Lot 4228: [ Photographs ]

Lympasik, Siegmund Anhalter Bahnhof, Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof, Berlin; Bulldozer tracks in the sand on the ruins of Anhalter Bahnhof, Berlin. 1961. 2 vintage gelatin silver prints on Agfa-Brovira paper. 23,7 x 23,5 cm and 23,7 x 29,7 cm. Each annotated by the photographer in ink/pencil on the verso. As of 1938 Siegmund Lympasik attended the College for Visual Arts in Berlin Charlottenburg. After returning from war imprisonment in 1947, he attended the Berliner Akademie and in 1951 received the art award from the city of Berlin. Although primarily a painter, Lympasik also employed collage techniques in his work, using photos he had taken on trips, or in Berlin. The photos offered here and in the following lot demonstrate his keen eye for composition and talent as a photographer. - Slight curling, a few surface smudges, only visible at an angle, otherwise fine tonal prints in very good condition.