Lot 97
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January 17, 2017
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Sale 2436 Lot 97
LENI RIEFENSTAHL (1902-2003) A striking set of 32 dramatic photographs relating to the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. With action shots and posed portraits of several athletes, including American four-time gold medalist Jesse Owens. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 8 5/8x11 3/4 inches (21.9x29.8 cm.), and slightly smaller, and the reverse, most sheets measuring 9 1/2x11 7/8 inches (24.1x30.2 cm.), nearly all with the Tobis Zurich credit, in the negative, and with Riefenstahl's Olympia Fest der Völker credit hand stamp, and her notations, in pencil, on verso. 1936
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000