Lot 825
EVGENY KHALDEI (1917-1997) DECEASED GERMAN FAMILY IN VIENNA 1945.
Two monochrome prints, both signed lower left by the artist c1996, 26.5 x 36 and 29 x 39cm. Printed for the vendor by the artist from the original negative at his modest Moscow apartment.
These two images show the scene one morning outside the Parliament building, Khaldei recorded the traumatic image of Russian soldiers looking at the bodies of A Nazi officer who has just killed his wife and children before turning the gun on himself. Khaldei was one of the most important Red Army Photographers and this image demonstrate his ability to capture the human cost of war and the impact it had on victors and defeated alike. See illustration.
