Lot 22
  • 22

Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898 - 1983)

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Heinz Hajek-Halke
  • Des Himmels Notausgang, c. 1946
  • Photographs
Vintage silver print. On the reverse, signed in felt tip pen, with the photographer's 'Koblenz/Ehrenbreitstein Rheinburg' stamp, his copyright and ' HHH Inventar' archive stamps and archive number inpencil, and typewritten title 'des Himmels Notausgang' on a paper strip affixed to the reverse.

Exhibited

Heinz Hajek-Halke: Form aus Licht und Schatten, Berlin, Kulturforum/ Museum für Fotografie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, 2007 and Munich, Kunstfoyer Versicherungskammer Bayern, 2008.

Literature

Heinz Hajek-Halke. Artist, Anarchist, Göttingen, Steidl, 2006, ill. p. 168 (Heaven's Emergency Exit).

Condition

The print is in very good condition. Glossy surface, on strong paper. With a professionally restored straight scratch along the upper edge. The illustration in the catalogue is upside-down.
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Catalogue Note

Unique print.