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Renger-Patzsch, Albert
(1897-1966)Mantelpavian

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
Auktionsdatum 7.12.2022

"Mantelpavian". Before 1928. Vintage gelatin silver print on chamois paper. 21 x 17,1 cm. Photographer's RENGER-FOTO D.W.B. stamp, reproduction limitation stamp and number T131 in pencil on the verso.

An iconic photograph within Albert Renger-Patzsch's oeuvre, this image was published in the seminal photography book Die Welt ist schön in 1928 and Das Deutsche Lichtbild in 1930. – Slightly rubbed spot and small retouched spot in lower left area near edge, some spots of silver mirroring around edges, otherwise a fine tonal print in very good condition.

Lit.: Albert Renger-Patzsch, Die Welt ist schön, Munich 1928, ill. plate 21.
Das Deutsche Lichtbild, Jahresschau1930, Berlin, ill. p. 77.
Bernd Stiegler/Ann and Jürgen Wilde (eds.). Albert Renger-Patzsch. Die Freude am Gegenstand. Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Photographie, Munich 2010, ill. p. 22.