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Vintage gelatin silver print, mounted on cardboard Switzerland, around 1920 Albert Steiner (1877-1965) - Swiss photographer Signed and located on the cardbaord in pencil with "Albert Steiner St. Moritz" Titled on the cardboard in pencil with 'Bergfrühling bei St. Moritz' (=Mountainous Spring near St. Moritz) Verso with artist stamp "ALBERT STEINER PHOTOGRAPH, ST. MORITZ, ENGADIN" Overall Dimensions, including the cardbaord: 48.5 x 36 cm Good condition Provenance: Swiss private collection Albert Steiner is renowned for his extraordinary landscape shots, the auction record for one of his photographs is more than 50,000 Euros The photograph by Albert Steiner 'Spring near St. Moritz' was shot by the artist around 1920. Steiner is presumably Switzerland's most famous landscape photographer and one of the most influential photographers of the early 20th Century. The work on hand is dedicated to the area in and around St. Moritz. It shows a woman taking a stroll on this clearing that is partly decked in snow and partly already blossoming spring flowers. Steiner was a master in creating beautiful compositions with structures and light that was given to him by Mother Nature. The photograph is in good condition with slight traces of age and wear. It is mounted on a cardboard, where the signature in pencil 'Albert Steiner St. Moritz' can be found on the lower left while the titled is inscribed on the lower right hand side in pencil 'Bergfrühling bei St. Moritz' (=Mountainous Spring near St. Moritz). An inventory number can be found on the front and the back "F.E. 1367" and the reverse bears an artist stamp "ALBERT STEINER PHOTOGRAPH, ST. MORITZ, ENGADIN". The dimensions of the cardboard are 48.5 x 36 cm and the dimensions of the photograph are 38.5 x 28.5 cm. Albert Steiner (1877-1965) Albert Steiner was born in Frutigen, Switzerland in 1877. He finished his photographic apprenticeship at the studio of Jean Moeglé in Thun in 1897. In the same year he started working for the photographer Fred Boissonnas in Geneva. In 1904 however he opened his own photographic studio. A year later he moved to Bern where he shared an atelier with his brother. Steiner got hugely popular and recognized for his landscape shots that celebrate the Switzerland's nature.