert Lebeck 8/30’. The photograph is in very good condition. The sheet size is 30.3 x 40.4 cm and the photograph measures 26 x 38.4 cm.



Robert Lebeck (1929-2014)

Robert Lebeck was born in Berlin in 1929. He studied in Zurich and New York. He learned the art of photography as an autodidact. From 1952 onwards he worked as a photojournalist for various newspapers and magazines. For a year he was chief editor at GEO magazine. Later he worked again for the German weekly news magazine Stern. He gained international fame in 1960 with the photo series ‘Africa in the Year Zero’, which documented the independence of the Congo. Lebeck was also a major collector of 19th Century photographs, parts of his collection is held in the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. Since 2001 Robert Lebeck lived again in Berlin. (tm)

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