Lightning. 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print on doubleweight Agfa-Brovira paper. 22,5 x 17,2 cm.
Edges slightly curled, otherwise in very good condition.
Photographer: Heinrich Opitz. The new Bauhaus school in Dessau. 1926/printed 1997. Gelatin silver print. 13 x 17,5 cm (30 x 22 cm). Museum für Kunsthandwerk Leipzig edition stamp on the verso. From an edition of 50.
Slight buckling in edges, otherwise in excellent condition.
Architecture
Karstadt department store, Hermannplatz, Berlin
Los 4104
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397€ (US$ 427)
Photographer: Paul W. John. Karstadt department store, Hermannplatz, Berlin. 1927-29. Vintage gelatin silver print. 15,7 x 11,5 cm. Photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso.
The German architect Philipp Schaefer built the Karstadt department store between 1927-1929, opening it to the public in 1929. His most famous building, it was considered modern and novel in part due to its direct connection to the subway station below. Surprisingly this large department store was barely damaged during WWII. It was, however, demolished by the NS in 1945 so the Soviet troops would not be able to plunder its food supplies. – One small indentation spot in lower left, otherwise in excellent condition.
Photographer: Sasha Stone (1895-1940). Front side of the German Pavilion at the World's Fair in Barcelona, designed by Mies van der Rohe. 1929. Vintage gelatin silver print. 15,5 x 22,8 cm. Berliner Bild Bericht agency stamp on the verso, mounted along upper edge to black paper.
Vitra Design Museum (ed.). Mies van der Rohe. Möbel und Bauten in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno (exhibition catalogue). Weil am Rhein 1998. – A rare documentation of the extremely modern, streamlined design by Mies van der Rohe of the German Pavilion for the World's Fair in Barcelona 1929. The structure was van der Rohe's first major work which was unfortunately torn down after the exhibition. – Some light surface rubbing, a few indentation marks, some handling marks, otherwise in good condition.
Architecture, German
The architects Eckart Muthesius, Ludwig Ruff, Emil Fahrenkamp, Mies van der Rohe and Sep Ruf in Brussels
Los 4107
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620€ (US$ 667)
Photographer unknown. The architects Eckart Muthesius, Ludwig Ruff, Emil Fahrenkamp, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Sep Ruf in Brussels. Circa 1934. 4 vintage gelatin silver prints on carte postale. Each circa 9 x 14 cm.
Reto Niggl. Eckart Muthesius. The Maharaja's Palace in Indore. Architecture and Interior 1930, Stuttgart 1996, ill. p. 152. – The images show the architects Eckart Muthesius, Ludwig Ruff, Emil Fahrenkamp, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Sep Ruf who took part in a competition for designing the German Pavilion at the Brussels International Exposition in 1935. Two images show them at a cafe in Brussels and the other two viewing the construction site. Hitler did not approve any of the designs as they did not satisfy his wish for grand monumentality to represent the National Socialist worldview. As a result Germany did not participate in the Fair. – Corners slightly bumped, two with slight oxidation mirroring, otherwise in good condition. – Two enlargement prints from the same series in cafe. Circa 1934/printed 1950s. 2 gelatin silver prints. 13 x 18 cm. 1 annotated in red ink and pencil on the verso. - Some handling creases, corners bumped with creases.
Provenienz: Eckart Muthesius Archive
Baur, Max
Stadtschloß Potsdam with Lange Brücke
Los 4112 [*]
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620€ (US$ 667)
Stadtschloß Potsdam with Lange Brücke; Stadtschloß Potsdam. 1945/1930s. 2 vintage large-format gelatin silver prints on doubleweight paper. Each circa 29,8 x 39,9 cm. Each with photographer's/copyright stamp and annotated in ink on the verso.
Jutta Götzmann/Judith Granzow/Anja Tack (eds.). Potsdam, ein Paradies für meine Kamera. Max Baur. Fotografie. Berlin 2018.Corners minimally bumped, edges slightly curled, otherwise fine tonal prints in very good condition.
