Lot Essay
According to Erwin Blumenfeld's son, Yorick, this image is from Blumenfeld's early American period, circa 1943.
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Nude, c.1943
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ERWIN BLUMENFELD (1897-1969)
Nude, c.1943
solarised gelatin silver print
inscribed 'From Yorick Blumenfeld' by Yorick Blumenfeld and annotated 'YORICK' in another hand in pencil, estate stamp on verso
13 3/8 x 10 3/8in. (34 x 26.5cm.)
Nude, c.1943
solarised gelatin silver print
inscribed 'From Yorick Blumenfeld' by Yorick Blumenfeld and annotated 'YORICK' in another hand in pencil, estate stamp on verso
13 3/8 x 10 3/8in. (34 x 26.5cm.)
Literature
Ewing, Blumenfeld Photographs: A Passion for Beauty, Abrams, 1996, pl.165, there dated 'c.1950'; Yorick Blumenfeld, The Naked & the Veiled: The Photographic Nudes of Blumenfeld, Thames & Hudson, 1999, p.38., there dated '1939'.
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