Franz Hubmann’s Vienna, signed by the photographer.

Texts by Heimito von Doderer, Helmut Qualtinger, Friedrich Torberg, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Herbert Eisenreich and Hans Weigel.

HUBMANN, Franz (1914-2007). Wien. Vorstadt Europas. Texts by Heimito von Doderer, Herbert Eisenreich, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Helmut Qualtinger, Friedrich Torberg and Hans Weigel. Zürich: Artemis, 1963.

4to. 128 photographic illustrations by Hubmann. Original photographic boards (light rubbing and soiling; a small tear to one text leaf). First edition. SIGNED BY HUBMANN on the title-page.

Notes

Hubmann’s Vienna of streets, cafés and back rooms, paired with short texts by six of the city’s leading writers. In 1954 Hubmann founded the magazine magnum with Karl Pawek, and his photographs of the Café Hawelka circle made his name. He received the Austrian State Prize for artistic photography in 1994.

Light rubbing and soiling to boards, a small tear to one text leaf. Very good.

Provenance

Walter Derka (bookplate).

References

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, IDN 979528844.

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