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Tuesday 23 April 2024, 03:00 PM • Milan

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Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden

(1856 - 1931)

Untitled, 1912

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€ 1.000 - 1.500

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€ 1.161

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Salt print
cm 29,5 x 38,6 (cm 27,4 x 36,7 picture) | 11.6 x 15.2 in. (10.7 x 14.4 in. picture)
Dated in black ink on the image with photographer's credit stamp on the verso
The eccentric German baron Wilhelm von Gloeden, who had moved to Taormina, reveals in his photographs not only the taste for classicism but also a refined culture. His famous 'Caino' is, in fact, a homage to Hyppolite Flandrin's painting made in 1836 and exhibited in the Louvre.