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2096R

Martin Munkácsi (i.e. Márton Memelstein)

Klausenburg/Transylvania 1896 – 1963 New York

Motorcyclist, Budapest. Circa 1923

Gelatin silver print of the estate, 2003. 30,1 × 24 cm (35,4 × 27,6 cm) (11 ⅞ × 9 ½ in. (13 ⅞ × 10 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Martin Munkácsi (i.e. Márton Memelstein). Motorcyclist, Budapest. Circa 1923.

Estimate:

EUR 1,000

 

- 1,500

USD 1,120

 

- 1,690

Sold for:

1,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 247-254

Modern and Contemporary Photographs, Wednesday, 25.11.2015

Information

Gelatin silver print of the estate, 2003. 30,1 × 24 cm (35,4 × 27,6 cm) (11 ⅞ × 9 ½ in. (13 ⅞ × 10 ⅞ in.)). On the reverse the estate stamp, therein signed in pencil by Joan Munkácsi; also dated (exposure and print), titled and editioned in pencil by another hand. Numbered in pencil by various hands. One of 40 editioned prints.

Nancy White, John Esten, Style in Motion, Munkácsi Photographs ‘20s, ‘30s, ‘40s, New York 1979, p. 96/Martin Munkácsi, ed. F.C. Gundlach, Steidl, Göttingen 2005, p. 27 (there dated: circa 1929)

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