Maguerite and grass. 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print on doubleweight ivory paper. 29,8 x 21,8 cm. Photographer's stamp on the verso.
Light brown spot in upper right, otherwise a fine warm-toned print in very good condition.
Bellon, Denise
Selected images: "Les plus belles rue de Paris"
Los 4114
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372€ (US$ 400)
Selected images: "Les plus belles rue de Paris". 1938/printed 2006. 6 gelatin silver prints. Each circa 20 x 18,5 cm (30,2 x 23,7 cm). Each with printed Griffelkunst edition text on the verso, in original half-canvas folder with illustrated text brochure.
In excellent condition.
Album with views of postwar Berlin. 1947-49. 87 vintage contact gelatin silver prints. Each 5,5 x 8,5 cm. Mounted in photo corners to album pages, bound in contemporary carved wooden album with chord binding.
The album contains many images of damaged monuments and buildings after World War II in Berlin from 1947 up to the first elections in 1949. – Photos in very good condition.
Photographer: Usa Borchert. Selected views of postwar Berlin. Circa 1949. 10 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on Agfa-Brovira paper. Each circa 24 x 18 cm. 7 with photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso.
The images show postwar Berlin with its many ruins, Trümmerfrauen and includes two self-portraits. Usa Borchert was the wife of Eric Borchert, the star photographer at the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung. He published the standard book on war photography under the National Socialists titled "Entscheidende Stunden. Mit der Kamera am Feind" in 1941, but he fell shortly later in North Africa in Tobruk in 1942. – Some corners bumped, some with creases, one with tear, otherwise in good to very good condition.
Berlin
Dramatic scenes during Oct. 25-28, 1961
Los 4117
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1.054€ (US$ 1,133)
Photographer unknown. Dramatic events during Oct. 25-28,1961, Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin. 13 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 18 x 24 cm.
These images show various scenes around Checkpoint Charlie during and after the dramatic events between Oct. 25-28, 1961 when American and Russian tanks threatened each other. The photographs come from an East Berlin archive of former GDR border troops and were taken from the East side. – Curled in edges, some with light handling marks, otherwise in good condition.
Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts Jerusalem
Images of the Bezalel School, Jerusalem
Los 4118
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372€ (US$ 400)
Photographer unknown. Images of the Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts, Jerusalem. 1920s. 4 vintage gelatin silver prints. 12 x 17 cm. Each annotated in pencil on the verso.
A small group of very rare images of the early times of the Bezalel School founded by Boris Schatz (1866-1932) in 1906. One image shows the Boris Schatz Gallery with many of his works, which he donated to the school. Other images show the drawing room and other studios with students, and the sculptural studio with the teacher Boris Schatz and his students. – Slight oxidation mirroring in edges, otherwise in good condition.
Blossfeldt, Karl
Pflanzenformen (Plant studies)
Los 4119
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496€ (US$ 533)
Pflanzenformen (Plant studies). 1930s/printed 2010 from the original negatives. 6 gelatin silver prints. Each circa 24,8 x 18,8 cm (30,5 x 24 cm). Each with Griffelkunst edition text printed on the verso, in original half-canvas portfolio with text brochure.
One print with minor handling mark in edge, otherwise in excellent condition.
Brassaï
Streetwalker near the Place d'Italie, Paris
Los 4120
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4.464€ (US$ 4,800)
Streetwalker near the Place d'Italie, Paris. 1932/printed 1950s by Brassai. Large-format exhibition gelatin silver print. 48 x 35 cm. Mounted to fiberboard; Das menschliche Antlitz Europas exhibition label on mount verso.
This print was made by Brassai himself for the exhibition "Das menschliche Antlitz Europas", which was conceived as a counterpart to the "Family of Man" exhibition curated by Edward Steichen. It opened in November 1959, at the Münchener Stadtmuseum. It included major photographers such as Edward Steichen, Cartier-Bresson and Brassai. The curator of the exhibition had received the photograph from Brassai himself, making it, also as an object, a piece of authentic photographic history. – Surface rubbing and stronger scratches, some retouched spots, edge wear with some paper and emulsion and paper loss in corners.
