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Lot 17
  • 17

August Sander (1876 - 1964)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • August Sander
  • Bauernknechte, 1929
Tirage argentique d'époque, probablement de 1932, sur papier Agfa-Brovira. Contrecollé sur carton d'époque. Avec le tampon à sec  'August Sander Köln Lindenthal' en bas à gauche. Sur le carton, signé, daté 1932 et annoté Landarbeiter au crayon en bas à gauche.

Literature

Die Photographische Sammlung/ SK Stiftung Kultur (éd.), August Sander. Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ein Kulturwerk in Lichtbildern eingeteilt in sieben Gruppen. Vol. II Der Handwerker, New York, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2002, ill. p. 103.

Condition

In very good condition. A very nice contrasty print with the thin black ink borders as usual for Sander vintage prints. The print is pasted to the card along the upper edge. With a few light traces of retouching mainly in the lower half, and with a clear/transparent smudge in the lower left quadrant, mainly visible in raking light.
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