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Published by San Francisco, 1986
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First edition, Jewish Community Museum 1986. As New softcover. Book.
Published by The Jewish CommunityMuseum, 1986
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Near Fine. Book has negligible wear to some corners and edges. Faint rubbing inside front/back covers. Otherwise, book looks and feels just like new.
The Psychological Portrait - Marcel Sternberger's Revelations In Photography
Sternberger, Dr. Marcel; Loewentheil, Jacob; Prodger, Phillip
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Hardcover. No Slipcase. Moderate wear to corners of cover and mild rubbing to cover but otherwise sharp copy with clean, unmarked pages with stunning portrait photographs throughout. Binding is solid.
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Published by London, 1938, printed 2017, 2017
Seller: 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop, Stevenson, MD, U.S.A.19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. In this portrait Shaw examines the stamps which Sternberger had designed for the Belgian Royal Family, featuring the Royal children. Shaw was a philatelist, and the offer of the stamps was part of Sternberger's method to gain access to Shaw. Sternberger was a 'master of light and shadow' accordi…ng to contemporary museum directors. This was in large part due to the simplicity of his portrait technique. In the profile image, Sternberger drew a stark contrast to the darkness of Shaw's right side with the luminescence of his beard and hair. George Bernard Shaw was a legendary playwright, critic, photographer, and co-founder of the London School of Economics. He was notoriously difficult. When Sternberger arrived at Shaw's house for a session, Shaw refused to agree that he would even allow the sitting. He declined to view Sternberger's portfolio and swore he would purchase no prints. After a terse exchange, Sternberger rose to leave. Putting a hand on the photographer's shoulder, Shaw relented saying, "All right, I am sorry. I will look at your portraits. But let me warn you, even if you should persuade me to sit for you which is by no means certain I will not buy a single picture." Shaw was true to his word and would ultimately buy no photographs. After a long battle he sat for Sternberger. When Sternberger sent him samples of the results, Shaw mysteriously replied that he wanted 50 copies of one print. Sternberger, hesitant to work to produce so many finished portraits without having received payment, telephoned Shaw and got no direct explanation. After sending the prints, Sternberger received an envelope filled with small checks from Shaw. Shaw said, "[It's] very simple: My autograph is worth more [than each check]; you can sell the checks to autograph collectors and get yourself some more money [than the portraits cost] which you deserve; they won't cash the checks, so the whole transaction won't cost me a penny." This delightful photograph show Shaw at the height of his fame and captures his exuberance and impishness. Gelatin silver print (16 x 20 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a limited edition of 20 copies, embossed and numbered. $900 unframed; framed: $1,300.
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Published by London, 1938, printed 2017, 1938
Seller: 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop, Stevenson, MD, U.S.A.19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Sternberger and Freud had known each other for years before they fled Europe with the rise of Nazism. Though Freud was terminally ill and at first hesitant about receiving visitors in 1938, the neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis said it "makes me feel good to see old-familiar faces again"… when Sternberger arrived. This is said to have been Freud's last portrait session before his death in 1939. Gelatin silver print (16 x 20 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a limited edition of 20 copies, embossed and numbered. $900 unframed; framed: $1,300.
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Published by London, 1938, printed 2017, 1938
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Like Einstein and Freud, Sternberger had known Zweig from before the war. The Austrian novelist and playwright was among the most popular writers in the world in the 1920s and 1930s. His work was recently the basis for the Wes Anderson film, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Gelatin silver print (16 x 2…0 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a limited edition of 20 copies, embossed and numbered. $900 unframed; framed: $1,300.
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Published by New York, 1948, printed 2017, 1948
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Buck won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for "notable works which pave the way to a human sympathy passing over widely separated racial boundaries and for the studies of human ideals which are a great and living art." Gelatin silver print (16 x 20 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a… limited edition of 20 copies, embossed and numbered. $900 unframed; framed: $1,300.
