Lot #2167: ERWIN BLUMENFELD - The Shame - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Erwin Blumenfeld (German-American, 1897-1969).
Title: "The Shame [nude study]".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1937. Printed 1938.
Dimensions: Image size: 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (292 x 210 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Taken shortly after Blumenfeld moved to France in 1936. According to ‘Gordon’s Photography Prices’ the highest price that a silver print of this image has been offered is $40,000 offered at Christie's, New York, 9/29/2014, lot #167. The white lines in the black area to the left and right of the model are part of the composition. Image © The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld. [23547-2-225]