Grete Popper (1897-1976)

SUN AND SHADE

(before) 1934
Vintage gelatin silver print on semi-matte paper. 28,6x38,3 cm. Exhibition labels on the verso: "VIII. MIEDZYNARODOWY SALON FOTOGRAFIKI W POLSCE, POZNAŃ 1934", EXHIBITED FIRST CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL SALON of PHOTOGRAPHIC ART, THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF OTTAWA, November 1934", "fotoklub Y.M.C.A. III. MIEDZYNARODOWA WYSTAWA FOTOGRAFIKI W KRAKOWIE, POLSKA, 26. VIII. - 30. IX. 1934", as well as artist`s signature and address, title in German and technique in pencil. Mounted on board 30x39 cm. Marked in ink "K. G. 3. Gruppe", and numbered in green pencil "740" on the verso on the mount. Slightly creased upper corners and edge, tear approximately 1,5x2 cm in left edge, soils from glue in left part, remnants of glue and tape on the verso. Provenance: from the collection of PhDr. Antonín Dufek.