Walter Gemm — Der Hoheweg

Object record

This street scene is the probable match for the portfolio title ‘Der Hoheweg.’ The printed Walter Gemm signature and date 45 are visible at lower right; tram rails, dense half-timbered façades and the church spire preserve the everyday commercial city.

SeriesFamily-held objects and volumes

Archive reference

RB-SCAN-044

Date

Images made in 1945; Bestehorndruck portfolio issued circa 1945–1946

Medium

Bestehorndruck reproduction on heavy card stock, after a drawing or painting

Physical dimensions

Approximately 40.5–41.5 × 29–30 cm in complete-copy descriptions; this family sheet has not been independently measured

Digital image

1682 × 2600 pixels

Evidence status

Documented family-held portfolio sheet; artist and portfolio identified; acquisition history open

Uncertainty

The original tiny plate number was apparently cropped from the scan's narrow right edge. The title match is based on the complete contents list and the depicted street, not on a number visible in this digital file.

Source and provenance

One-page PDF scan of a family-held card-stock portfolio sheet, supplied to Rabbi Daniel Dolph Reichenbach by email and accessioned on 26 August 2026.

Custody history

Daniel Reichenbach reports that his grandfather Dolf bought the portfolio sheets and that Daniel's father retained the eight now scanned. Daniel's aunt has confirmed that she holds another print from the set; that sheet has not yet been photographed or identified. No receipt, inscription or dated family record currently establishes when or where Dolf acquired them.

Credit

Reichenbach Family Archive; artwork credited to the named artist; Bestehorndruck, Halberstadt

Rights

Family-held copy displayed at reduced resolution for historical identification, education and commentary. Copyright in the underlying artwork is not claimed by the Reichenbach Family Archive; no independent reuse rights are granted.

Image treatment

Full captured sheet rotated upright and reduced to a 1682 × 2600-pixel WebP access image. The captured borders, foxing, staining, tears and edge losses are retained; no cleanup, restoration, replacement or generative alteration was made. The source scan itself appears to crop part of the narrow right edge.