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1387R

Martin Munkácsi (i.e. Márton Memelstein)

Klausenburg/Transylvania 1896 – 1963 New York

„Fred Astaire. LIFE“. 1936

Posthumous gelatin silver print of the estate, 2007. 28,8 x 22,2 cm (35,4 x 27,6 cm) (11 ⅜ x 8 ¾ in. (13 ⅞ x 10 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Martin Munkácsi (i.e. Márton Memelstein). „Fred Astaire. LIFE“. 1936.

Estimate:

EUR 1,000

 

- 1,500

USD 1,420

 

- 2,140

Sold for:

1,220 EUR (incl. premium)

auctions 182-186

Photography, Thursday, 26.05.2011

Information

Posthumous gelatin silver print of the estate, 2007. 28,8 x 22,2 cm (35,4 x 27,6 cm) (11 ⅜ x 8 ¾ in. (13 ⅞ x 10 ⅞ in.)). Edition- resp. estate stamp on the reverse, therein signed, dated (exposure and print), titled and numbered in pencil by Joan Munkácsi. Numbered in pencil by different persons. From an edition of 40 numbered prints.

LIFE Magazine, December 28, 1936, p. 36
Style in Motion, Munkácsi Photographs ‘20s, ‘30s, ‘40s, ed. by Nancy White and John Esten, New York 1979, Title and p. 111
Martin Munkácsi, ed. by F.C. Gundlach, Steidl, Göttingen 2005, p. 277

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