Alexander (Xanti) Schawinsky plays the Banjo, Clemens Röseler in the background
Alexander (Xanti) Schawinsky spielt Banjo, Clemens Röseler im Hintergrund
Repro: MAIN
1927, in Dessau
Negative untracable
Prints known:
1. LACMA-Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ralph M. Parsons Fund, Inv. Nr. M.89.43.5, gelatin silver print, 115 x 85 mm. Verso inscr.: 224, 164%, and other notes
TLF 2001: "... The photograph is by me, but the print is not. Some unknown artist has laid hold of an authentic print of my negative and made it (unknown to me until today) into what you have now under the Number M.89.43.5, in other words, this person grealy blew up a small detail of the total image. The effect is "monumental" but not really mine....
... Since you are also interested in "anecdotes" I'll mention that Xanti Schawinksy did not know how to play the banjo. The other man in the picture is Hermann (Clemens) Röseler who did know how to play it and very well, too. The instrument shown is mine, and I was then a mere beginner in the band. Schawinsky was never one to let a photo op go by, and that is what you have here: I had arrived with my camera to photograph my friend Clemens." [204, Letter to the LACMA/E. Schillo]
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