Lot #420: ERWIN BLUMENFELD - Nude under Wet Silk - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Erwin Blumenfeld (German-American, 1897-1969).
Title: "Nude under Wet Silk".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1937. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 15 3/4 x 11 13/16 in. (400 x 300 mm). Image size: 11 5/8 x 8 11/16 in. (295 x 221 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed very small. High-grade archival paper. Wide margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition.
Comment(s): According to ‘Gordon’s Photography Prices’ the auction record for a silver print of this image is $40,000 realized at Christie's, New York, 4/5/2013, lot #219. Image © The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld. [25369-3-600-NA]