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Leni Riefensthal (1902-2003) Diving from the ten-metre platf…
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Leni Riefensthal (1902-2003) Diving from the ten-metre platf…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
Leni Riefensthal (1902-2003)
Diving from the ten-metre platform. Berlin Olympic Games, 1936.
Vintage silver print.
Image size: 28 x 22 cm
Sheet: 29.8 x 23.7 cm
Bibliography :
Leni Riefenstahl, Schönheit im olympischen Kampf, Berlin, Dt. Verlag, 1937, p. 228.
Taken from the monumental reportage of the Berlin Games, this image illustrates Riefenstahl's obsession with the plasticity of the human body, inseparable from the political project that commissioned it.
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