Lot 47
  • 47

Herbert List

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Herbert List
  • 'Herr und Hund, Portofino', 1936'Goldfischglas, Santorin', 1937'Spirit of the Lykabetus I, Athens', 1937'Octopus, Korfu', 1938'Taverne unter dem Poseidontemple, Sunion', 1952
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Five silver prints, printed probably 1980s. Each print with the artist's estate stamp and signed, titled and dated in black felt tip pen by Max Scheler on the reverse.

Provenance

Acquired from the Herbert List Estate, Hamburg

Literature

Günter Metken, Herbert List. Photographien 1930 - 1970,  Munich, Schirmer/ Mosel, 1976, ill. cover, pl. 26, pl. 22, pl. 17;
Max Scheler, Herbert List. Eloges du Beau, exh. cat. Munich, Fotomuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum, Paris, Seuil, 2000, ill. p. 70.

Condition

These silver prints are in very good general condition. The five prints with all four corners very slightly worn. With a few tiny humidity stains only visible in raking light.
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