Feb 19, 2002 - Sale 1925

Sale 1925 - Lot 73

Price Realized: $ 11,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
EISENSTAEDT, ALFRED<>
Opening, La Scala (Milan). Silver print, 11x8 inches, with Eisenstaedt's signature, in ink, on the overmat; framed. 1933; printed early 1940s
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An early and apparently unique print that was gifted by Eisenstaedt to one of his editors at "Life" magazine. In 1944, the photographer's 15th anniversary as a picture journalist was commemorated by "Life" in a multi-page photo essay, in which a full page was devoted to this image. The article noted that "[t]his" interior is an example of one of the most difficult, yet perfectly executed, types of small camera work."<