21st Nov, 2025 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025

 
  Lot 50
 

ALFRED EISENSTAEDT (1898–1995)
Cotton Sharecroppers, Scott, Mississippi 1936

Estimate
€2,000 - €2,400
 

Buyer's premium: 20%

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Lot details

Start price: € 1,200

Estimate: € 2,000–2,400

English:

Gelatin silver print, printed in 1990 on double-weight semi-matte paper 28 x 35.3 cm, in very good condition. Signed "Eisenstaedt" in the lower right margin in black ink, also signed and annotated "Children of the Lonnie Fair family working in cotton fields, Scott, Miss., 1936" as well as handwritten printing and copyright notations "Print made in Time Inc. Lab 1990, Time Warner Inc. all rights reserved" in pencil on the reverse.

Deutsch:

Silbergelatineprint, geprintet 1990 auf kartonstarkem, halbmattem Papier 28 x 35,3 cm, in sehr gutem Zustand. Im unteren Rand rechts signiert "Eisenstaedt" mit schwarzer Tinte, rückseitig mit Bleistift beschriftet "Children of the Lonnie Fair family working in cotton fields, Scott, Miss., 1936" und signiert sowie handschriftliche Vermerke zu Copyright und Abzug "Print made in Time Inc. Lab 1990, Time Warner Inc. all rights reserved" mit Bleistift.

Image Size: 17.9 x 29.8 cm

 

Auction: OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025, 21st Nov, 2025

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