May 21, 2015 - Sale 2385

Sale 2385 - Lot 215

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
VISHNIAC, ROMAN (1897-1990)
"Cracow" (two men in snow). Silver print, 13 1/2x9 1/2 inches (34.3x24.1 cm.), with Vishniac's signature and title, in pencil, on mount recto, and his inscription, in ink, on mount verso. 1938; printed 1980s

Additional Details

This print was inscribed by Vishniac to Erwin and Vera Leiser. Erwin Leiser was born in Berlin to Jewish parents. He fled Hitler's Germany and went on to win critical acclaim for his documentary films about the Nazi era.