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Lot 191
Sale 5856 - Photographs & Photobooks
Sep 11, 2019
9:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$238
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Lot Description
GERHARD RIEBICKE, ETC. (GERMAN, 1878-1957) 13 PHOTOS OF NUDES IN OUTDOOR SETTINGS
Ca. 1928. Six images by Riebecke, two by Dr. Bruno Wolf, and five unknown. With various printed codes and blank address lines on versos. Postcard-format gelatin silver prints.
Image: approximately 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (13.3 x 8.3cm) each.
Sheet: approximately 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 (14 x 9cm) each.
Gerhard Riebecke is best known for his romantic images of graceful and athletic nudes. Under the Nazi regime he focused on sports photography but was still eventually censored.