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Condition Report: In good condition. Glossy, rather thin paper. Blacklight tested, no fluorescence. With minor handling marks. Upper right corner area with some horizontal crease marks, one of which is approx. 10 cm long. Occasional further smaller creases and handling marks. Upper left (sky), a small faint pressure mark due to handwriting on the reverse. Surface in raking light with minimal, barely noticeable finger spots and rubbing marks. Some remnants of adhesive tape on the verso, resulting in two barely noticeable minimal discolorations at the lower margin on the front

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Werner Bischof: Japan. Zürich 1953, ill. 11 (there caption: Nach morgendlicher Andacht kehren Shintopriester durch den verschneiten Innenhof des Meiji-Schreins zurück.) / exh. cat.: Werner Bischof. Das fotografische Werk. Zürich, Kunstgewerbemuseum, 1957, p. 32-33 / Marco Bischof (ed.): Werner Bischof. Leben und Werk. Bern 1990, p. 162-163 / Marco Bischof und Tania Samara Kuhn (ed.): Werner Bischof. Standpunkt. Fotografien, Zeichnungen und Texte von Werner Bischof. Zürich 2016, unpaginated (there contact sheet)

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1315 Werner Bischof

Zurich 1916 – 1954 Trujillo, Peru

Shinto priests in the courtyard of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan. 1952

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 19,3 × 24,1 cm (20,7 × 25,4 cm) (7 ⅝ × 9 ½ in. (8 ⅛ × 10 in.)). Photographer's and agency stamp on the reverse: "WERNER BISCHOF, MAGNUM PHOTOS INC,15 West 47th Street, New York 19, N. Y." as well as further agency stamp: "MAGNUM PHOTOS INC, 15 WEST 47th STREET, NEW YORK 36, N.Y.". Paper strip mounted with the photographer's name, date of the exposure and title information in typewritten script. Inscribed and numbered by different hands in blue ballpoint pen and pencil. [2033]

EUR 3,000

- 5,000

Sold for:

4,572 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction 748

Sunday, December 15th 2024, 6:00 PM

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