Industrial Photography
Henkel Factories, Düsseldorf
Los 4213
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1.750€ (US$ 1,882)
Photographer unknown. Henkel Factories, Düsseldorf. Circa 1910. Vintage pigment print. 26 x 37,5 cm. Annotated in pencil on the verso.
A few light handling marks, otherwise a very fine print in good condition.
Portrait of the writer Walter von Molo (1880-1958). 1930. Vintage gelatin silver print. 22,1 x 16 cm. Photographer's/copyright stamps, number stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso.
This portrait of Walter von Molo by Lotte Jacobi is comparable to her portrait of Käthe Kollwitz, which was taken around the same time (1929). Both were members of the Academy of Arts in Berlin (Molo was chairman of the literary section). Until the early 1930s Molo was one of the most popular German authors. During the Third Reich he went into an inner emigration and resigned from all honorary positions. After 1945 he was not able to reestablish his previous success. – Corners bumped, a few rubbed spots, minimal oxidation mirroring in lower edge, otherwise in good condition.
Jagger, Mick
Mick Jagger at recording studio
Los 4216
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750€ (US$ 806)
Mick Jagger at recording studio. 1964. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 23 x 19,6 cm.
Rare early photo showing Mick Jagger in the recording studio. – A few handling marks, otherwise in very good condition.
Photographer unknown. Count Basie Rhythm Section; Count Basie. 1933, 1938, 1945. 4 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each 21 x 25,4 cm. Each with collection/copyright stamps, 2 annotated in pencil and ink on the verso.
Various photos of the famous Count Basie with band members. One image shows Sonny Greer, Johnny Hodges, Count Basie and Al Sears, another shows Freddie Green, Jo Jones, Walter Page and Count Basie and one photo shows Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington. – All prints with minor handling creases, stronger in corners, bumped corners and edges, minor retouching, otherwise in good to very good condition.
Autobahn Munich-Salzburg. 1950s. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Leonar paper. 23,5 x 17,3 cm. Photographer's stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso.
Some handling marks/creases, traces of previous mounting on the verso, otherwise in good condition.
König, Rainer
Hannah Höch's garden house, Heiligensee
Los 4228
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688€ (US$ 739)
Hannah Höch's garden house, Heiligensee. 1978. Vintage gelatin silver print. 30 x 30 cm. Photographer's copyright stamp as well as titled and dated by the photographer in ink on the verso.
Some light handling creases in upper margin, otherwise a fine tonal print in very good condition.
Kollwitz, Käthe
Private photos of Käthe Kollwitz and the plaster model of "Zwei wartende Soldatenfrauen"
Los 4229 [*]
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2.750€ (US$ 2,957)
Private photos of the last year of artist Käthe Kollwitz in Nordhausen (10) and various images of the plaster model of "Zwei wartende Soldatenfrauen". Circa 1944. 30 vintage gelatin silver prints. Various sizes 12 x 9 cm, 23 x 18 cm and 10 x 14 cm (portraits). Some annotated in pencil/ink on the verso, inserted in album slits in contemporary album.
When the bombing of Berlin became increasingly frequent, Käthe Kollwitz followed an invitation of the sculptor Margret Böning to Nordhausen/Thuringia in August 1943. On November 23, the Berlin apartment, in which the artist had lived for 51 years, was destroyed in an air raid. Before that, Margret Böning and Clara Stern managed to bring a large number of her graphic works to Nordhausen. However, many of her early paintings and drawings could not be saved and were almost all destroyed. The photographs in this album were all taken during her short stay in Nordhausen. Among them are various images of her last plaster model "Zwei wartende Soldatenfrauen" (Two waiting soldiers' wives). On one photo Käthe Kollwitz can be seen with Margret Böning, and other pictures show her in conversation with her daughter-in-law Ottilie and her sister Lisbeth Stern. These photographs are among the last made of Käthe Kollwitz and are very rare. She spent her last days at the so-called "Rüdenhof'' in Moritzburg castle, near Dresden.
