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Paul Citroen

Berlin 1896 – 1983 Wassenaar

Johnson training again (Boxing). Circa 1923

Vintage. Gelatin silver print of an original photomontage / collage of 1919. 21,7 x 16,5 cm (8 ½ x 6 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Paul Citroen. Johnson training again (Boxing). Circa 1923.

Estimate:

EUR 5,000

 

- 7,000

USD 5,390

 

- 7,540

Sold for:

4,375 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 237-246

Modern and Contemporary Photographs, Wednesday, 03.06.2015

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Vintage. Gelatin silver print of an original photomontage / collage of 1919. 21,7 x 16,5 cm (8 ½ x 6 ½ in.). On the reverse signed with purple-coloured crayon: "Citroen“ and annotated: "oben 161“; there too the stamp: "HÜTTICH-Oemler. Werkstätte für bildmäßige und technische Photographie, WEIMAR, Lisztstr. 37, Fernsprecher 1217“, this struck out in pencil. Inscribed in pencil by another hand: "Paul Citroen, Amsterdam. Boxing“.

Auction 02.05.1997 Sotheby's, London, lot 18; private collection, USA; auction 29.11.2007, Villa Grisebach, Berlin, lot 1221; private collection, USA

Gerard Forde, Paul Citroen & Erwin Blumenfeld 1919–1939, The Photographer’s Gallery, London 1993, ill. 11 (illustration of the photomontage from 1919)

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