Lot 34
  • 34

Heinz Hajek-Halke

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Heinz Hajek-Halke
  • ‘Torso’, 1950
  • Silver print
Vintage silver print. Signed in black felt tip pen, dated in red crayon, and with the photographer's 'H.Hajek-Halke Experimentelle Fotografie Berlin Grunewald Hagenstraße 32' stamp, two copyright and the 'Achtung Unikat nach Veröffentlichung an Autor zurück' stamps, with typewritten title 'Titel: "Torso". Belichtungs-Montage, 2 Negative.' on a paper strip affixed to the print, with the archive stamp and archive number in pencil, with a circular customs and number stamps, and with various publishing instructions in pencil by unknown hands on the reverse. Mounted.

Provenance

Sotheby’s Paris, L‘Essentiel Heinz Hajek-Halke, 10 May 2011, lot 57 
Estate Of Hajek Halke

Literature

Heinz Hajek-Halke. Artist, Anarchist, Göttingen, Steidl, 2006, ill. p. 104.

Condition

This print is in overall very good condition. With some light creases and handling marks in the corners, and with very faint, superficial scratches across areas of the print, only visible in raking light. This print is on high-gloss paper.
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