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Sasha Stone (i.e. Aleksander Serge Steinsapir)

St. Petersburg 1895 – 1940 Perpignan

Nus. Circa 1932

27 gelatin silver prints by Cami Stone in 3 portfolios, presumably circa 1950. From 8,8 × 13,7 cm (9,5 × 14,5 cm) to 14,9 × 11,8 cm (15,7 × 12,5 cm) (3 ½ × 5 ⅜ in. (3 ¾ × 5 ¾ in.) to 5 ⅞ × 4 ⅝ in. (6 ⅛ × 4 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Sasha Stone (i.e. Aleksander Serge Steinsapir). Nus. Circa 1932.

Estimate:

EUR 5,000

 

- 7,000

USD 5,620

 

- 7,870

Sold for:

5,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 247-254

Modern and Contemporary Photographs, Wednesday, 25.11.2015

Information

27 gelatin silver prints by Cami Stone in 3 portfolios, presumably circa 1950. From 8,8 × 13,7 cm (9,5 × 14,5 cm) to 14,9 × 11,8 cm (15,7 × 12,5 cm) (3 ½ × 5 ⅜ in. (3 ¾ × 5 ¾ in.) to 5 ⅞ × 4 ⅝ in. (6 ⅛ × 4 ⅞ in.)). Each photo mounted individually along its upper edge onto cream-coloured mount cardboard (dimensions each approx. 24 x 21 cm). Grouped into three portfolios containing 6, 7 and 11 photographs respectively. These portfolios each made of cream-coloured cardboard, each with another photograph laid down on the cover, and inscribed in black coloured pencil on the cover upper right (by an unknown hand): “sasha stone nus“. Numbered on the interior in pencil. A total of 9 photographs with the photographer’s stamp on the reverse: “REPRODUCTION INTERDITE/Les Tirages Photo­graphiques/Dir.-Techn.: Cami STONE/1, Rue de Dublin, XL./Tél.: 11.01.89“. Portfolios each with the remains of a transparent dust jacket. Minimal small remnants of glue in the portfolios. One portfolio with slight foxing on the reverse. Isolated individual photos with minimal scuff marks.

Sasha Stone, Fotografien 1925-39, ed. Eckhardt Köhn, Serie Folkwang, Berlin 1990, p. 92/Birgit Hammers, Sasha Stone sieht noch mehr. Ein Fotograf zwischen Kunst und Kommerz, Petersberg 2014, p. 155, ill. 204 (detail), p. 156, ill. 206 and ill. 208 (larger detail)

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