Lot No. 55


Sasha Stone


Sasha Stone - Photography

(Aleksandr Serge Steinsapir, St. Petersburg 1895-1940 Perpignan)
Tilla Durieux with two Siamese cats, 1920s, vintage gelatin silver print, signed in white ink, 28.3 x 20.8 cm, mounted on original album cardboard, silver mirroring to the margins, with small traces of usage.

Sasha Stone emigrated first to Poland, then to the USA. He later studied sculpture in Paris and Berlin, where he came in contact with the Dadaists. In the late 1920s, he and his wife Cami Stone ran a very successful photography studio. From 1932 onwards, Sasha Stone worked as an industrial and advertising photographer in Brussels. After the German invasion of southern France he tried to flee to Spain, but died of illness in Perpignan in 1940.

Provenance:
Oton Kucera, Croatian astronomer - his heirs from the estate owner to the current owner

Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421

eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at

28.10.2022 - 15:27

Realized price: **
EUR 1,792.-
Estimate:
EUR 1,500.- to EUR 2,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 1,400.-

Sasha Stone


(Aleksandr Serge Steinsapir, St. Petersburg 1895-1940 Perpignan)
Tilla Durieux with two Siamese cats, 1920s, vintage gelatin silver print, signed in white ink, 28.3 x 20.8 cm, mounted on original album cardboard, silver mirroring to the margins, with small traces of usage.

Sasha Stone emigrated first to Poland, then to the USA. He later studied sculpture in Paris and Berlin, where he came in contact with the Dadaists. In the late 1920s, he and his wife Cami Stone ran a very successful photography studio. From 1932 onwards, Sasha Stone worked as an industrial and advertising photographer in Brussels. After the German invasion of southern France he tried to flee to Spain, but died of illness in Perpignan in 1940.

Provenance:
Oton Kucera, Croatian astronomer - his heirs from the estate owner to the current owner

Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421

eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Photography
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 28.10.2022 - 15:27
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: Online


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