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Franz Hubmann (1914-2007)
Leopold Hawelka, Café Hawelka, Vienna
1958 (taken) 1990s (print)
Gelatin silver print
33.7 x 27.5 cm
Ostlicht - Gallery for Photography
24th OstLicht Photo Auction – 19.11.2021, Lot: 116
LL/115408
Working on his photo books about Vienna, Hubmann found visual formulas for the city’s myths, narratives and attributes, for example in fading relics of its imperial history or morbid overtones of “Gemütlichkeit” (cosiness) and wine bliss. With his legendary Hawelka photo essay, he set up a lasting monument to the coffee house as a Viennese institution that offered a semi-public home to the narrow circles of cultural life.
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