Karl und Jenny Marx - zwei Studio-Portraitaufnahmen im Visitenkartenformat, London, ca. 1875 bzw. Trier, wohl um 1881 - photo 1

Karl und Jenny Marx - zwei Studio-Portraitaufnahmen im Visitenkartenformat, London, ca. 1875 bzw. Trier, wohl um 1881

Lot 3342
17.10.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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Event locationGermany, Grasbrunn / München
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Lot 3342 | Karl und Jenny Marx - zwei Studio-Portraitaufnahmen im Visitenkartenformat, London, ca. 1875 bzw. Trier, wohl um 1881
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€ 1 500
Halbportrait von Karl Marx in feinem Anzug mit Weste, am Hals sein Monokel hängend, rückseitige Herstellerbezeichnung "Mayall - 224, Regent Street London, W. And 914, King's Road, Brighton" sowie handschriftliche Bleistiftnotizen "Karl Marx!" und "18/2 Ord.". Maße 10 x 6,3 cm. Brustportrait von Jenny Marx in schwarzem Trauerkleid, rückseitig Herstellerbezeichnung "C. Schulz - photogr. Atelier Trier Dietrichstr. No. 216" sowie handschriftliche Bleistiftnotizen "Frl. v. Westphal" und "18/2 Ord.". Der Unterrand beschnitten, Maße 9,6 x 6,3 cm. Das Foto von Karl Marx stammt aus einer Serie von Studioaufnahmen mit John Mayall jr.
Aufgrund der Jugendlichkeit der abgebildeten Jenny Marx und der Tatsache, dass der Fotograf Carl Schulz erst ab etwa 1865 in Trier tätig ist, kann angenommen werden, dass es sich nicht um Karl Marx' Ehefrau Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny von Westphalen (1814 - 1881) handelt, sondern höchstwahrscheinlich um deren dritte Tochter Jenny Julia Eleanor Marx-Aveling (1855 - 1898), vermutlich in Trauerkleidung anlässlich des Todes ihrer Mutter 1881.
Provenienz: Aus einer deutschen Privatsammlung. Erworben im Oktober 1984 beim Heidelberger Antiquariat Dr. Helmut Tenner, dazu in Fotokopie die entsprechenden Katalogseiten (Losnummer 18).
Zudem ein Brief des Instituts für Marxismus-Leninismus beim ZK der SED vom 10.10.1984 an das Antiquariat Tenner mit der Bitte, sich an den "glücklichen Besitzer des unter Nr. 18 des Auktionskataloges genannten Fotos" zu wenden, um eine "hochwertige Fotokopie" zu erhalten und "einem unserer Mitarbeiter gelegentlich Einsicht in das Original zu geben?".
Zwei Seiten, DIN A4 mit entsprechendem Briefkopf, unterschrieben vom damaligen stellvertr. Direktor des Instituts, Prof. Dr. Heinrich Gemkow (1928 - 2017).

Karl and Jenny Marx - two CDV studio portraits, London, circa 1875, and Trier, presumably around 1881
Half-length portrait of Karl Marx in a fine suit with waistcoat, his monocle hanging from his neck, on the reverse maker’s inscription "Mayall - 224, Regent Street London, W. And 914, King's Road, Brighton" and handwritten pencil notes "Karl Marx!" and "18/2 Ord.". Dimensions 10 x 6.3 cm. Half portrait of Jenny Marx in a black mourning dress, on the reverse maker’s inscription "C. Schulz - photogr. Atelier Trier Dietrichstr. No. 216" and handwritten pencil notes "Frl. v. Westphal" and "18/2 Ord.". The lower edge cut back, dimensions 9.6 x 6.3 cm. The photograph of Karl Marx comes from a series of studio photographs taken by John Mayall jr.
The juvenile looks of Jenny Marx in the photograph and the fact that the photographer Carl Schulz did not take up business in Trier before approx. 1865 suggest that she was not Karl Marx’s wife Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny von Westphalen (1814 – 1881), but rather her third daughter Jenny Julia Eleanor Marx -Aveling (1855 – 1898), probably in mourning dress because of her mother’s death in 1881.
Provenance: From a German private collection. Acquired in October 1984 from the Heidelberg antiquarian bookshop Dr. Helmut Tenner, together with a photocopy of the respective catalogue page (lot number 18).
Comes with a letter of the Institute for Marxism-Leninism in the Central Committee of the SED dated 10 October 1984 and addressed to the antiquarian bookshop Tenner with the request to approach the (tr.) "lucky owner of the photograph mentioned under No. 18 of the auction catalogue" and ask for a (tr.) "high-quality photocopy" and to allow (tr.) "one of our employees to have a look at the original some time".
Two pages, size A4 with letter head, signed by the then assistant director of the institute, Prof. Dr. Heinrich Gemkow (1928 – 2017).
Condition: II -
Place of origin:German Empire
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