PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALAN SIEGEL
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Erwin Blumenfeld
Back, Paris
Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000
Lot Details
1938
Unique toned gelatin silver print.
19 3/8 x 15 3/8 in. (49.2 x 39.1 cm)
Signed in ink on the recto.
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This boldly signed photograph comes originally from the collection Dallas retail executive Stanley Marcus who acquired it directly from Erwin Blumenfeld. Marcus (1905-2002) served as both president and chairman of the board of the luxury department store Neiman Marcus, founded by his father and aunt. Marcus was a noted collector and patron of the arts as well as a photographer, and his love for the medium led him to correspond with Blumenfeld, whose highly inventive approach to photography he had admired. The photograph offered here is part of a select group of prints Blumenfeld gave Marcus in exchange for a case of champagne.
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