ERICH LESSING (1923–2018) Lot n° 47

ERICH LESSING (1923-2018) | Damaged editorial offices of 'Szabad Nép', Budapest, October 1956 Image Size: 18,2 x 27,5 cm English: Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1980s on double-weight semi-matte paper 21,7 x 28,4 cm, in excellent condition. Signed and dated in pencil, photographer's "Magnum" copyright stamp, handwritten negative no. "56-9-16/28" in ink and pencil, "Magnum Photo Library Print New York" stamp, "Erich Lessing Archive Vienna" stamp and several annotations and numbers in pencil on the reverse. LITERATURE Hungary 1956. told in pictures by Erich Lessing and texts by Michael Gehler, Innsbruck 2015, p. 110f. "In front of the damaged offices of the magazine 'Szabad Nép' (Free People), the most important daily newspaper of the Communist Workers' Party. The word 'Szabad' was partly torn down so that only 'Nép' (People) could be read." (Caption in the cited literature) German: Silver gelatin print, printed in the 1980s on semi-matte "double weight" paper 21.7 x 28.4 cm, in excellent condition. Signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, "Magnum" photographer copyright stamp, handwritten negative number "56-9-16/28" in ink and in pencil, "Magnum Photo Library Print New York" and "Erich Lessing Archive Vienna" stamp, and other inscriptions and numbering in pencil. LITERATURE Hungary 1956. told in pictures by Erich Lessing and texts by Michael Gehler, Innsbruck 2015, p. 110f. "In front of the damaged offices of the magazine 'Szabad Nép' (Free People), the main daily newspaper of the Communist Workers' Party. The word 'Szabad' was partly torn down, so that only 'Nép' (People) could be read." (caption in cited literature)