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MARTA HOEPFFNER (1912–2000)
Lot 61

MARTA HOEPFFNER (1912–2000)

Selbstbildnis (Solarisation), 1938

Closed2 October 2019

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MARTA HOEPFFNER (1912–2000)
Selbstbildnis (Solarisation), 1938
vintage solarized gelatin silver print
signed and dated in ink (recto); stamped photographer's copyright credit and titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 14 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (36.1 x 29.5 cm.)

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Hoepffner originally studied painting at the Bauhaus, and then turned her attention to the art of photography instead. She attained a high level of proficiency in both the realm of the photogram, and also, solarisation, as this present work demonstrates.