Provenienz: From the photographer to previous owner, to the present owner.
Ausstellung: Das menschliche Antlitz Europas, November 1959, Münchener Stadtmuseum.
"Freie Form". 1951. Vintage gelatin silver print. 28 x 22 cm. Photographer's stamp, address Hofgeismar and exhibition label attached to the verso, mounted in upper corners to board, photographer's stamp, signed and annotated by the photographer in ballpoint pen on mount verso.
A few small spots, otherwise in very good condition.
Budnik, Dan
Jasper Johns, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Los 4125
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2.356€ (US$ 2,533)
"Jasper Johns, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York". 1958/printed 2006-08. Dye transfer print. 56 x 37 cm (60 x 50 cm). Unsigned, with printer's stamp on the verso.
In excellent condition with rich, bright colors.
Rio de Janeiro. 1958. Vintage gelatin silver print. 19,7 x 29,8 cm. Photographer's stamp, number stamp and annotated in ink on the verso.
Corners bumped, a few light handling marks and surface irregularities, otherwise in very good condition.
Tempelhof Airport, Berlin. April 1945/printed 1980s. Matte gelatin silver print. 37,7 x 27,2 cm. Signed by the photographer in pencil on the verso.
Ernst Volland/Heinz Krimmer (eds.). Von Moskau nach Berlin. Bilder des russischen Fotografen Jewgeni Chaldej. Berlin 1999, ill. p. 71.Traces of previous mounting on the verso, some handling marks/creases, slight toning in left edge, otherwise in good condition.
Chargesheimer
Selected images: Street scenes and bar scenes
Los 4130
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682€ (US$ 733)
Selected images: Street and bar scenes. 1957-59/printed 2008. 6 gelatin silver prints. Each circa 23 x 18,5 cm (30,4 x 23,7 cm). Each with printed Griffelkunst edition text on the verso, in original half-canvas folder with illustrated text brochure.
In excellent condition.
Souvenir album of Peking. 1920s. Circa 48 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 8,5 x 14 cm and reverse. Inserted in album board slits, each with typed caption label below the images on the mount, bound in canvas album.
Most photos in very good condition.
Self-Portrait. 1932/printed 1970s. Gelatin silver print. 17,5 x 12,4 cm (29,3 x 20,5 cm). Mounted in corners to board, signed by the photographer in pencil below the image on the mount.
In very good condition.
Photographer: Walde Huth (1923-2011). Leatherwear. Circa 1944. Vintage chromogenic color print on Agfa-Color paper. 24 x 18 cm. Annotated in pencil on the verso.
In 1943 Walde Huth was hired by I.G. Farben AG as a photographer and she took part in some of the early experiments with color film. – In very good condition.
Color Photography
Central Park, New York in winter
Los 4135
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347€ (US$ 373)
Photographer unknown. Central Park, New York in winter. 1948. Vintage color carbro print. 26 x 21 cm (29,8 x 24,5 cm). Flush-mounted to card; annotated in ballpoint pen on the verso.
White margins with traces of glue from mounting, some color matrix overlapping in edges, some surface soiling, otherwise in good condition.
Deutsche Afrika-Linien
Presentation album of ships from the German Africa Shipping Lines
Los 4137
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372€ (US$ 400)
Presentation album of ships from the German Africa Shipping Lines. 1920s-30s. 24 vintage gelatin silver contact prints. Each circa 18 x 24 cm. Mounted to album pages with printed captions in German and English below the images on the mount, bound in paper album (corners worn, traces of use) with chord binding.
An attractive collection of images showing ships of the Woermann-Linie, Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie, Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Afrika Dienst) and Hamburg-Bremer Afrika-Linie. Includes both exterior and interior views of the following steamers: Ubena, Aldoph Woermann, Usambara, Njassa, Tanganjika, Wangoni, Ussukuma and Usaramo. – Some oxidation mirroring in edges, otherwise in very good condition. – Brochure Deutsche-Afrika Linien. A short history of the German Africa Lines Hamburg. Published by Deutsche Afrika-Linien in 1980.
