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Jacoby, Max
(1919-2009)KaDeWe

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 28.11.2026

Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe). Early 1970s. Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa paper. 40 x 26,1 cm. Photographer's stamp on the verso.

Installed during the post-war reconstruction of Berlin's famous KaDeWe department store in the 1950s, the distinctive square clock above its main entrance became a familiar West Berlin landmark and a symbol of the Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle). For decades, it served as a popular meeting point, giving rise to the familiar phrase "Let's meet under the clock at KaDeWe". The clock was eventually removed during a major renovation in the mid-1990s to make way for today’s modern glass facade.

Literatur: Angelika Gause, ed. Der Fotograf Max Jacoby: Bilder der 60er und 70er Jahre, Koblenz: Görres, 2003.