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204 Otto Steinert (1915%u20131978) %u2014 Schlammweiher 2 %u20ac 3.200c.1953, condition B/A %u20ac 4.000 %u2013 5.000Vintage silver print, mounted on original exhibition cardboard 39,5 %u00d7 29,3 cm With the photographer%u2019s early studio stamp %u2018Foto + Copyright/ DR. STEINERT KEPLERSTR. 3 / SAARBR%u00dcCKEN%u2019 on the reverse. This print was part of the exhibition %u2018Otto Steinert and his students%u2019 at the Museumof Modern Art of S%u00e3o Paulo in 1955.PROVENANCE Acquired by the present owner from the archives of the FCCB (Foto Cine Club Bandeirante). OttoSteinert was a central figure of German post-war photography and the founder of %u2018Subjektive Fotografie%u2019. Workingextensively with Leica cameras, he understood photographyas a field of visual experimentation, exploring abstraction,unusual perspectives and the creative possibilities of the medium. As a professor at the Folkwang School in Essen,he influenced generations of photographers.