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1315

Werner Bischof

Zurich 1916 – 1954 Trujillo, Peru

Shinto priests in the courtyard of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan. 1952

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 19,3 × 24,1 cm (20,7 × 25,4 cm) (7 ⅝ × 9 ½ in. (8 ⅛ × 10 in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Werner Bischof. Shinto priests in the courtyard of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan. 1952.

Estimate:

EUR 3,000

 

- 5,000

Sold for:

4,572 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only 2024 / 2025

Photography Online Only, 6 - 15 December 2024, Sunday, 15.12.2024

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Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 19,3 × 24,1 cm (20,7 × 25,4 cm) (7 ⅝ × 9 ½ in. (8 ⅛ × 10 in.)). Photographer's and agency stamp on the reverse: "WERNER BISCHOF, MAGNUM PHOTOS INC,15 West 47th Street, New York 19, N. Y." as well as further agency stamp: "MAGNUM PHOTOS INC, 15 WEST 47th STREET, NEW YORK 36, N.Y.". Paper strip mounted with the photographer's name, date of the exposure and title information in typewritten script. Inscribed and numbered by different hands in blue ballpoint pen and pencil.

Werner Bischof: Japan. Zürich 1953, ill. 11 (there caption: Nach morgendlicher Andacht kehren Shintopriester durch den verschneiten Innenhof des Meiji-Schreins zurück.) / exh. cat.: Werner Bischof. Das fotografische Werk. Zürich, Kunstgewerbemuseum, 1957, p. 32-33 / Marco Bischof (ed.): Werner Bischof. Leben und Werk. Bern 1990, p. 162-163 / Marco Bischof und Tania Samara Kuhn (ed.): Werner Bischof. Standpunkt. Fotografien, Zeichnungen und Texte von Werner Bischof. Zürich 2016, unpaginated (there contact sheet)

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