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Published by New York, 1949, printed 2017, 1949
Seller: 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop, Stevenson, MD, U.S.A.19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Sternberger presents a careful composition in this portrait of Jawaharlal Nehru. The crisp white Khaddar cap and dark shadows offset each other. This photograph was used as Nehru's official government portrait in India and could be found in every school, government office, and embassy worldwide.… It continues to provide the cover for Nehru's seminal Glimpses of World History, a collection of letters about the history of humankind written from prison. Nehru was Mahatma Gandhi's mentee and designated successor. The first prime minister of India, he held the office for almost twenty years after helping the country gain independence. Sternberger first met Nehru in London when he was temporarily released from a British jail to visit his ill wife in Switzerland. Over the course of twenty-five years resisting British rule, Nehru spent a total of nine years in prison. There he wrote his famous letters to his daughter, Indira, eventually published as a book with Sternberger's portrait of Nehru on the cover. This portrait was Nehru's official government portrait, appearing in embassies, schools, and government buildings throughout India and the world. Gelatin silver print (16 x 20 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a limited edition of 20 copies, embossed and numbered. $900 unframed; framed: $1,300.
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Published by London, 1938, printed 2017, 1938
Seller: 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop, Stevenson, MD, U.S.A.19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Shaw is pictured in three-quarter view with artful shadow play down the right side of his face. Sternberger was a master of light and shadow according to contemporary museum directors. This was in large part due to the simplicity of his portrait technique. Sternberger drew a stark contrast to th…e darkness of Shaw s right side with the luminescence of his beard and hair. George Bernard Shaw was a legendary playwright, critic, photographer, and co-founder of the London School of Economics. He was also notoriously difficult. When Sternberger arrived at Shaw s house for a session, Shaw refused to agree that he would even allow the sitting. He refused to view Sternberger s portfolio and swore he would purchase no prints. After a terse exchange, Sternberger rose to leave. Putting a hand on the photographer s shoulder, Shaw relented saying, All right, I am sorry. I will look at your portraits. But let me warn you, even if you should persuade me to sit for you which is by no means certain I will not buy a single picture. Shaw was true to his word and would ultimately buy no photographs. After a long battle he sat for Sternberger, but the portraitist s work was not yet finished. When Sternberger sent him samples of the results, Shaw mysteriously replied that he wanted 50 copies of one print. Sternberger, hesitant to work to produce so many finished portraits without having received payment, telephoned Shaw and got no direct explanation. After sending the prints, Sternberger received an envelope filled with small checks from Shaw. Shaw said, [It s] very simple: My autograph is worth more [than each check]; you can sell the checks to autograph collectors and get yourself some more money [than the portraits cost] which you deserve; they won t cash the checks, so the whole transaction won t cost me a penny. The photograph shows Shaw at his zenith, as an elderly man, but captures his youthful exuberance. Gelatin silver print (16 x 20 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a limited edition of 20 copies, embossed and numbered. $900 unframed; framed: $1,300.
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Published by Washington, 1939, printed 2017, 1939
Seller: 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop, Stevenson, MD, U.S.A.19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. This photograph was the basis for FDR's bust on the face of the American dime, first minted in 1946. The portrait shows Roosevelt in half profile, his strong jaw featured prominently. The sitting was a jovial one, with Roosevelt remarking, "Are you trying to make me believe that a distinguished…photographer like you doesn't have more impressive equipment? Did your regular lamps fall into the ocean when you crossed the Atlantic?" Marcel Sternberger's subjects, generally more used to a formal studio environment, frequently remarked on the simplicity of his process. Sternberger used a handheld camera, a plain black backdrop, and simple lighting. This uncomplicated, direct approach defined Sternberger's work: it allowed him to focus on the emotional state and character of the sitter, rather than extraneous details. Gelatin silver print (16 x 20 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a limited edition of 20 copies, embossed and numbered. $900 unframed; framed: $1,300.