Als die Bombardierungen Berlins immer mehr zunahmen folgte Käthe Kollwitz im August 1943 einer Einladung der Bilhauerin Margret Böning nach Nordhausen/Thür. Am 23. November wird die Berliner Wohnung bei einem Luftangriff zerstört, in der die Künstlerin 51 Jahre gelebt hatte. Zuvor gelang es Margret Böning und Clara Stern eine größere Anzahl ihrer graphischen Arbeiten nach Nordhausen zu schaffen. Aber besonders die frühen Gemälde und Zeichnungen konnten nicht gerettet werden und wurden fast alle vernichtet. Die Fotografien in diesem Album sind alle während ihres kurzen Aufenthalts in Nordhausen entstanden. Darunter befinden sich verschiedene Ansichten ihres zuletzt entstandenen Gipsmodells "Zwei wartende Soldatenfrauen". Auf einem anderen Foto ist Käthe Kollwitz zu sehen mit Margret Böning und weitere Bilder zeigen sie im Gespräch mit ihrer Schwiegertochter Ottilie oder ihrer Schwester Lisbeth Stern. – Most photos in very good condition.
"Asphalt". Circa 1980. Vintage gelatin silver print. 30 x 38,9 cm. Signed by the photographer in pencil on the verso.
Slightly buckled, otherwise in very good condition.
Laera, Vincenzo
The Fall of Phaeton (Plate II)
Los 4233
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2.250€ (US$ 2,419)
"The Fall of Phaeton - Peter Paul Rubens" (Plate II). 2020. Giclée print on archival Museum Fine Art paper. 90 x 110 cm. Signed, titled, dated and editioned 1/3 by the photographer in pencil and photographer's stamp on the verso. Matted.
Vincenzo Laera began his creative career in the 1980s in the fashion industry of his hometown of Milan. Trained as a hair stylist, he began working as a freelancer for magazines such as Lei and Per Lui early on, and collaborated regularly with South African photographer Koto Bolofo. In the late 1980s, Laera, just 20 years old, became a member of Helmut Newton's team.
In 1989, he moved to New York City. Up until 2005, Laera collaborated on projects with Newton and photographers such as Albert Watson, Irving Penn, Brigitte Lacombe, Deborah Tuberville, Bert Stern, Greg Gorman, and Annie Leibovitz. During this time, Laera began to work on his own photography. In 2006, when he moved to Berlin, he became self-employed as a professional photographer. Laera has worked for magazines like Icon, GQ, Spiegel, InStyle and Kaltblut.
The present work shows the projection of the Peter Paul Rubens painting "The Fall of Phaeton"" (1604/05) on a reclining nude model. – In excellent condition.
"Carlos, Berlin". 2020. Giclée print on archival Museum Fine Art paper. 50 x 70 cm. Signed, titled, dated and editioned 1/10 by the photographer in pencil and photographer's stamp on the verso.
In excellent condition.
Laffont, Jean-Pierre
Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier II
Los 4235
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525€ (US$ 565)
"Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier II". January 23,1974. Large-format gelatin silver print. 38,3 x 51,5 cm. Photographer's blindstamp in lower right corner; photographer's/copyright label, therein numbered 2/30 and signed by photographer in black marker on the verso.
In excellent condition.
Young Bedouine woman. 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print. 23,2 x 28,8 cm. Signed by the photographer in ink in lower left corner, mounted along upper edge to card (some water stains), titled Bedouine in ink below image on the mount, photographer's stamp on mount verso.
Slight mirroring in edges, some moisture stains in lower area, more visible at an angle, otherwise a strong print in good condition.
Structure studies. 1950s. 2 vintage chromogenic prints on Agfa paper. Each circa 39,5 x 29 cm. Each with estate stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso.
A few light handling marks, each with one stronger crease, otherwise in very good condition.
Selected images. 1983-85. 9 vintage gelatin silver prints and 1 photo as title page. Each circa 37 x 27,5 cm.
Matthias Leupold has worked as a freelance photo artist in Berlin since 1985. His main interest has been artistic photography, especially scenic photography. For more than 35 years Leupold has exhibited his staged photographs internationally, participated in exhibitions at the Berlin National Gallery and the Academy of the Arts, and had solo exhibitions at the Bauhaus Dessau as well as the Villa Massimo in Rome. His work is in several public archives, e.g. the Photographic Collection of the Berlinische Galerie and the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. The images in this group represent Leupold's early work and are highly enigmatic. – Traces of previous mounting on the verso, a few with handling marks, otherwise in very good condition.
Lit.: Matthias Leupold. Die Vergangenheit hat erst begonnen. Szenische Photographien 1983-1999. Halle 2003, some illustrated.
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