Lot 1
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Karol Hiller

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Karol Hiller
  • Heliographic Composition, V
  • gelatin silver print
  • 23 by 19cm., 9 by 7½in.

Provenance

Cezary Pieczyński, Poznan
Private Collection, Poznan (by 2011)

Exhibited

Poznan, Piekary Gallery, The Vanguard, 2008

Sopot, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Matter in photography. One hundred photographs from the Cezary Pieczyński collection, 2008

Warsaw, Muzeum Pałac w Wilanowie, Sleeping Assets - 20th Century Photography from the collection of Cezary Pieczyński, 2010

Condition

The photo is hinged to the mat to the upper edge on the reverse. There are some very small dots on the silver print, however these might be inherent to the printing process. Colours are less red than in the catalogue illustration. The work seems to be in very good original condition and is ready to hang. Presented glazed, in a black narrow frame.
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Catalogue Note

Executed in the 1930s.