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2083R

Martin Munkácsi (i.e. Márton Memelstein)

Klausenburg/Transylvania 1896 – 1963 New York

Roof Baby, New York. 1940

Gelatin silver print of the estate, 1994. 30 × 23,5 cm (35,3 × 27,6 cm) (11 ¾ × 9 ¼ in. (13 ⅞ × 10 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Martin Munkácsi (i.e. Márton Memelstein). Roof Baby, New York. 1940.

Estimate:

EUR 1,000

 

- 1,500

USD 1,070

 

- 1,600

Sold for:

1,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2017

Photography, Wednesday, 31.05.2017

Information

Gelatin silver print of the estate, 1994. 30 × 23,5 cm (35,3 × 27,6 cm) (11 ¾ × 9 ¼ in. (13 ⅞ × 10 ⅞ in.)). On the reverse the estate stamp, therein signed, dated (exposure and print), titled and copyright-date by Joan Munkácsi in pencil as well as editioned in pencil by a further hand. Numbered in pencil by various hands. One of 40 editioned prints.

Estate Martin Munkácsi / Collection, New York

Nancy White and John Esten: Style in Motion. Munkácsi Photographs ‘20s, ‘30s, ‘40s. New York 1979, p. 144 (detail) / F.C. Gundlach (ed.): Martin Munkácsi. Göttingen, Steidl, 2005, p. 284 (detail)

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