GERHARD RIEBICKE (1878 - 1957) Zwei Junge Frauen nackt mit Speer und Ball, FKK, 1932 Vintage gelatin silver paper Artist stamp Print around 1940 approx. 17.6 x 12.5 cm Very good condition, flawless Back with minimal paper residues at the corners The model is called Elli Weiss. Her parents took part in the legendary body culture evenings by Adolf Koch. There Riebicke met her. As a Jew, Elli Weiss had to leave Germany with her parents after 1936. She emigrated to Holland and survived there the German occupation. Riebicke was a significant German photographer in the 20th century. He specialised in sports, dance and nude photography. Until 1933, Riebicke published sports and nude photos in countless books and magazines. In 1926 Riebicke was still photographer for the first German body culture film "Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit.” In the year 2000, a book was published based on his first monographic exhibition of his nude photographs by the Bodo Niemann Gallery, Berlin. In 2002, a comprehensive retrospective was exhibited at the Museum of Photography in Moscow. The complete archive was destroyed in WWII. The majority of his photos are therefore unique.