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Herbert Tobias

Dessau 1924 – 1982 Hamburg

„Ein Schlosser von Siemens träumt sich Kinostar, Berlin“ (Siemens mechanic dreams himself a moviestar, Berlin). 1957

Later gelatin silver print. Agfa paper. 34,3 × 34,5 cm (50,1 × 40,3 cm) (13 ½ × 13 ⅝ in. (19 ¾ × 15 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Herbert Tobias. „Ein Schlosser von Siemens träumt sich Kinostar, Berlin“ (Siemens mechanic dreams himself a moviestar, Berlin). 1957.

Estimate:

EUR 800

 

- 1,200

USD 896

 

- 1,340

Sold for:

2,125 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2016

Modern and Contemporary Photographs, Wednesday, 30.11.2016

Information

Later gelatin silver print. Agfa paper. 34,3 × 34,5 cm (50,1 × 40,3 cm) (13 ½ × 13 ⅝ in. (19 ¾ × 15 ⅞ in.)). Signed in black felt-tip pen in the margin lower right, dated and titled lower left. On the reverse monogrammed and annotated in pencil by Herbert Tobias. With isolated slight retouchings.

From Herbert Tobias 1981 to the current owner

Herbert Tobias, fotografien 1950 –1980, ed. Hans Eppendorfer, Berlin 1994, p. 55 (there dated: 1965) / Der Fotograf Herbert Tobias 1924–1982, Blicke und Begehren, ed. Ulrich Domröse, Steidl, Göttingen 2008, cat. no. 112, p. 197 (there dated: 1960)

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