McBride, Will
Russische Panzer gegenüber amerikanische in der Friedrichstr.
Los 4245
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1.750€ (US$ 1,823)
"Russische Panzer gegenüber amerikanischen in der Friedrichstr". 1961/printed later. Gelatin silver print. 30 x 45 cm (40,5 x 50,5 cm). Signed, annotated and dated by the photographer in pencil on the verso.
A few light handling marks, small backed tear in left edge, otherwise in very good condition.
Provenance: Directly from the photographer to the present owner.
McBride, Will
Jungs schmeißen mit Wasser, Schule Schloss Salem
Los 4247
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4.000€ (US$ 4,167)
"Jungs schmeißen mit Wasser, Schule Schloss Salem". 1963/printed 1990. Gelatin silver print. 53,5 x 36 cm (60,5 x 50,5 cm). Signed, titled, dated and editioned 12 /12 by the photographer in pencil and collector's stamp on the verso.
In near excellent condition.
Provenance: Directly from the photographer to the present owner
McBride, Will
Beautiful Boy's Back, Positano
Los 4248
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3.750€ (US$ 3,906)
"Beautiful Boy's Back, Positano" (for Twen). 1970/printed later. Large-format Cibachrome print. 60 x 42 cm (71 x 51,5 cm). Signed, titled and dated by the photographer in marker on the verso.
Color photographs by Will McBride are seldom on the art market. In the 1970s, McBride took a series of male nudes in Casoli, Italy as well as many street and everday scenes. – Light handling marks, otherwise with strong colors and in very good condition.
Provenance: Directly from the photographer to the present owner
Lit.: Will McBride. Mein Italien. Munich 2003, ill. p. 24 (inverted image).
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Los 4249 [*]
Ergebnis (inkl. Aufgeld) *
750€ (US$ 781)
Photographer: Hedrich-Blessing (architectural photography studio, 1929 - present). Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Circa 1960. Vintage gelatin silver print. 25 x 20,5 cm. Photographer's stamp, therein negative number on the verso.
Hedrich-Blessing studio was founded in 1929 by Ken Hedrich and Henry Blessing. Hundreds of photographic assistants would learn their craft at the studio. Beginning in the 1950's Hedrich-Blessing Photography became associated with the modernist movement and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Mies collaborated with both Bill Hedrich and Bill Engdahl and the firm's archives contain the most extensive photographic record of Mies' works. With a staff of six photographers, Hedrich Blessing also photographed the works of Albert Kahn, Buckminster Fuller, Minoru Yamasaki, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Harry Weese. – A few handling marks, otherwise in very good condition. With: Typed letter from the office of Mies van der Rohe on his stationery, referring to the signed photograph offered in this lot. - Fold marks.
Miller, Martin H.
Female nude with optic design
Los 4250
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1.125€ (US$ 1,172)
Female nude with optic design. 1960s. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 25 x 19 cm. Annotated in pencil on the verso.
Some surface finger marks more visible at an angle, lower right corner slightly bumped, otherwise in very good condition.
Female nude on couch. 1960s. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 20 x 51 cm. Annotated in pencil on the verso.
Corners/edges bumped, otherwise in very good condition.
Licht-Raum-Modulator. 1930/printed 2005 from the original negative. Gelatin silver print. 40,3 x 30,5 cm (50,5 x 40,5cm). Monogrammed by Hattula Moholy-Nagy in pencil and with Griffelkunst edition text printed on the verso.
This sculpture, which Moholy-Nagy made of metal and glass pieces, was moved by an electric motor. It is the first large kinetic sculpture in art history. – Light handling creases/marks in margins, otherwise in very good condition.
Lit.: Barbara Auer. Künstler mit der Kamera. Photographie als Experiment. Mannheim 1994, ill. p. 14 (different image of the modulator).
Man napping, Rome. Circa 1952. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on doubleweight Agfa-Brovira paper. 29,5 x 22,7 cm. Photographer's signature stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso.
In very good condition.
Monti, Paolo
Studio of Giorgio Morandi (detail)
Los 4255
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4.750€ (US$ 4,948)
The studio of Giorgio Morandi (detail). Circa 1955. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on doubleweight paper. 28,8 x 18,5 cm. Photographer's copyright/studio stamp Corso Semplone, 28, Milano and annotated in pencil and ink on the verso.
A beautiful tonal print in near excellent condition.
Lit.: Paolo Monti. Fotografie 1959-1980. Milan 1993.
Moses, Stefan
"Café Kranzler Serviererin, Berlin"; "Gepäckträger, Köln"
Los 4257
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1.375€ (US$ 1,432)
"Café Kranzler Serviererin, Berlin"; "Gepäckträger, Köln". 1963/printed 1980s. 2 gelatin silver prints. Each circa 33 x 27,2 cm (40,5 x 30,5 cm). Each with photographer's stamp, each titled and dated by photographer in pencil on the verso.
Some minimal edge wear, light buckling in edges, a few handling dents, otherwise in very good condition.
Theodor W. Adorno, Frankfurt. 1963/printed 1980s. Gelatin silver print. 36 x 25,3 cm. Signed, annotated and dated by the photographer in ink, annotated in another hand in pencil and photographer's stamp on the verso.
A fine tonal print in very good condition.
