Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898 - 1983)

Tirage argentique d'époque. Au verso, titré et annoté Seite 33 à l'encre et daté au crayon bleu par le photographe. Avec les tampons 'H. Hajek-Halke Experiementelle Fotografie für Presse und Werbung', 'H. Hajek-Halke Koblenz/Ehrenbreitstein Rheinburg' et 'Achtung Unikat nach Veröffentlichung an Autor zurück'. Titré et avec annotations techniques tapuscrites sur une bande de papier fixée au verso.

Klaus Honnef / Michael  Ruetz, Form aus Licht und Schatten, Göttingen, Steidl, 2005, ill. p. 179;
Klaus Honnef / Michael Ruetz, Heinz Hajek-Halke, Artist-Anarchist, Göttingen, Steidl, 2006, ill. p. 179.

In generally very good condition. The print has a glossy surface. With a diagonal crease (approx. 3cm) in the lower right corner, a few soft handling marks across the surface and light traces of use as one would expect from a vintage print. On the reverse, with two remnants of strips of archival tape at the upper edge and a strip of paper fixed along the lower edge.
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