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Martin Munkácsi (i.e. Márton Memelstein)

Klausenburg/Transylvania 1896 – 1963 New York

The Sidewalks of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1932

Posthumous gelatin silver print by Scott Hyde, presumably 1978. Agfa paper. 17,4 × 24,1 cm (20,2 × 25,4 cm) (6 ⅞ × 9 ½ in. (8 × 10 in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Martin Munkácsi (i.e. Márton Memelstein). The Sidewalks of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1932.

Estimate:

EUR 400

 

- 600

USD 471

 

- 707

Sold for:

500 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2017

Photography, Wednesday, 29.11.2017

Information

Posthumous gelatin silver print by Scott Hyde, presumably 1978. Agfa paper. 17,4 × 24,1 cm (20,2 × 25,4 cm) (6 ⅞ × 9 ½ in. (8 × 10 in.)). Two stamps on the reverse: „MUNKACSI PHOTO COPY BY" and „SCOTT HYDE PHOTOGRAPHER, 215 EAST 4 STREET NEW YORK 9 NEW YORK" as well as numbered in pencil by various hands.

Private Collection, Berlin

Nancy White and John Esten: Style in Motion. Munkácsi Photographs ‘20s, ‘30s, ‘40s. New York 1979, p. 12 / Susan Morgan: Martin Munkacsi. New York, 1992, unpaginated (there titled: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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