ID 1134245
Lot 120 | RUDOLF KOPPITZ (1884-1936)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
Der Steinwerfer (The Stone-Thrower), 1923
bromoil transfer print
signed in pencil (recto); titled on affixed artist's label in ink, dated and annotated 'original' with artist address and other annotations in pencil and crayon, stamped reproduction limitations in ink, with multiple affixed exhibition labels (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection label (frame backing board)
image: 13 1⁄8 x 11 ½ in. (33.3 x 29.2 cm.)
sheet: 21 7⁄8 x 19 in. (55.5 x 48.2 cm.)
Provenance
Galerie Johannes Faber, Vienna;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013.
Exhibited
Philadelphia, The Photographic Society of Philadelphia.
New York, The Camera Club of New York, March 1930.
Prague, International Photography Salon of the Association of Czechoslovak Amateur Photographer's Clubs
Washington, D. C., Smithsonian Institute, May 1930.
San Francisco, The Gallery of the California Camera Club, July 1930.
Chicago, The Club Rooms at Fort Dearborn Camera Club.
| Artist: | Rudolf Koppitz (1884 - 1936) |
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| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Artist: | Rudolf Koppitz (1884 - 1936) |
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| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | ||
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