Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Large Photograph by Barbara Klemm – Jerusalem, 1993

Opening: $400
Unsold
Large, black-and-white photograph of a busker and his partner at Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem, by Barbara Klemm. [Jerusalem, 1993].
The photograph depicts a pair of immigrants from Ukraine, a man playing the saxophone and his partner, at Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem, and beside them an English sign asking for a donation.
On verso of the photograph, the photographer's stamp and a handwritten inscription "Für Aliza, Herzlich, Barbara / Jerusalem, 1993".
Barbara Klemm (born in Münster, Germany, 1939) is a press photographer who worked for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung for more than 40 years and photographed many of the most important events in recent German history. Her most famous photographs include a photograph of the meeting between Willy Brandt and Leonid Brezhnev (Bonn, 1973) and a photograph of Leonid Brezhnev kissing Erich Honecker (1979). In addition to political events, Klemm photographed many moments of everyday life. She was awarded numerous prizes for her work and her photographs were shown in many exhibitions around the world.
40.5X30 cm. Good condition. Several creases.
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