16th Nov, 2024 20:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2024 at Fotografiska Shanghai

 
Lot 68
 

HIROJI KUBOTA (*1939) | Mass rally in honour of Kim Il-sung, Pyöngyang, North-Korea 1982
久保田博二 (*1939) | 金日成纪念群众集会,平壤,朝鲜,1982年

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Lot details

Start price: € 2,400

Estimate: € 4,000–5,000

Start price: RMB 18,000

Estimate: RMB 30,000–38,000

Size: 37.2 x 56 cm

Dye transfer print, printed in 1994 on double-weight semi-matte paper 47.9 x 57.9 cm, in excellent condition. Signed by the photographer in ink in the margin, also signed and titled in pencil on the reverse. LITERATURE Hiroji Kubota, Photographer, New York 2015, p. 406f.

Japanese Magnum member Hiroji Kubota was one of a few photojournalists to be given the opportunity to work repeatedly in North Korea from the late 1970s onwards, when the nation was under the rule of Kim Il-Sung. The photograph on offer shows celebrations for Kim Il-Sung's birthday at the stadium named after him, which seats more than a hundred thousand people.

染料转印照片,1994年印制在双重重量半哑光纸上,47.9 x 57.9 厘米,品相极佳。摄影师在边缘用墨水签名,背面也用铅笔签名并题名。文献:Hiroji Kubota, Photographer, New York 2015, p. 406f。日本马格南成员久保田博二是少数几位从20世纪70年代末开始多次有机会在金日成统治下的朝鲜工作过的摄影记者之一。所提供的照片展示了在以金日成命名的体育场举行的金日成生日庆典,该体育场可容纳十万多人。