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Siao, Eva
(1911-2001)Portraits of the Dalai Lama, Lhasa

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
Auktionsdatum 5.6.2024

Portraits of the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso), Lhasa. 1959/printed 1995. 2 ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on RC paper. Each circa 20 x 30 cm and reverse. Each signed by the photographer in black felt-tip pen in lower left/right corner; each annotated in ballpoint pen on the verso.

These two portraits show the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) in early 1959 at the age of 24, here still as head of state of Tibet. At 4 pm on March 17, the Chinese People's Liberation Army fired two mortar grenades at Norbulingka Palace, the residence of the Dalai Lama, and he and his entourage had to seriously fear for their lives. Immediately afterwards, they fled to India. Tens of thousands of Tibetans followed their leader's example. – Flecks/lines in the negative, otherwise in very good condition.