HEINZ HAJEK-HALKE (1898-1983)

Die Üble Nachrede, c. 1928-30

Details

HEINZ HAJEK-HALKE (1898-1983)
Die Üble Nachrede, c. 1928-30
gelatin silver print
initialed in ink (in the image); titled and dated on typewritten label with copyright stamp (affixed to the reverse of the flush-mount)
14 1/8 x 11½in. (35.8 x 29.2cm.)

Literature

Coke, Avant-Garde Photography in Germany 1919-1939, Schirmer/Mosel, 1982, pl. 101

Lot Essay

Hajek-Halke experimented with negative prints, sandwiched negatives and montages. Based in Berlin, he earned his living as a press and commercial photographer and as a photography instructor. The title of the present lot can be translated as 'slander' or 'vile gossip.'

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