5th Jun, 2024 18:00

OSTLICHT PHOTO AUCTION SPRING 2024

 
  Lot 47
 

HAROLD E. EDGERTON (1903–1990)
Wesley Fesler kicking the football, Boston 1937

Estimate
€2,000 - €2,400
 

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Lot details

Start price: €1.200

Estimate: € 2.000–2.400

English:

Gelatin silver print, printed in 1977 on double-weight semi-matte paper 35,3 x 27,9 cm, in excellent condition. Signed by the photographer and edition numbered "22/60" in pencil, as well as various handwritten numbers, also on a label, on the reverse. LITERATURE Foto-Entdeckungen 1840-1940, Cologne 1981, p. 211.

Edgerton's flash photograph focuses the right leg of American football and baseball player Wesley Eugene Fesler (1908–1989), as he is just taking a shot. The impressive motif in a high quality print stems from the portfolio "Seeing the Unseen: Twelve Photographs by Harold Edgerton, 1934-73", which was edited and produced by Gus Kayafas with the supervision of the artist in 1977.

Deutsch:

Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet 1977 auf kartonstarkem halbmattem Papier 35,3 x 27,9 cm, in ausgezeichnetem Zustand. Rückseitig vom Fotografen mit Bleistift signiert und Editionsvermerk "22/60" sowie diverse handschriftliche Nummerierungen, ebenso auf einem Aufkleber. LITERATUR Fotoentdeckungen 1840-1940, Köln 1981, S. 211.

Edgertons Blitzlichtaufnahme fokussiert auf das rechte Bein des amerikanischen Football- und Baseball-Spielers Wesley Eugene Fesler (1908–1989) beim Schuss. Das eindrucksvolle Motiv in einem hochwertigen Print stammt aus dem Portfolio "Seeing the Unseen: Zwölf Fotografien von Harold Edgerton, 1934-73", das 1977 von Gus Kayafas unter der Aufsicht des Künstlers herausgegeben und produziert wurde.

Size: 29 x 23,3 cm

 

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

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