LENI RIEFENSTAHL (1902–2003) Lot n° 36

LENI RIEFENSTAHL (1902-2003) | American gymnasts at the Olympic games, Berlin 1936 Image Size: 21,8 x 28,2 cm English: Vintage silver print on double-weight glossy paper 24,7 x 30,4 cm, in good condition. Image no. "3110/276" in the lower negative. LITERATURE Leni Riefenstahl, Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf, Deutscher Verlag Berlin 1937, p. 182 (titled "American girl gymnasts show their free exercises"); Leni Riefenstahl, Five Lives, Cologne 2000, pl. 110. "Filmed from below, so that the dancers stand out well against the sky and form a clear composition" (caption by Leni Riefenstahl). While the edges of this print show signs of wear, the printed image is in exceptionally good condition. * Fully Taxed German: Vintage silver gelatin print on cardboard-thick glossy paper 24.7 x 30.4 cm, in good condition. Image number "3110/276" imprinted at the lower edge of the image. LITERATURE Leni Riefenstahl, Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf, Deutscher Verlag Berlin 1937, p. 182 (titled "Freiübungen der amerikanischen Turnerinnen"); Leni Riefenstahl, Fünf Leben, Cologne 2000, ill. 110. "Filmed from below, so that the dancers stand out well against the sky and create a clear composition" (caption by Leni Riefenstahl). Although this print shows signs of wear at the edges, the printed image is in an exceptionally good state of preservation. * Fully taxed