Romy Schneider in Paris. 1964/printed later. Gelatin silver print. 30 x 44 cm (41 x 50,5 cm). Signed, annotated and dated by the photographer in pencil on the verso.
In near excellent condition.
Provenance: Directly from the photographer to the present owner.
Micro Photography
Micro photograph of freshwater organisms
Los 4256
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322€ (US$ 347)
Photographer: Eric. A. Phoenix. Micro photograph of freshwater organisms. 1940s. Vintage gelatin silver print. 25 x 20 cm. Mounted to board, annotated below image on mount, exhibition label on mount verso.
A few light scuff marks, otherwise in very good condition.
Minkkinen, Arno Rafael
Self-Portrait, Kilberg, Vardo, Norway
Los 4257
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1.736€ (US$ 1,867)
"Self-Portrait, Kilberg, Vardo, Norway". 1990. Vintage gelatin silver print. 33,3 x 25,7 cm (40,3 x 30,4 cm). Signed by the photographer in pencil in lower margin; signed, titled, dated and editioned 16/25 by the photographer in pencil on the verso.
Born in Helsinki, Finland, in 1945 Minkkinen emigrated to the United States with his family in 1951. He began taking self-portraits in 1971, while working as an advertising copywriter on Madison Avenue in New York. Studying later with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind at Rhode Island School of Design, he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in photography in 1974. Over the past four decades, Minkkinen has been engaged as a teacher, curator, and writer while continuing to devote his photographic research and energies to the self-portrait: unmanipulated images of the human figure in the natural landscape. Published and exhibited worldwide, Minkkinen’s work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. – Traces of previous mounting on the verso, otherwise a rich tonal print in excellent condition.
Lit.: Arno Rafel Minkkinen, Saga, The Journey of 35 Years of Photographs, San Francisco 2005.
Photographer: Rosemarie Clausen (1907-1990). Henry Miller. Late 1960s. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper. 22,5 x 20 cm. 2 photographer's stamps and annotated in ink and pencil on the verso.
A few handling creases, otherwise in good condition.
Peggy Gugenheim, Venice. 1969/printed later. Gelatin silver print. 30 x 40,5 cm. Signed, titled and dated by the photographer in pencil and photographer's stamp on the verso.
In very good condition.
Neusüss, Floris M.
Full body silhouettes
Los 4261
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1.116€ (US$ 1,200)
Full body silhouettes ("Körpergramme"). 1966/81. 3 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 31 x 24 cm. Each signed, dated and annotated by the photographer in pencil and photographer's label on the verso.
Edges slightly curled, otherwise in very good condition.
Fashion. 1980s. Vintage gelatin silver print. 23 x 15,4 cm. Annotated in pencil on the verso.
Backed tear in right edge, some creases, otherwise in good condition.
Parisian Store Fronts
Maquette layout model for the book "Paris et ses accroche coeurs" of Parisian store fronts
Los 4264 [*]
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2.728€ (US$ 2,933)
Photographer: Claudine Huza Marechal. Maquette (book layout) for the publication "Paris et ses accroche coeurs" of Parisian store fronts. 1950s-1960s. Circa 1600 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver contact prints (6 x 6 cm), including circa 68 larger prints (24 x 24 cm) pasted in, many annotated in ink/pencil.
The photographs in this book maquette document an incredibly large number of unusual old stores of the postwar city, which have long disappeared. Especially the inscriptions, names and signets on the stores and house walls, as well as the street life of the 1950s and 60s, give a very charming and nostalgic impression of Paris at that time. The printed book (French edition) by photographer Claudine Huza Marechal (with the collaboration of Christian Délu, preface by Georges-Henri Rivière) was published by Editions Denoel, Paris 1971 under the title: "Paris et ses accroche coeurs". Some of Huza Marechal's photographs are in the collection of the Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris. – Some photos with some creases/buckling, otherwise in good to very good condition.
Gasometer interior. 1935. Vintage warm-toned gelatin silver print. 30 x 24 cm. With printed text on the verso.
A rich tonal print in very good condition.
Perscheid, Nicola
Portrait of Generalfeldmarshall Paul von Hindenburg
Los 4268
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248€ (US$ 267)
Portrait of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg. 1915. Vintage gelatin silver print. 22,5 x 17 cm. Mounted to board (slightly soiled), signed by the photographer in pencil below the image on the mount.
Slight surface rubbing, only visible at an angle, otherwise in near excellent condition.
Photomaton
Two photomaton portraits of a young woman
Los 4271
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496€ (US$ 533)
Two photomaton portraits of a young woman. Circa 1928. 2 vintage brown-toned matte gelatin silver prints. Each circa 21,5 x 16,5 cm. Each mounted to paper and board with Photomaton printed in lower right corner below image on mount, in burgundy overmat.
The logo Photomaton printed on the mounts of these photos could be identical with the company Deutsche Photomaton AG Foto, Gneisenaustraße 44/45 Berlin, founded in 1928, liquidated in 1938. These particular photos are quite large for photomaton prints and are of an exceptional print quality. – Exquisite prints in excellent condition.
