ALFRED EISENSTAEDT (1898–1995) Adolf Hitler und / and Benito Mussolini, Venice June 1934

Gelatin silver print, printed 1960s 22,7 x 34 cm Signed by the photographer in ink in the margin, his “LIFE PHOTO BY ALFRED EISENSTAEDT” stamp on the reverse, annotated by Eisenstaedt in ink on the reverse: “When Hitler arrived in Venice for his first meeting with Mussolini, the national anthems are played. Between Hitler and Mussolini is German ambassador to Italy Ulrich von Hassell who was later ascended as one of the initiators of the bomb attack to kill Hitler. Right of Mussolini with raised arm and in black Faschist uniform is Italian ambassador Count Cerutti, right of him in rain coat German Foreign Minister Constantin von Neurath” PROVENANCE Eisenstaedt Family Estate