Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts

Astronomy
The night sky with Paris horizon
Los 4092

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4.464€ (US$ 4,800)

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Photographer unknown. The night sky with Paris horizon. 1950s. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 15,4 x 23,2 cm. Distributor's/collector's H. Roger Viollet stamp and layout notes/marks in blue/red crayon on the verso.

A few minimal handling marks, otherwise in very good condition.

Axelsson, Ragnar
Greenland - on the Ice, Hunter
Los 4094

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496€ (US$ 533)

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"Greenland - on the Ice, Hunter". 1995. Gelatin silver print. 36,5 x 25 cm (30,5 x 40,3 cm). Signed, titled and dated by the photographer in pencil and edition stamp on the verso.

A fine tonal print in excellent condition.

Auradon, Jean-Marie
Female nude
Los 4095

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434€ (US$ 467)

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Female nude. 1950s. Vintage gelatin silver print. 21 x 33 cm (30 x 40 cm). Mounted to original board, photographer's stamp below image in right corner on the mount.

Jean-Marie Auradon became well known for his large-scale nudes, which he often posed like classical sculptures. He exhibited his work in 1930 and 1936 at the Salon International D'Art Photographique de Paris. He also belonged to the French 'Group XV' which included such well-known photographers as Robert Doisneau and Willy Ronis. The group existed between 1946-1956 and sought to promote French photography by organizing frequent exhibitions while stressing the importance of technique and quality in photographic prints. – Minimal surface scuffing/rubbing, more visible at an angle, otherwise in very good condition.

Barbette
The female impersonator Barbette
Los 4097

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1.860€ (US$ 2,000)

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Photographer: Lucien Walery (1863-1935). The female impersonator Barbette. Circa 1923/24. Vintage toned gelatin silver print on doubleweight chamois paper. 19 x 16 cm. Signed by the photographer in ink in lower left; distributor's stamp and annotated in blue crayon and pencil on the verso.

American-born trapeze artist Vander Clyde, who later called himself Barbette, performed in the circus dressed as a woman, among other things. Later, in the 1920s, he traveled through Europe and had great success especially with his travesty shows. He was friends with many artists and the many famous photographers (e.g. Man Ray, d'Ora Benda, Willinger, Walery and others) portrayed him. – Small crease in lower edge, corners minimally bumped, minimal silver mirroring in edges, only visible at an angle, otherwise a fine tonal print in very good condition.

Baur, Max
Campanula with grass
Los 4099

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310€ (US$ 333)

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Campanula with grass. 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print on doubleweight ivory paper. 29 x 21,3 cm. With overmat, signed by the photographer in pencil.

Slight buckling, otherwise a fine warm-toned print in very good condition.

Bergemann, Sibylle
Self-portrait with models
Los 4100

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1.984€ (US$ 2,133)

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Self-portrait with models. 1990s. Vintage polaroid photo. 9 x 11 cm.

Some surface scratches, more visible at an angle, otherwise in good condition.

Binet, Hélène
Pavillon for the Landesgartenschau "Grün 99", Weil am Rhein
Los 4102

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496€ (US$ 533)

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Pavilion for the Landesgartenschau "Grün 99", Weil am Rhein. 1999. 12 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 30,5 x 24 cm.

Hélène Binet is a Swiss-French photographer based in London. She is also one of the leading architectural photographers in the world. The Pavilion designed by Zaha Hadid for the Landesgartenschau "Grün 99" was her second building in Weil, after the Vitra Fire Station, 1993. It served as an exhibition space during the show. Today the building is occupied by the Trinationales Umweltzentrum (TRUZ). – In very good condition.

Lit.: Hélène Binet/Zaha Hadid/Lars Müller (eds.). Architecture of Zaha Hadid in Photographs by Hélène Binet. Zurich 1999.

Blumenfeld, Erwin
Model and Mannequin
Los 4104

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1.240€ (US$ 1,333)

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"Model and Mannequin". 1945/printed 1984. Dye transfer print. 30 x 26,3 cm (49 x 40,3 cm). Erwin Blumenfeld Estate authorization stamp, therein monogrammed by F.Gundlach in pencil and editioned 12/50 in pencil on the verso.

One of ten images from the portfolio "Blumenfeld Color" published by PPS Galerie F.C. Gundlach, Hamburg 1984. – In excellent condition.

Lit.: Folkwang Museum. Erwin Blumenfeld, Essen 1988, ill. plate 51.

