Wolfgang Suschitzky
(Vienna 1912 b., living in London) London, Charing Cross Road, 2 photographs, 1935/1989, gelatine silver, prints of later date, verso each labelled in pencil W. Suschitzky 1935/89 and with photographer’s stamped address, the top margin mounted in passe-partout with adhesive tape, passe-partout section each ca. 48 x 39 cm, framed, (2), (EK)
depicted in: wolf suschitzky, photos, eds. Michael Omas ta, Brigitte Mayr, Ursula Seeber, Synema, Vienna 2006, p 67
"To me, this photograph symbolises Charing Cross Road. At the time, Foyles was the largest bookstore in London. It filled two buildings, a fitting background for this reading gentleman.”
Although these photographs were only published in book form almost 50 years after they had been taken, the Charing-Cross series is quite famous. Himself born into a family of bookdealers and publishers, the artist took these photographs of London’s book district back in the 1930ies… (from the publication cited above)
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
22.06.2015 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 2,500.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,200.- to EUR 1,800.-
Wolfgang Suschitzky
(Vienna 1912 b., living in London) London, Charing Cross Road, 2 photographs, 1935/1989, gelatine silver, prints of later date, verso each labelled in pencil W. Suschitzky 1935/89 and with photographer’s stamped address, the top margin mounted in passe-partout with adhesive tape, passe-partout section each ca. 48 x 39 cm, framed, (2), (EK)
depicted in: wolf suschitzky, photos, eds. Michael Omas ta, Brigitte Mayr, Ursula Seeber, Synema, Vienna 2006, p 67
"To me, this photograph symbolises Charing Cross Road. At the time, Foyles was the largest bookstore in London. It filled two buildings, a fitting background for this reading gentleman.”
Although these photographs were only published in book form almost 50 years after they had been taken, the Charing-Cross series is quite famous. Himself born into a family of bookdealers and publishers, the artist took these photographs of London’s book district back in the 1930ies… (from the publication cited above)
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Art Photography |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 22.06.2015 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 17.06. - 22.06.2015 |
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