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HANS SAEBENS (1895–1969) Henri Cartier-Bresson, Hamburg 1953

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€3,600
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Product number: AI_14_33426
Starting Price €1,200
Estimate € 2.000 – 2.400
HANS SAEBENS (1895–1969) Henri Cartier-Bresson, Hamburg 1953

4 Gelatin silver printes, printed later each 30 x 20,5 cm Each with the photographer's “HANS SAEBENS ARCHIV WETZLAR” estate stamp on the reverse, each numbered in pencil on the reverse, edition no. 1/2 The series was taken in Hamburg in December 1952 or January 1953, when Cartier-Bresson was working on a reportage about life in West-Germany. Cartier-Bresson is shown with his Leica III camera and a rare 5cm viewfinder prototype. One of the four images was published in Leica-Fotografie (1953, No.1, p. 11-12.). / Die Serie entstand in Hamburg im Dezember 1952 oder Jänner 1953, als Cartier-Bresson an einer Reportage über West-Deutschland arbeitete. Cartier-Bresson ist mit seiner Leica III und einem seltenen 5cm Spiegelsucher-Prototyp portraitiert. Eine der Aufnahmen wurde in Leica-Fotografie (1953, Heft 1, S. 11-12.) veröffentlicht.

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