Borodulin, Lev
Diver
Los 4108

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1.240€ (US$ 1,333)

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"Diver". 1960/printed later. Gelatin silver print on doubleweight paper. 21,5 x 19,4 cm (25,3 x 20,8 cm). Signed, titled, dated and annotated in Cyrillic letters by the photographer in pencil as well as collection and Ogonyok archive stamp on the verso.

This image was reproduced on the cover of "Ogonyok" for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. – Small retouched spot in upper left corner a few light pressure marks, otherwise in very good condition.

Burkhard, Balthasar
Mexico City, Los Angeles and Chicago from above
Los 4113

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3.100€ (US$ 3,333)

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Mexico City, Los Angeles and Chicago from above. 1999. 9 gelatin silver prints. 34,5 x 50,5 cm. Each with photographer's stamp on the verso.

The Swiss photographer Balthasar Burkhard mainly worked in black and white and printed his photographs himself, often in huge dimensions, and framed his images in iron frames behind glass. He often worked in cycles. His cityscapes, landscapes or deserts are mostly taken from a bird's-eye-view perspective - photographed from helicopters or atop skyscrapers. He is internationally recognized as an important minimalist artist, with works in several international museums and public collections. An exhibition of his work was recently shown at the Fotomuseum Winterthur and Museum Folkwang in Essen. The majority of images offered here are Mexico City. These smaller formats are unique as Burkhard usually printed these images in very large sizes circa 130 x 250 cm. – Some light buckling in edges, a few with bumped corners, one with crease mark in upper right, otherwise in good condition.

Burkhard, Balthasar
Namibia
Los 4114

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1.054€ (US$ 1,133)

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Namibia. 2000. Gelatin silver print. 34,5 x 50,5 cm. Framed under glass in unique iron artist's frame.

In excellent condition.

Burgdorf, Will
Portrait of a young woman with eyes closed
Los 4115

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3.968€ (US$ 4,267)

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Portrait of a young woman with eyes closed. Early 1930s. Vintage warm-toned gelatin silver print on chamois paper. 28 x 22 cm.

An unusually fine, tonal print in excellent condition.

Callahan, Harry
Acme Sign Shop, Providence
Los 4117

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1.984€ (US$ 2,133)

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"Acme Sign Shop, Providence". 1977/printed 1980-81. Dye transfer print. 22,3 x 34 cm (28,2 x 35,4 cm). Signed by the photographer in pencil in margin lower right; number notations in pencil on the verso.

Harry Callahan was born in Detroit, Michigan and started photographing in 1938. In 1946, he was appointed by László Moholy-Nagy to teach photography at the Institute of Design in Chicago. By the time he retired in 1977, he was teaching at the Rhode Island School of Design. His technical method was to go out almost every morning, walk the city he lived in and take numerous pictures. He then spent almost every afternoon making proof prints of that day's best negatives. He also traveled extensively. Yet, in spite of all his activity, Callahan, by his own estimates, produced no more than half a dozen final images a year. – Some light handling marks in margins, otherwise in very good condition with strong colors.

Callahan, Harry
Cape Cod, Grass
Los 4118

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1.984€ (US$ 2,133)

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Cape Cod, Grass. Circa 1979/printed 1980s. Dye transfer print. 28,5 x 27,5 cm (39 x 35 cm). Unsigned, with printer's stamp and signed by the printer in pencil on the verso.

In very good condition with strong colors.

Charité
Portraits of prominent doctors of the Charité
Los 4121

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347€ (US$ 373)

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Photographer unknown. Album of portraits of prominent doctors of the Charité. 1930s-40s. 20 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 14 x 10 cm. Each mounted in photo corners to album page, each annotated in white ink below the photos on the mount, bound in contemporary green leather album with gilt ornaments and chord binding.

The portraits include: Professor Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Geheimrat Karl Bonhoeffer, Dr. Robert Rössle, Dr. Georg Magnus, Dr. Max De Crinis, Professor Hermann Stieve, Dr. Wilhelm Trendelenburg, Dr. Bessan, Professor Vogel, Dr. Waldeyer, Dr. Bokelmann, Professor Zeiss, Dr. Koch, Dr. van Eycken, Dr. Paul Gohrbandt, Dr. Baetzner and Professor Heubner. Many of these doctors were supporters of or active participants in the N.S. Eugenics or similar activities. – Most in good to very good condition.