AGUSTIN JIMENEZ - El Director Cinematografico Sergei
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Artist: Agustin Jimenez (Mexican, 1901-1974).
Title: "El Director Cinematografico Sergei Eisenstein y E. Tisse".
Medium: Gelatin silver print.
Date: Composed 1931. Printed later.
Dimensions: Image size: 19 5/8 x 23 7/8 in. (498 x 606 mm).
Lot Note(s): Annotated in ink, verso. Not editioned; a unique print. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Overall good to very good condition. Provenance: Private collection, Oaxaca, Mexico. Comment(s): A highly important and rare photograph. The famous Russian filmmaker Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Latvian-Russian, 1898-1948) travelled in Mexico in 1930/31, filming what came to be two short feature films and a short subject: "Thunder over Mexico," "Eisenstein in Mexico," and "Death Day," all completed and released in the United States between the autumn of 1933 and early 1934. He was accompanied on his Mexican journey by Eduard Kazimirovich Tisse (Latvian-Russian, 1897-1961), the noted Russian cinematographer. While in Mexico, Eisenstein and Augustin Jimenez collaborated on several projects. Image copyright © The Estate of Augustin Jimenez. [24819-5-1600]
Title: "El Director Cinematografico Sergei Eisenstein y E. Tisse".
Medium: Gelatin silver print.
Date: Composed 1931. Printed later.
Dimensions: Image size: 19 5/8 x 23 7/8 in. (498 x 606 mm).
Lot Note(s): Annotated in ink, verso. Not editioned; a unique print. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Overall good to very good condition. Provenance: Private collection, Oaxaca, Mexico. Comment(s): A highly important and rare photograph. The famous Russian filmmaker Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Latvian-Russian, 1898-1948) travelled in Mexico in 1930/31, filming what came to be two short feature films and a short subject: "Thunder over Mexico," "Eisenstein in Mexico," and "Death Day," all completed and released in the United States between the autumn of 1933 and early 1934. He was accompanied on his Mexican journey by Eduard Kazimirovich Tisse (Latvian-Russian, 1897-1961), the noted Russian cinematographer. While in Mexico, Eisenstein and Augustin Jimenez collaborated on several projects. Image copyright © The Estate of Augustin Jimenez. [24819-5-1600]
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AGUSTIN JIMENEZ - El Director Cinematografico Sergei
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