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Photographers%u2019 Cameras203 Leica IIIc %u2018Otto Steinert%u2019 %u20ac 2.000no. 439122, 1948, condition A/BA/B %u20ac 4.000 %u2013 5.000Leica IIIc used by famous German photographer Dr. OttoSteinert, Saarbr%u00fccken, Germany 12.07.1915 %u2014 Essen, Germany 03.03.1978. Doctor during WWII and self-taught photographer, he is famous for his abstract pictures, photo-montages and photograms, he was also the initiator of the first %u2018Subjektive Fotografie%u2019 exhibition in Darmstadt,Germany (1951). From 1959, he became professor at the Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, Germany. The camera is in almost mint condition, shark skin cover chrome IIIc with %u2018Dr. Steinert Saarbr%u00fccken%u2019 hand engraved on the back, together with Elmar 3.5/5 cm no. 745002 and leather case, Leica archives show that the camera was delivered to Dr. Steinert on 19.10.1948. Included is an original catalogue of the 1971%u20131972 Jacob A. Riis exhibition at Folkwang Museum, Essen, Otto Steinert was the curator, alsoincluded, a hand signed note from Otto Steinert.