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Published by Washington, 1939, printed 2017, 1939
Seller: 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop, Stevenson, MD, U.S.A.19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Dr. Hu was educated under the Boxer [War] Indemnity Scholarship program and was a graduate of Cornell University. At the time of this sitting he was China's ambassador to the United States. A respected member of the Chinese intelligentsia, he advocated for the written vernacular Chinese that is…still in use today. Gelatin silver print (16 x 20 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a limited edition of 20 copies, embossed and numbered. $900 unframed; framed: $1,300.
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Published by New York, 1948, printed 2017, 1948
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Norman learned the art of photography from Alfred Stieglitz and became a highly skilled amateur. The two became lovers while Stieglitz was married to Georgia O'Keeffe. Gelatin silver print (16 x 20 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a limited edition of 20 copies, embossed and numbered. $9…00 unframed; framed: $1,300.
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Published by Princeton, New Jersey, 1950, printed 2017, 1950
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. In this portrait Sternberger shows Einstein dressed informally. Einstein was keenly aware of his public image, and often attempted to show a cheerful visage. The common backgrounds of the two men helped the photographer to put Einstein in a relaxed state and to capture him in a more vulnerable p…ose. Marcel Sternberger and Albert Einstein had known each other in Europe long before the two met again in Princeton, New Jersey for this session. Before the men left Europe Einstein had furnished the preface to a book written by Sternberger. After a warm welcome and lemonade, the men settled in for the sitting. They discussed various topics including World War II and the state of American education. Although some photographs from the session show Einstein with a telltale twinkle in his eye, here the great scientist appears fatigued. The seriousness of their conversation seems to have worn him down. Still, the conversation had its moments of levity. At one moment, Sternberger asked Einstein to remove his suspenders. Einstein replied, "I am going to lose my trousers! I can't." Einstein instead put on one of his trademark sweatshirts. Here modern science's greatest mind is forever immortalized as only Sternberger could. He has found a depth of personality exceeding photographs produced without regard to the sitter's inner psychological state. Gelatin silver print (16 x 20 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a limited edition of 20 copies, embossed and numbered. $1250 unframed; framed: $1,650.
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Portrait of Albert Einstein and Ilse Sternberger
(Einstein, Albert and Ilse Sternberger.) Sternberger, Marcel
Published by Princeton, New Jersey, 1950, printed 2017, 1959
Seller: 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop, Stevenson, MD, U.S.A.19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. This photograph shows a reunion of friends. The Sternbergers and Einstein had known one other in Europe and met again in Princeton. Ilse was Sternberger's wife, collaborator, and perennial foil. She was a constant source of warmth during sometimes-contentious sittings. She also helped document t…heir life, publishing several articles on Sternberger's work and their sessions with famous sitters after his death. Gelatin silver print (20 x 30 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a limited edition of 10 copies, embossed and numbered. $2500 unframed; framed: $3,000.
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Published by New York, 1949, printed 2017., 1949
Seller: 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop, Stevenson, MD, U.S.A.19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. When Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru first met Sternberger and his wife Ilse, it was while temporarily released from prison to visit his ill wife. They met at the "Arya Bhaven (House of the Aryans) a comfortable club for Indian students in London who had established it partly in self-defense aga…inst the attitude of many Britishers (sic), who hold against Indians a bias very similar to anti-Negro prejudice in the United States" Their sitting took place later under very different circumstances at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. There Nehru, as India's senior statesmen, was attending a meeting of the recently formed United Nations. He brought with him his daughter, Indira. The pair was unique in their direct effect on India. Their conversation stood at times in stark contrast to their opulent surroundings. Nehru said, "Time is relative the week I have spent in this country seems like many years they make up for the many periods of my life when nothing happened and months shrank into hours of course this inactivity was not entirely voluntary on my part." He later continued, "jails were a very important part of my life one does not shed their imprint easily" Indira interrupted, "Prisons don't only inflict suffering on the prisoners I suffered greatly from insecurity during all my childhood and adolescence though in the long run I suppose I've benefited by it." Her father responded, "I'm glad you realize it. You have a tendency to overprotect your children from reality." Indira was quick to rejoin: "It is only natural that I should want them to have an easier life I will not have them suffer as I did unless there should be a need again" This portrait showcases Sternberger's ability in capturing the strength and composure of one of the 20th century's great leaders. Gelatin silver print (20 x 30 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a limited edition of 10 copies, embossed and numbered. $2500 unframed; framed: $3,000.
