21st Nov, 2025 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025

 
  Lot 69
 

ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912–1994)
Résistance members throwing Molotov cocktails, Paris 1944

Estimate
€2,000 - €2,400
 

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Lot details

Start price: € 1,200

Estimate: € 2,000–2,400

English:

Vintage silver print on double-weight glossy Agfa-Brovira paper, in good condition. Photographer's copyright stamp and "Alliance photo" agency stamp in red ink, number stamp "V365" and handwritten note "Mlles Dubois" and "Août 44, Bataille a la Prefecture de Police. Lancement d'une bouteille (...)" in pencil on the reverse.

Under the title "Cocktail molotov, rue du Petit Pont", the collection at the Centre Pompidou houses a print of this famous motif. It shows two members of the Résistance in August 1944 throwing Molotov cocktails out of a window of the Prefecture of Police building in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, with the west façade of Notre-Dame visible.

Deutsch:

Vintage-Silbergelatineabzug auf kartonstarkem glänzendem Agfa-Brovira-Papier, in gutem Zustand. Rückseitig Fotografen-Copyrightstempel und "Alliance photo" Agenturstempel mit roter Tinte, Nummernstempel "V365" und handschriftliche Vermerke "Août 44, Bataille a la Prefecture de Police. Lancement d'une bouteille (...)" und "Mlle Dubois" mit Bleistift.

Unter dem Titel "Cocktail molotov, rue du Petit Pont" beherbergt die Sammlung am Centre Pompidou einen Abzug dieses berühmten Motivs. Es zeigt zwei Mitglieder der Résistance im August 1944, die aus dem Gebäude der Polizeipräfektur im 4. Pariser Arrondissement Molotov-Cocktails aus einem Fenster werfen, wobei die Westfassade der Notre-Dame zu sehen ist.

Image Size: c. 24 x 18 cm

 

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

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