Lit.: Ulrich Pohlmann/ Matthias Harder (eds.). Stefan Moses. Die Monographie. Munich 2002, ill. p. 129 (variant).
Photographer: William Anders. Earthrise from Apollo 8. December 24, 1968. Vintage chromogenic print on RC Kodak paper. 20,2 x 25,3 cm. Repeating THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK watermark on the verso.
The celebrated image of planet Earth rising above the bleached lunar horizon. The crew had completed three lunar orbits before emerging from the far side and witnessing this sight, surely one of the most astounding ever photographed. Anders stated: "I was immediately almost overcome by the thought that here we came all this way to the Moon, and yet the most significant thing we're seeing is our own home planet, the Earth." – A few light pressure marks, colors slightly shifted, otherwise in very good condition.
Lit.: Ron Schick and Julia Van Haaften. The View from Space. American Astronaut Photography 1962-1972. 1988, ill. p. 98.
Andrew Chikin. Space. A History of Space Exploration in Photographs. 2002, ill. p. 83.
Beaumont Newhall. Airborne Camera. The World from the Air and Outer Space. 1969, ill. pp. 136-37.
National Socialist and Anti-Semitic Documents
Proscription postcard showing Otto Dix' famous painting "Die Kriegskrüppel
Los 4264
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1.500€ (US$ 1,563)
Proscription postcard showing Otto Dix' famous painting "Die Kriegskrüppel" (1920) as part of the "Entartete Kunst" (Degenerate Art) exhibition, Munich. 1937. Vintage gelatin silver photo postcard (postally used and written in ink on verso). 9 x 14 cm.
"Die Kriegskrüppel" (The War Cripples) was one of the main exhibition works shown in Otto Burchard's Kunsthandlung during the first large Dada Fair in Berlin in 1920. The Städtische Galerie Dresden has an inventory card of the painting with a photo, inventory number, title and stamp "Entartete Kunst", dated 1919 with a price notation of 3000,- MK. The first exhibition of "degenerate art" took place in September 1933, in Dresden city hall. This painting was one of the most hated by the National Socialists and was likely destroyed after the last "Entartete Kunst" exhibiton in the late 1930s. – Edges/corners slightly bumped, a few light indentation marks, otherwise in very good condition.
National Socialist and Anti-Semitic Documents
Proscription postcard showing the exhibition "Entartete Kunst" (Degenerate Art)
Los 4265
Ergebnis (inkl. Aufgeld) *
1.188€ (US$ 1,237)
Proscription postcard showing the exhibition "Entartete Kunst" (Degenerate Art) exhibition, Munich. 1937. Vintage gelatin silver photo postcard (postally used and written in ink on verso). 9,3 x 14 cm.
This postcard shows Max Beckmann's painting "Der Strand" (The Beach, 1927) hanging in the "Entartete Kunst" exhibition. It remains missing. – Minimal mirroring in edges, otherwise in very good condition.
Neusüss, Floris M.
Full body silhouettes (Körpergramm)
Los 4266
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1.250€ (US$ 1,302)
Full body silhouettes ("Körpergramm"). 1982. Vintage gelatin silver print. 34,5 x 14 cm (40,3 x 30,3 cm). Monogrammed and dated by the photographer in ink in lower right corner; signed, dated and dedicated by the photographer in pencil and photographer's stamp on the verso.
Minimal nicks in edges, otherwise in very good condition.
Orlik, Emil
The actress Marlene Dietrich
Los 4268
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2.250€ (US$ 2,344)
The actress Marlene Dietrich. 1924. Vintage gelatin silver print. 11,9 x 8,8 cm. Estate stamp of the artist on the verso.
Corners minimally bumped, small crease in upper right corner, otherwise in very good condition.
Provenance: Estate of Emil Orlik; Galerie Bodo Niemann.
Prague. 1968. Vintage gelatin silver print. 26,5 x 37,5 cm. Annotated in ink by the photographer, 2 photographer's copyright stamps and collection stamp on the verso.
Creases in corners, edge wear, some handling creases, otherwise a fine tonal print.
Photographer: Alberto Alvim. The artist A. R. Penck. 1980s. 2 vintage gelatin silver prints on RC paper. 30 x 24 cm. Each signed by Penck in felt-tip pen in lower edge.
Some handling marks, otherwise in good condition.
"Akt I". 1995. Gelatin silver print. 30,5 x 24,4 cm (37 x 27,8 cm). Photographer's stamp, therein signed, titled, dated by the photographer in pencil on the verso.
A few light handling marks, small retouched spot in upper area, upper right corner with fold mark, otherwise in very good condition.
Picasso, Pablo
Pablo Picasso in his studio, Paris
Los 4274
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500€ (US$ 521)
Photographer: Peter Rose Pulham (1910-1956). Pablo Picasso in his studio, Paris. 1936/printed 1975 from the original negatives. 3 gelatin silver prints (2 ferrotyped) on Agfa paper. Each circa 23 x 22 cm.
These images of Pablo Picasso were taken in his Rue des Grands Augustins studio in the winter of 1936, a year before "Guernica". These prints were made from the original, poorly conserved negatives by Isolde Baumgart (1935-2011) in 1975. – One with irregularties to ferrotype surface, some retouched spots, otherwise in very good condition.
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