No. 97908191

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Unknown - He Lived for Others But Died for Us Dissection Photograph
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Unknown - He Lived for Others But Died for Us Dissection Photograph

This item ships from the EU An interesting and unusual medical/dissection photograph claiming that the corpse "Lived for Others but died for us" There is a history of humor and dissection photography, recently outlined in Brandon Zimmerman's book Dissection Photography: Cadavers, Abjection, and the Formation of Identity (Death and Culture), published in 2024. The print is vintage to circa 1920/5 It appears to have uneven edge trims. It was possibly l; laid down in an album

No. 97908191

No longer available
Unknown - He Lived for Others But Died for Us Dissection Photograph

Unknown - He Lived for Others But Died for Us Dissection Photograph

This item ships from the EU

An interesting and unusual medical/dissection photograph claiming that the corpse "Lived for Others but died for us"

There is a history of humor and dissection photography, recently outlined in Brandon Zimmerman's book Dissection Photography: Cadavers, Abjection, and the Formation of Identity (Death and Culture), published in 2024.

The print is vintage to circa 1920/5

It appears to have uneven edge trims. It was possibly l; laid down in an album

Bidding closed
Volker Riepenhausen
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Estimate  € 150 - € 200

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