C-print on aluminum dibond
Germany/USSR, 1980
Erwin Fieger (1928-2013) – German photographer
Verso titled, dated, signed and inscribed ‘Lenin Plakat Moskau 1980 E. Fieger / 1. Abzug’
From the series ‘Olympic Year 1980 in the USSR’
First print
Dimensions: 150 x 100 cm
Very good condition
Provenance: Estate of the photographer
Impressive photograph by an award winning German photographer

The present photograph, entitled ‘Lenin Propaganda in the Street’ by Erwin Fieger was shot in 1980 and is part of the series titled ‘Olympic Year 1980 in the USSR’ in which the German photographer documented the Olympic Summer Games in Moscow. Here he captured an exterior wall with a larger than life figure of Lenin. In the foreground an unimpressed pedestrian is walking past. From the 1950s onwards Fieger traveled around the world and compiled an extensive oeuvre of photographs, which are now regarded as ‘monuments of color photography’ and some of which were published in books. The present work is a first print from the estate of the photographer.



The photograph is in very good condition. On the back the work is titled, dated, signed and inscribed ‘Lenin Plakat Moskau 1980 E. Fieger / 1. Abzug’ in black felt-tip pen. The dimensions are 150 x 100 cm.



Erwin Fieger (1928-2013)

Erwin Fieger studied from 1951 until 1954 graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. In 1964, he taught as a visiting lecturer at the University of Design in Ulm. He has published several series, for example the ’13 Photo-Essays’, ‘Ganges by Erwin Fieger’, ‘Israel by Erwin Fieger’, ‘Yin and Yang by Erwin Fieger’ and ‘Japan – Sunrise – Islands’. Fieger’s work has been honored multiple times, for example with the Prix Nadar, the Kulturpreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie, the Ehrenpreis des Deutschen Kulturpreises and with various medals of the Art Director Club. In 1970, he supervised the German pavilion at the world fair in Osaka and already in 1969, he became an honorary member of the BFF Bund Freischaffender Foto-Designer.

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