8. Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969) Gelatin silver print, printed c.1943 by the photographer, stamped on verso, 34x26cm (13x10in.).
Provenance:
Yorick Blumenfeld; the Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld, 1969.
The family Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld believe that this print was made around the time Blumenfeld opened his New York studio in 1943. This date is reaffirmed by the image appearing in Lilliput as early as September 1945. Hendel Teicher, author of My 100 Best Pictures , identifies the print as being made earlier, in Paris in 1938 (see lit.p.58.). At least one other print is known to exist in a private collection, although the provenance and condition of this particular print are excellent.
This very print was included in the following major travelling exhibitions:
Erwin Blumenfeld , The Witkin Gallery, New York, 1978
100 Best , Musee Rath, Geneva, 26 January - 4 March, 1979
Retrospektive 1928-1960 Erwin Blumenfeld
Frankfurter Kunstverwin, 18th March - 17th April 1988, travelled to:
Folkwang Museum, Essen
Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Villa Franck
Photomuseum im Stadtmuseum München
Galerie Faber, Wien
Museum für Kunsthandwerk und Gewerbe, Hamburg
Musée de l'Elysée Lausanne, Suisse, 7 Feb - 2 April 1989
A Fetish For Beauty The Barbican Gallery, London 12 September - 15 December 1996, among additional venues, travelled to:
Le Culte de la Beauté Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Suisse, 10 April - 11 May, 1997
A Passion For Beauty Musee Europeene de la Photographie, Paris, Spring 1998
A Passion For Beauty Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, 5th Feb - 25 April 1999
Literature:
Lilliput, September 1945. p.162.
Benteli Verlag, Bern: Teicher, Hendel & Blumenfeld, Erwin My 100 Best Pictures , 1979, p.58.
Folkwang Museum, Essen: Gundlach, F.C. & Weiermair, Peter, Erwin Blumenfeld , 1988, p.58.
Barbican Art Gallery and Thames and Hudson, London: Ewing, Bill A Fetish for Beauty , 1996, pl.177.
Thames and Hudson, London: Blumenfeld, Yorick The Naked and the Veiled: The Photographic Nudes of Erwin Blumenfeld , 1999, p.28 (reversed solarised version).
est. £30000 – £50000
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