Lot #261: ERWIN BLUMENFELD - In Hoc Signo Vinces - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Erwin Blumenfeld (German-American, 1897-1969).
Title: "In Hoc Signo Vinces".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1955. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 15 3/4 x 11 13/16 in. (400 x 300 mm). Image size: 11 15/16 x 8 11/16 in. (303 x 221 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $300
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $500/600
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. High-grade archival paper. Wide margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition.
Comment(s): Rare. “Gordon’s” does not locate an auction record for this image. "In hoc signo vinces" is a Latin phrase conventionally translated into English as "In this sign thou shalt conquer". Image © The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld. [25368-3-300-NA]