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Published by Mexico City, 1952, printed 2017, 1952
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: As New. Gelatin silver print (20 x 30 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a limited edition of 10 copies, embossed and numbered. While in this picture it is Frida s eyes that gaze lovingly up at Diego, Marcel and Ilse Sternberger s records paint a picture of another day that contrasted perfectly. Ilse… recounted, Suddenly [Frida] admitted to being tired, and Rivera carried her upstairs to her four-poster bed in which she did a lot of her painting, with the canvas affixed above her. Frida will not come with us to the party, he said when he returned. She has much pain today [sic]. Ilse wondered aloud if it wouldn t be better to cancel al- together. Oh no, no we must go! Diego insisted. I will just tell (sic) good-bye to Frida and he walked heavily up the stairs again. Ilse recalled, We waited five minutes, ten I ll see what s keeping Diego, [Ilse] said, and followed him. The door to Frida s bedroom was open, and [Ilse] saw Rivera kneeling beside her bed, his large head in her lap. She put her hand lightly on his hair, and he took it and kissed it, with reverence.
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Published by Sternberger, Mexico City, 1952
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Seller: 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop, Stevenson, MD, U.S.A.19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop
Contact seller5-star sellerNo Binding. Condition: New. Here are extraordinary people as no other would portray them-great minds of the modern age revealed as no other photographer could (Phillip Prodger, Head of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, London). This is a splendid 16 x 20 in. gelatin silver print of a recently rediscovered photograph of Fri…da Kahlo taken in Mexico City in 1952. Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera had become intimate friends of photographer Marcel Sternberger and his wife Ilse by that time. The couple held Sternberger s work in such high regard that Rivera said it was the first time [I ve] seen the real me and above his bed in Kahlo s lifelong house La Caza Azul hangs a portrait of Frida by Sternberger. Marcel Sternberger was one of the leading portrait photographers of the 20th century. His subjects included giants of the day such as Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, and George Bernard Shaw. His portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is reproduced as the face of the American dime. His photographs appeared in newspapers around the globe, on book covers and stamps, and in official portraits used in everything from world governments to Hollywood publicity. In 1956, while traveling back to Mexico, his wife, and Kahlo and Rivera, Sternberger died tragically in an automobile accident. This left his life s work largely hidden from public view until the publication of the recent book The Psychological Portrait: Marcel Sternberger s Revelations in Photography. It was the golden age of photojournalism, but [Sternberger s] photographs including of some of the most celebrated political leaders, artists, and intellectuals of the time were meant not only to document, but to tease out and capture his subjects personalities: FDR looking elegant and determined (his image on the dime was produced from one of Sternberger s shots); a humorless Freud who, Loewentheil writes, could easily have discerned the psychology taking place on both sides of the lens, [still] even he was not immune to its effects ; Frida Kahlo smiling beatifically, a flower crown fixed to her hair and mystery behind her eyes; Albert Einstein looking impish (of his portrait, he wrote, It seems quite amazing to me that you could present this subject so appetizingly ). Sternberger s portraits revealed intimate, rarely- observed characteristics of these well-known figures, who were accustomed to managing their public personae; his image of father and daughter Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi sitting together, for example, shows them emanating mutual love and respect (New York Review of Books). Gelatin silver print (16 x 20 in.). Estate Edition, a limited edition of 20 copies.
