ERNST HAAS (1921–1986) Lot n° 43

ERNST HAAS (1921-1986) | Homecoming war prisoner, Vienna 1947 Image Size: 27 x 20 cm English: Vintage silver print on double-weight glossy Agfa Brovira paper, multiple signs of wear. With two stamps of the magazine "Heute" with handwritten notes on the copies "#90" and "#135" and numerous handwritten notes by the editors in pencil on the reverse. LITERATURE Ernst Haas, "And the Women are Waiting ... The history of every war is written with tears", Heute, August 3, 1949, p. 21 (first publication). This unique vintage print with several signs of use served as the master copy for the first publication of Ernst Haas most famous photograph, printed by Haas himself. German: Vintage silver gelatin print on glossy "double-weight" Agfa-Brovira paper, several signs of use. Double stamp of the magazine "Heute" on the reverse with handwritten notation of issues "#90" and "#135" and multiple notes of the picture editor in pencil. LITERATURE Ernst Haas, "And the Women Wait ... The history of every war is written in tears," Today, August 3, 1949, p. 21 (first publication). This unique large-format vintage print with various signs of use served as the artwork for the first publication of probably the most famous photograph by Ernst Hass, printed by the photographer himself.