Sale 9298
New York
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5 October 1999
Price realised
USD 5,175
Estimate
ERWIN BLUMENFELD Blumenfeld, Erwin Untitled solarization, New York (1941) Gelatin silver print. Circa 1960. Estate stamp on the verso. 13 x 10in. (33.6 x 26.5cm.)
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Literature
See: Folkwang Museum, Erwin Blumenfeld, p. 39.
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