Erwin Blumenfeld
Blumenfeld Color
1940s/1950s
Portfolio containing 10 posthumous dye transfer prints, printed 1984. From 29.9 x 20 cm (47 x 38.9 cm) to 32.2 x 25.4 cm (48.4 x 40 cm). Each with photographer's estate stamp, therein monogrammed and editioned by F.C. Gundlach in pencil on the verso. Each matted and together with a cover sheet, thereon editioned in pencil, typewritten notes on the work and a preface by Henry A. Blumenfeld, in original portfolio box. Copy 30 from an edition of 50 (+ 7 A.P.). PPS. Galerie F.C. Gundlach, Hamburg.
Contents:
1. Decolleté. Cover Study, New York, 1950's
2. Distorted Nude. New York, 1950's
3. Model and Mannequin. Cover Study, New York, 1945
4. Broken Mirror. New York early 40's
5. Water Effect. Cover Study, New York, early 50's
6. Study for an Advertising Photograph, New York, 1948
7. Line on Face. New York, between 1947 and 1949
8. Lisette behind Flutet Glass. New York, around 1943
9. Cubistic Purple Nude, New York, 1949
10. Three Times Petersen. Study for a Fashion Page, New York, late 40's
Provenance
Private collection, Northern Germany
Literature
William A. Ewing (ed.), Blumenfeld. A Fetish for Beauty, London 1996, with ill.; Zdenek Felix (ed.). A Clear Vision. Photographic Works from the F.C. Gundlach Collection. exhib.cat. Internationales Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Ostfildern-Ruit 2004, pp.76 with ill.