Lot 4152: Chaldej, Jewgeni: Berlin, May 2, 1945

Berlin, May 2, 1945: The poet Yevgeni Dolmatovski speaking to the troops; The poet Yevgeni Dolmatovski with a trophy. 1945/printed early 1990s. 2 gelatin silver prints. 28,5 x 42,5 cm and 40 x 29,7 cm. First print signed by the photographer in black marker in upper right; annotations in pencil on the verso; second print signed and dated by the photographer in black marker in lower left corner.
First print with stronger handling creases, especially near left edge with cracking to emulsion, second print with a few light handling creases, otherwise in good condition.
Lit.: Ernst Volland/Heinz Krimmer (eds.). Von Moskau nach Berlin. Bilder des russischen Fotografen Jewgeni Chaldej. Berlin 1999, ill. pp. 73 and 76.