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FERDINAND SCHMUTZER (1870–1928)
Portfolio, Portraits 1899-1927
15 Gelatin silver prints, printed in 2001 from the original glass negatives, double-weight
semi-matte paper
Edition no. 35/45, portfolio includes a Certif cate of authenticity, each print with the
photographer’s estate stamp and a handwritten number on the reverse
1. Physicist Albert Einstein, January 1921
2. Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, 1926
3. German emperor Wilhelm II., 1912
4. Emperor of Austria & King of Hungary, Karl I., 1917
5. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, 1914
6. Poet and author Arthur Schnitzler, 1912
7. Composer and conductor Richard Strauss, 1922*
8. Cellist Pablo Casals, 1914*
9. Composer and violinist Fritz Kreisler, c. 1915*
10. Author Felix Salten, c. 1915*
11. Viennese painter Rudolf von Alt, 1899*
12. Chamber singer Leo Slezak, 1927*
13. Sculptor Ferdinand Schmutzer (the artist’s father)*
14. Patron of the arts Karl Wittgenstein, 1908*
15. Self-portrait, c. 1918*
sizes between 18 × 13 and 24 × 18 cm (7× 5 inch and 9.5 × 7 inch)
(larger prints asterisked *)
€ 4.000 / € 7.000 – 9.000

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