5th Jun, 2024 18:00

OSTLICHT PHOTO AUCTION SPRING 2024

 
  Lot 37
 

LENI RIEFENSTAHL (1902–2003)
Marjorie Gestring, Olympic winner in artistic diving, Berlin 1936

Estimate
€1,800 - €2,400
 

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Lot details

Start price: €1.200

Estimate: € 1.800–2.400

English:

Vintage silver print on double-weight glossy paper 30 x 24,3 cm, in very good condition. Numbered "353" in the lower negative. LITERATURE Leni Riefenstahl, Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf, Deutscher Verlag Berlin 1937, p. 220 (titled "Thirteen years old Gestring, USA, winner of the spring-board diving"); Leni Riefenstahl, Olympia, Cologne 2002, cover.

Although the photograph shows signs of wear at the edges, the printed image has an exceptionally good quality with high-contrast detail.

* Fully Taxed

Deutsch:

Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet 1982 auf kartonstarkem glänzendem Papier 30 x 24,3 cm, in sehr gutem Zustand. Nummer "353" im Bild unten einbelichtet. LITERATUR Leni Riefenstahl, Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf, Deutscher Verlag Berlin 1937, S. 220 (betitelt "Die 13-jährige Gestring, USA, Siegerin im Kunstspringen"); Leni Riefenstahl, Olympia, Cologne 2002, Cover.

Obwohl der Abzug Gebrauchsspuren an den Rändern aufweist, zeigt das geprintete Bild eine außergewöhnlich gute Printqualität mit kontrastreicher Durchzeichnung.

* Vollbesteuert

Size: 28,5 x 22,7 cm

 

Auction: OSTLICHT PHOTO AUCTION SPRING 2024, 5th Jun, 2024

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