Anonymous - Untitled (Bauhaus Dessau) - image-1

Lot 512 Nα

Anonymous - Untitled (Bauhaus Dessau)

Auction 1189 - overview Cologne
03.12.2021, 14:00 - Photography
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 8.125 € (incl. premium)

Anonymous

Untitled (Bauhaus Dessau)
c. 1929

Vintage gelatin silver print. 23.7 x 17.7 cm. - Slight traces of usage. Matted.

Not unlike Umbo's famous shot "Unheimliche Straße [Uncanny street]" from 1928, the persons captured from a bird's eye view cast long shadows on the paved area in front of the Bauhaus building in Dessau, giving the scene a surreal character.

Provenance

Estate of Xanti Schawinsky; private collection, Switzerland