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Lot 20
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Karl Blossfeldt (1865 - 1932)

Estimate
45,000 - 65,000 EUR
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Description

  • Karl Blossfeldt
  • Papaver orientalis – Mohnkapseln, années 1920
Tirage argentique d'époque. Au verso, avec le tampon de la succession de l'artiste, titré et annoté Originalabzug von Karl Blossfeldt Papaver - Mohnkapseln 8 x vergr. au crayon par Jürgen Wilde.

Provenance

Succession de l'artiste

Literature

Karl Blossfeldt. Photographs, cat. expo. Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1978, ill. pl. 1.

Condition

This print is in very good condition. Single weight paper, matte surface, with very fine contrasts. With a tiny fold in the lower right corner and a tiny chip with a fold of approx. 5mm at the lower edge at right. The lower left corner is minimally worn. With a tiny retouched scratch near the upper edge at right, a light fold of approx. 5mm in the upper left quadrant. With very light silvering in the black areas at the lower edge.
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