PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF WINSTON CHURCHILL AND STEFAN LORANT, BY KURT HUTTON [noted German photographer; born Kurt Hubschmann]

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Vintage silver print photograph of Winston Churchill and Stefan Lorant, by Kurt Hutton. 9- 3/4 by 7- 1/4 inches. Kurt Hutton, born Kurt Hübschmann (1893-1960), was a German-born photographer who pioneered photojournalism in England. Stefan Lorant (1901-1997) was a pioneering Hungarian-American filmmaker, photojournalist, and author The full-length photograph depicts Winston Churchill and Stefan Lorant (editor of the 'Picture Post'), outside Churchill's Chartwell, Kent estate, standing side-by-side (with Churchill's country home visible in the background). Winston Churchill is dressed in a dark-colored, double-breasted overcoat, and dark-colored fedora, with a cane in his right hand. Stefan Lorant (who is standing adjacent Churchill) is dressed in a dark-colored three-piece suit, and tie, with both hands in his pants pockets. Churchill and Lorant are facing each other; Lorant is smiling, and Churchill is appears to be smirking, with his eyes narrowed. From a series of photographs of Stefan Lorant's meeting with Winston Churchill, taken by Kurt Hutton, at Churchill's country estate, for an article published in a February, 1939 issue of the 'Picture Post' (Stefan Lorant was editor at the time)[. From the estate of Stefan Lorant, with his later rubberstamp on verso: "Stefan Lorant's Collection," and with Lorant's annotations (in blue and black ink): "1939 February Chartwell, Kent. 1939 original vintage enlargement. S. L." The photograph has a few tiny spots of very light wear at extremities, else near fine, with the image is crisp, with sharp focus, and excellent contrast The photograph has a few tiny spots of very light wear at extremities, else near fine, with the image is crisp, with sharp focus, and excellent contrast Vintage silver print photograph of Winston Churchill and Stefan Lorant, by Kurt Hutton. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 334970

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