Lot 138
  • 138

HEINRICH KÜHN | Rückenakt (Standing Nude Seen From Behind)

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Heinrich Kühn
  • Rückenakt (Standing Nude Seen From Behind)
  • 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches (framed)
gum-bichromate over platinum print, framed, circa 1920

Provenance

Collection of Robert Lebeck, Hamburg

Robert Miller Gallery, New York, 1982

By descent to the present owner

Condition

This gum bichromate print over platinum is in generally excellent condition. When examined closely in raking light, the following are visible: a few faint scratches and scuffs mostly in the lower portion of the image, and intermittent glossy linear deposits along the extreme upper edge. On the reverse are several graphite notations, a few rust-colored deposits, very small adhesive remnants, and some minor soiling. The print is hinged by 2 pieces of tape along the upper edge on the reverse.
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