Sander, August. (1876 - 1964) The Wife of the Painter Peter Abelen, Cologne, 1926Silver gelatin print, printed later, image size, 254 x 203mm, signed and editioned. Acquired from photographer's estate. "During the 1920s August Sander (1876 1864) befriended many Cologne artists. In 1926 he was asked by the painter Peter Abelen to create a portrait of Abelen's young wife, Helene, who posed in their apartment surrounded by her husband's artworks. The resulting picture is a striking anomaly in Sander's work, an image so stylishly