Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)

Seidenstücker, Friedrich
Waldohreulen
Los 4274 [*]

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688€ (US$ 790)

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Waldohreulen. 1930s. Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper. 12,8 x 17,6 cm. Photographer's studio stamp as well as annotated in pencil on verso.

Some scuff and pressure marks as well as a retouching spot; otherwise in good condition.

Sittig, Walter
Schaf, Hann. Münden
Los 4281

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1.000€ (US$ 1,149)

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Schaf, Hann. Münden. 1966. Gelatin silver print, printed 1990s. 37,5 x 27 cm (sheet 40,5 x 30,2 cm). Signed and dated by the photographer in pencil on the verso.

Walter Sittig was an internationally renowned animal photographer, known for his keen eye for capturing decisive and often unexpected moments. His photographs were widely published in magazines and newspapers across 36 countries, including leading German titles such as Stern, Quick, Die Welt, and Frankfurter Rundschau. – A few small flecks in the negative, otherwise in excellent condition.

Steichen, Edward
Selected images from the portfolio "Steichen: In the Studio"
Los 4282

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1.500€ (US$ 1,724)

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Selected images from the portfolio: Steichen: In the Studio, Twelve Photographs. 1932-33. 3 gelatin silver prints, printed 1984-85 from the original negatives by George Tice, flush-mounted to archival portfolio boards. Each between ca. 34 x 26 cm and 24 x 19 cm (mounts 50,5 x 40,5 cm). Each with portfolio label, therein signed by George Tice and Joanna Steichen in ink on mount verso.

Edward Steichen was one of the leading portrait photographers of his time, known for his refined lighting and ability to convey both glamour and psychological presence in his depictions of prominent figures. This group includes the following images: Miss Sousa (1933); Joan Crawford (1932); and Marlene Dietrich, New York (1932). – Fine tonal prints in excellent condition.

Stöcker, Alex
Scenes from the Rhön Glider Competition
Los 4285

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1.000€ (US$ 1,149)

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Scenes from the Rhön Glider Competition. 1920s. 11 vintage gelatin silver print on strong chamois paper. Each ca. 8,8 x 14,4 cm. Photographer's copyright stamp and numbered in pencil the verso.

Alexander Stöcker, a versatile German photographer, was known for his diverse portfolio encompassing aviation, sports, and early 20th-century history, particularly his meticulous documentation of the groundbreaking 1930 Rhön Glider Competition, a pivotal event that spurred significant advancements in aviation and gliding. – Some very faint scuff marks and stains on some prints, otherwise all in near excellent condition.

Stone, Sasha and Cami
Berlin, Unter den Linden
Los 4286

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750€ (US$ 862)

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Berlin, Unter den Linden. 1928. Vintage gelatin silver print on ivory paper. 23,5 x 17,8 cm. Photographer's copyright stamps (Berlin and Brussels) as well as numbered and annotated in pencil and red ink on the verso.

Sasha and Cami Stone were key figures in Berlin’s dynamic photographic culture of the 1920s and early 1930s, celebrated for their modernist approach that merged architectural, commercial, and fine art photography. Their studio served as a hub for avant-garde visual expression in Weimar Berlin, reflecting the era’s embrace of functionalism, technological progress, and a bold new photographic aesthetic. With the rise of National Socialism, the Stones emigrated to Brussels, where they continued their creative work in exile. – Corners slightly bumped, a few light handling dents, some surface irregularities in lower right and center, otherwise in good condition.

Strüwe, Carl
Image from the series "Formen des Mikrokosmus": Bau einer Urpflanze (Meersalge Ballia).
Los 4287

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625€ (US$ 718)

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Image from the series "Formen des Mikrokosmus": Bau einer Urpflanze (Meersalge Ballia). 1930. Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper. 16,4 x 12,7 cm. Photographer's/copyright stamp on the verso.

Carl Strüwe is best known for his pioneering work in microphotography from the late 1920s-1950s, culminating in the publication of Formen des Mikrokosmos in 1955. His refined and often delicate images of plant and insect structures reveal an otherwise invisible world, combining scientific observation with a striking sense of form and abstraction. – Traces of previous mounting on the verso, otherwise in excellent condition.

Lit.: Carl Strüwe. Formen des Mikrokosmos: Gestalt und Gestaltung einer Bilderwelt. Munich: Prestel 1955, ill. p. 23.