Walter Benjamin

Text on the back -WALTER BENJAMIN, PARIS c. 1938 PHOTOGRAPH BY GISELE FREUND GISELE FREUND FOTOFOLIO, BOX 661 CANAL STA. NY, NY 10013 FR1 FOTOFOLIO;Production period - Last quarter of the 20th century;founders, architects, painters etc. - Gisele Freund;Front Period - ca. 1938;Category - Portraits;Description - A portrait of Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin (1892-Berlin till 1940-Spain) with his head leaning on his right hand. Hewas a German Jewish literary critic, philosopher, social critic, translator, radio broadcaster and essayist.[E.B.];Back Description - A divided back. The name of the photographed person and the name of the photographer appear in the top left side. In the bottom left side, together with the publisher's nameand the serial number, appear the name of theowner of the copyrightfortheoriginal photograph . The name of the publisher appears also as the divider.