Lot 4305: Renger-Patzsch, Albert: Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove)

"Digitalis purpurea" (Foxglove). Circa 1922/23. Vintage warm-toned gelatin silver print. 23 x 15,5 cm. Photographer's Renger-Patzsch, D.W.B., Fotografie, Bad-Harzburg stamp, reproduction limitation stamp as well as annotated Fingerhut in pencil on the verso.
The following four lots with photographs by Albert Renger-Patzsch, as well as the photographs by Hildegard Heise (lots 4224 - 4227) are from the estate of the Lübeck collector and lawyer Dr. Fritz von Borries (1892 - 1975), who was acquainted with Renger-Patzsch through Hildegard and Prof. Dr. Carl Georg Heise. - A few minimal retouched spots, minimal oxidation mirroring in edges, otherwise a rich tonal print in near excellent condition.
Lit.: Ann and Jürgen Wilde/Thomas Weski. Albert Renger-Patzsch. Meisterwerke. Munich 1997, ill. plate 13.