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2175R

Margaret Bourke-White

New York 1904 – 1971 Stanford, Connecticut

German VW's made to look like Tanks. 1932

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 19,3 × 33,7 cm (7 ⅝ × 13 ¼ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Margaret Bourke-White. German VW's made to look like Tanks. 1932.

Estimate:

EUR 4,000

 

- 6,000

USD 4,550

 

- 6,820

Sold for:

3,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions October 2018

Photography, Friday, 26.10.2018

Information

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 19,3 × 33,7 cm (7 ⅝ × 13 ¼ in.). With border in black India ink. Inscribed in pencil by an unknown hand on the reverse: „Fake Tanks, Germany 1932“ as well as the stamp: „ARCHIVALLY REPROCESSED 19 _“, and in pencil: „75“.

Fortune, vol. 7, no. 1 (January 1933), p. 53 (caption: Marching as to war, the dummy tanks roll over the parade ground) / LIFE, vol. 7, no. 11 (11.09.1939), p. 22 / LIFE 1936-1945. The First Decade. Boston 1979, p. 135 (caption: Dummy tanks of tin with wooden guns conduct German maneuvers in 1934, one year after Hitler came to power. The Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany to rearm.)

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