[Leica] Erwin Blumenfeld in the NYer

Phil Swango pswango at att.net
Wed Sep 17 16:34:12 PDT 2014


Douglas Barry wrote:
>He certainly had  good work with an interesting spin, Phil, but I've never
>noticed his stuff on the art market.


He has listings on both Sotheby and Christie's.  This link shows a 2007
sale of a single photo for almost $40,000.

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/photographs/erwin-blumenfeld-nude-under-wet-silk-paris-4972137-details.aspx

But strangely, Wiki says he has never had a major museum retrospective,
though he hung with the Surrealists and the Dada crowd.  I really enjoy his
work.

Phil Swango
Albuquerque, NM 87108
505-262-4085


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