Lot 226
  • 226

Andreas Feininger

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andreas Feininger
  • Group of six photographs, 1934 & 1940
  • each: signed, titled, and dated by the photographer on the reverse. Five prints with the photographer's stamp, two prints with the 'Black Star, New York' credit stamp.

  • 6 vintage gelatin silver prints

  • each sheet: approximately 25 by 20.5cm. 9 7/8 by 8in.
  • Executed in 1934 and 1940.
Six vintage gelatin silver prints. On the reverse, each print signed and dated in ink and titled and dated in pencil by the photographer. Five prints with the photographer's stamp, two prints with the 'Black Star, New York' credit stamp. Five prints individually mounted.

Provenance

Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above in 1990/91

Condition

The prints are generally in very good condition, with glossy surfaces. Single weight paper. One print with a few light handling dents, a strong fold, and a tiny superficial loss in the lower left corner. 1 print with a tiny discoloured spot at the centre of the lower edge.
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Catalogue Note

The photograph dated 1934 is of a group of boats in Stockholm harbour, and the five photographs dated 1940 are architectural studies of New York.