2nd Oct, 2020 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2020

 
  Lot 66
 

JEWGENI CHALDEJ (1917–1997)
Above Sevastopol, 1944

Unsold

Lot details

Estimate: € 1.400-1.600

Gelatin silver print, printed 1980s

21,4 x 28,9 cm

Signed by the photographer in pencil on the reverse

A unit of Soviet fighters (Jak–9) during a mission over Sevastopol (photographed from a “Boston” bomber of American origin), May 8, 1944, one day before the city was retaken by the Red Army.

Start price: €700