Elsa Thiemann
1940s
Carneval mask or - sliced onion

Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped, on ivory paper
16.7 x 17.7 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
5 December 2018, Photography, Auction: 112, Lot: 4347
 
In the 1930s-40s Elsa Thiemann made detail studies of various everyday objects which were also published in magazines as "Rätselbilder" (mystery images). This and the following two lots are from that series.
 
LL/85396