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Hans Finsler and Sergio Libis; Untitled (Color studies); image 1
Hans Finsler and Sergio Libis; Untitled (Color studies); image 2
Lot 138

Hans Finsler and Sergio Libis
Untitled (Color studies)

4 – 14 December 2020, 13:00 EST
Online, New York

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Hans Finsler and Sergio Libis

Untitled (Color studies), c. 1950
A series of 8 vintage chromogenic prints, each with 'Finsler' credit, numbered consecutively '3A-H' in pencil, Fachklasse für Fotografie Gewerbeschule, Zürich copyright credit stamp and Finsler/ Libis credit label affixed on the verso
each 9 3/4 x 8 1/2in (24.7 x 21.5cm)
sheet each 10 1/2 x 9 1/4in (26.7 x 23.4cm)

Footnotes

Trained as an architect in Stuttgart and Munich, Hans Finsler went on to study art history in Berlin and Munich under the guidance of Heinrich Wölfflin. In 1932 he moved to Zürich, where he taught photography at the Kunstgewerbeschule (KGSZ), the school for applied arts, from 1938 to 1958. Swiss photographer Serge Libiszewski, better known as Sergio Libis, was one of Finsler's pupils. In 1956 Libis moved to Milan where he worked as a commercial photographer, gaining a formidable reputation for his outstandingly creative and innovative advertising campaigns for companies like Pirelli, Olivetti and Giorgio Armani.

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