Artist Index: Stöcker, Alex

Tempelhof airport, Berlin. Early 1930s. 2 vintage gelatin silver prints on strong chamois paper. 24 x 18 cm and 18 x 24 cm. Each with photographer's/copyright/reproduction limitation stamps and 1 with typed press text label on the verso.

Alexander Stöcker's diverse portfolio encompassed aviation, sports and early 20th-century history. Many of his versatile photographs were published in the magazines of the day. – Corners minimally bumped, some small irregularities to ferrotype surface, otherwise in very good condition.

The Great Balloon Show on the occasion of the Olympic Games, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin. 1936. Vintage gelatin silver print. 24 x 18 cm. Photographer's studio/copyright stamp on the verso.

In very good conditiön.

Lit.: Das Deutsche Lichtbild, 1937, ill. p.36.

Heinkel He 111 plane and Fokker plane at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin. 1935. 2 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on strong chamois paper. 24 x 18 cm and 18 x 24 cm. Each with photographer's/copyright/reproduction limitation stamps and each with typewrtitten caption labels on the verso.

Corners minimally bumped, some surface irregularities, a few light dents, otherwise in very good condition.

Potsdamer Platz at night, Berlin. Early 1930s. 2 vintage gelatin silver prints (1 ferrotyped) on strong chamois paper. Each circa 18 x 24 cm. Each with photographer's/copyright/reproduction limitation stamps and annotated in pencil on the verso.

Corners minimally bumped, otherwise in very good condition.

Rhön Glider Competition. Early 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print on strong chamois paper. 12 x 16,5 cm. Photographer's stamp, copyright/reproduction limitation stamps and typed press text label on the verso.

Alexander Stöcker, a versatile German photographer, is celebrated for his diverse portfolio encompassing aviation, sports, and early 20th-century history, particularly his meticulous documentation of the groundbreaking 1930 Rhön Glider Competition, a pivotal event that spurred significant advancements in aviation and gliding. – Corners minimally bumped, otherwise in excellent condition.

Provenance: The estate of the photographer

Wooden containers. Circa 1930. Vintage gelatin silver prints. 18 x 24 cm. Photographer's stamp and numbered in pencil on the verso, hinge-mounted in mat.

Slightly bumped along edges and corners, paper loss in upper right corner, small crease mark in right and lower area, otherwise in very good condition.