Hannes Kilian (1909 - 1999)

Trois tirages argentiques d'époque, deux sur papier Agfa, un sur papier Leonar. Au verso, chaque tirage titré, deux au crayon, un au feutre noir, deux datés au crayon. Chaque tirage avec le tampon copyright du photographe, deux avec le tampon 'Die veröffentlichte Fotografie ist urheberrechtlich geschützt. Alle Urheberbefugnisse stehen HANNES KILIAN zu, ohne dessen schriftliche Einwilligung das Bild nicht verwertet, insbesondere nicht reproduziert, nicht filmisch noch zeichnerisch ausgewertet oder veröffentlicht werden darf.' et un avec les tampons 'Bild nur leihweise' et 'Honorarpflichtig'. Un tirage annoté au crayon d'une main inconnue. Sous passe-partout et encadré.

In generally very good condition. Two are on Agfa paper, one on Leonar paper. All three prints have a glossy surface. Parkplatz in Stuttgart: The top corners slightly worn and one crease in the lower left corner (approx. 2 cm). Two soft handling folds near the top right corner only visible in raking light. Random drying stains across the surface only visible in raking light. Im Gegenlicht: Both left corners worn, the lower right corner slightly bumped. a few spots of retouching only visible in raking light. VW-Werk: The sheet slightly undulated at the right and lower edges. The top right corner worn, a diagonal crease (approx. 8 mm) in the top left corner, two creases (approx. 2 and 3,5 cm) in the lower left corner,a diagonal crease in the lower right corner (approx. 1,5 cm), one crease (approx. 2,5 cm) near the centre of the upper edge.
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