Dietrich, Marlene
Marlene Dietrich with Curt Bois and others at the dance hall of the "Victoria-Garten" Berlin, Wilmersdorf
Los 4138
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806€ (US$ 867)
Photographer: Ultraphon. Marlene Dietrich with Curt Bois and others at the dance hall of the "Victoria-Garten" Berlin, Wilmersdorf Wilhelmsaue 114/115. 1930. 2 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 17,7 x 23,2 cm. Each with agency stamp, annotated in ink/pencil/red crayon and with layout marks on the verso.
A very rare document of the heyday of German entertainment in the early 1930s. It shows Curt Bois together with Marlene Dietrich (1930) during a recording session for the international "Ultraphon" AG in Berlin, Wihelmsaue. The "Ultraphon" AG was liquidated a short time later and taken over by "Telefunken". Marlene Dietrich went to Hollywood at the end of 1930, and Curt Bois took a difficult road to emigration in 1933 via Vienna, London, Zurich, Paris and finally to the USA. With the support of Thomas Mann, he returned to Germany in 1950. – Each with stronger horizontal creases, some oxidation mirroring, one with some painting for publication and tear in upper left corner as well as two small holes from staple.
"Milk Drop Coronet". 1957. Vintage chromogenic print on Kodak paper. 25 x 20,3 cm. EG & G. Inc. (Edgerton, Germeshausen and Grier Inc.) and No. 138265 stamps as well as A Kodak Paper watermark on the verso.
Keith Davis. An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital: The Hallmark Photographic Collection, ill. plate 236 (Milk Drop Coronet, variant). – A scientist and professor of electrical engineering at M.I.T., Harold Edgerton became interested in photography in 1931. He employed a stroboscope to generate extremely brief bursts of light in his photographic studies. These stop-action pictures made it possible to observe movements that were too fast for the human eye to see. In his milk drop images, Edgerton learned that the shape of the coronet was determined by three factors: the size of the drop, the height from which it fell, and the thickness of the film of milk on the surface from a previous drop. These studies are among Edgerton's most iconic images. The present photograph, printed by Edgerton at M.I.T., is a rare early chromogenic print with a glossy surface and saturated colors. – Buckled, small indentation mark in upper right near edge, small light crease near left edge, a few small nicks in edges, otherwise an early dye transfer print with rich, saturated colors and in good condition.
Webb, Mississippi. 1969/printed 1990s. Dye transfer print. 36,5 x 55 cm (45 x 57 cm). Unsigned, with printer's stamp on the verso.
In excellent condition with rich, bright colors.
Jean Paul Sartre. 1950. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper. 23,7 x 17,8 cm. Photographer's/copyright stamp, address Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Kaiser-Platz 1, number stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso.
Airbrush painting and layout marks in white paint for publication on recto, a few small retouched spots, some handling marks/creases, otherwise in good condition.
Essamba, Angèle Etoundi
Le fil conducteur; Profil africain I
Los 4145
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496€ (US$ 533)
"Le fil conducteur"; "Profil africain I". 1998,1986/printed 1999. 2 gelatin silver prints. Each 35 x 35,2 cm (40,5 x 47 cm). Each signed and editioned in ink in lower margin; each titled, signed and editioned 4/20 and 7/20 in pencil on the verso, each matted, signed, titled, dated and editioned by the photographer in pencil on the mat.
Essamba is a Cameroonian photographer who lives and works in Holland. – Corners slightly bumped, otherwise in very good condition.
Photographer: Walker Evans (1903-1975). "Main Street, Greensboro, Alabama". 1936/printed 1970s by the Library of Congress. Ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Kodak paper. 20,5 x 25,3 cm. Number notations in pencil as well as Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress stamp on the verso.
Some handling marks/dents, some stronger in left side, otherwise in very good condition.
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Telefon: +49 30 8938029-0
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