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Dessau. Bauhaus. Master Houses. 1925/75

Portfolio with 10 gelatin silver prints of the original negatives by Lucia Moholy, Emil Theis and Karl Elze. Each approx. 21 × 29 cm, 29 × 21 cm (8 ¼ × 11 ⅜ in. and 11 ⅜ × 8 ¼ in.).
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Estimate:

EUR 1,000

 

- 1,500

USD 1,120

 

- 1,690

Sold for:

2,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions Spring 2019

Photography, Wednesday, 29.05.2019

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Portfolio with 10 gelatin silver prints of the original negatives by Lucia Moholy, Emil Theis and Karl Elze. Each approx. 21 × 29 cm, 29 × 21 cm (8 ¼ × 11 ⅜ in. and 11 ⅜ × 8 ¼ in.). Stamp with archive number on the reverse of each: „PGH Die Camera Dessau ...“. Each mounted on original cardboard at upper edge on the reverse (34,9 x 41,9 cm). Title page with edition note as well as supplement. Together in white original cardboard folder (36,8 x 42,4 x 0,5 cm), thereupon printed the coat of arms of the city of Dessau and inscribed with blue ballpoint pen. Editioned by the Dessau City Council on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Bauhaus, 4.12.1976, in an edition of approx. 10–20 copies.

1976 by Dessau City Council to Walter Funkat, to the estate Walter Funkat

Rolf Sachsse: Lucia Moholy. Bauhausfotografin. Berlin 1995, p. 58 and p. 130, cat. no. 147, p. 61 and p. 132, cat. no. 160, p. 130, cat. no. 157, p. 132, cat. no. 170

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