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Hugo Erfurth

Halle (Saale) 1874 – 1948 Gaienhofen

”Porträt Wassily Kandinsky”. 1925

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 17 × 11,5 cm (6 ¾ × 4 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Hugo Erfurth. ”Porträt Wassily Kandinsky”. 1925.

Estimate:

EUR 10,000

 

- 15,000

USD 11,800

 

- 17,600

Sold for:

11,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2020

From Beuys to Liebermann – Selected Works, Thursday, 03.12.2020

Information

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 17 × 11,5 cm (6 ¾ × 4 ½ in.). On the reverse signed, monogrammed and titled by László Moholy-Nagy in pencil as well as inscribed with the object no. A.38.2460.3. Inscribed by different persons in black ink with object no. E 13 as well as with blue coloured pencil with measurements and layout marking. Framed

The portrait was reproduced in the catalogue of the first comprehensive american Bauhaus exhibition, held in the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1938. The notes on the reverse of the photograph reveal that the present print was not only provided for reproduction purposes, but was also an exhibit in the show.

Wassily Kandinsky after 1925 to László Moholy-Nagy, 1946 to Hattula Moholy-Nagy / Private Collection, Berlin

Bauhaus: 1919-1928, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1938/39, A.38.2460.3, E 13

Exh. cat.: Bauhaus 1919–1928. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1938/39, p. 21 / Hans M. Wingler (ed.): Das Bauhaus. 1919–1933 Weimar Dessau Berlin und die Nachfolge in Chicago seit 1937. Bramsche 1975, p. 269

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