Lit.: Günter Karl Bose (ed.). Photomaton. Frauen, Männer, Kinder 1928-1945. 5000 Automatenbilder. Institut für Buchkunst, Leipzig 2011.
Picasso, Pablo
Pablo Picasso in his studio, Paris
Los 4272
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806€ (US$ 867)
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 24,5 x 24,5 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, otherwise in very good condition.
Picasso, Pablo / André Villers
Diurnes. Découpages et Photographies
Los 4273
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2.232€ (US$ 2,400)
"Diurnes. Découpages et Photographies" portfolio. 30 collotypes. 40 x 30 cm. Each with portfolio number stamp on the verso and with protective sleeve with title, 18 text pages by Jacques Prévert, in original cloth-covered case with decorative color design by Picasso. Paris, Berggruen, 1962.
Kibbey 1466. Goeppert 115. Prints in individual folder with printed title, edition 59 of 1000. "Picasso made some cut-outs of heads and silhouettes of men, women and animals. Villers mounted the cut-outs on different photographs - thirty in all - thus varying their effect and quality" (Goeppert). – Very good, clean copy and collotypes in excellent condition.
Max Ernst, New York. 1941/printed later. Gelatin silver print. 25 x 20 cm. Photographer's estate stamp, therein editioned 7 of 30 and copyright stamp of Bernard Perlin on the verso, hinge-mounted in mat.
Lower corners minimally bumped, otherwise a rich tonal print in very good condition.
Lit.: Werner Spies/Jürgen Wilhelm (eds.). Von der Kunst, mit den Augen zu Trinken. Cologne 2005, ill. p. 18.
"Marilyn Singing Happy Birthday". 1962/printed later. Oversized gelatin silver print. 56 x 38 cm (60,5 x 50,5 cm). Signed and dated by the photographer below the image in white margin.
Bill Ray was a Life staff photographer and photographed many Hollywood celebrities. His work has been shown at ICP, New York and has been on the covers of Newsweek, Fortune and Smithsonian magazines. – Light handling mark in right margin, otherwise in very good condition.
Rebay / Guggenheim
Frank Lloyd Wright at the project presentation of the new museum with Hilla von Rebay and Solomon R. Guggenheim
Los 4279
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744€ (US$ 800)
Photographer unknown. Frank Lloyd Wright with Hilla von Rebay and Solomon R. Guggenheim at the project presentation of the new museum for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Collection. 1945. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver press print. 17,5 x 20,2 cm. Mounted to black card.
Some retouched emulsion loss in lower edge and right corner, horizontal crease in mid area, some handling marks, traces of paint in upper right corner.
Lit.: Joan M. Lukach. Hilla Rebay. In Search of the Spirit in Art. New York 1983, ill. plate 37 (variant).
"Mantelpavian". Before 1928. Vintage gelatin silver print on chamois paper. 21 x 17,1 cm. Photographer's RENGER-FOTO D.W.B. stamp, reproduction limitation stamp and number T131 in pencil on the verso.
An iconic photograph within Albert Renger-Patzsch's oeuvre, this image was published in the seminal photography book Die Welt ist schön in 1928 and Das Deutsche Lichtbild in 1930. – Slightly rubbed spot and small retouched spot in lower left area near edge, some spots of silver mirroring around edges, otherwise a fine tonal print in very good condition.
Lit.: Albert Renger-Patzsch, Die Welt ist schön, Munich 1928, ill. plate 21.
Das Deutsche Lichtbild, Jahresschau1930, Berlin, ill. p. 77.
Bernd Stiegler/Ann and Jürgen Wilde (eds.). Albert Renger-Patzsch. Die Freude am Gegenstand. Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Photographie, Munich 2010, ill. p. 22.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert
Jenaer Glas, Zylindrische Gläser
Los 4281
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2.232€ (US$ 2,400)
"Jenaer Glas, Zylindrische Gläser". 1934/printed later. Gelatin silver print on Agfa paper. 25 x 19 cm (30,3 x 23,8). Annotated in pencil on the verso.
In very good condition.
Lit.: Albert Renger-Patzsch. Der Photograph. Berlin 1942, ill. 11.
Ann and Jügen Wilde/Thomas Weski (eds.). Albert Renger-Patzsch. Meisterwerke. Exhibition catalogue Sprengel Museum Hanover. Munich 1997, ill. p. 62.
"Die Wolke". 1975. Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa paper. 22,5 x 33,8 cm (29,9 x 39,7 cm). Signed and dated by the photographer, photographer's copyright stamp and negative number in pencil on the verso, mounted in upper edge to mat.
Traces of previous mounting on the verso, otherwise a fine tonal print in excellent condition.
Riefenstahl, Leni
Untitled, from the series "Die Nuba"; "Ringkämpfer Natu vom Stamm der Masakin-Nuba", from the series "Die Nuba"
Los 4284
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992€ (US$ 1,067)
Untitled, from the series "Die Nuba"; "Ringkämpfer Natu vom Stamm der Masakin-Nuba", from the series "Die Nuba", (1962-1969)/printed later. 2 chromogenic prints on Kodak paper. Each circa 40,5 x 51 cm. Each with Leni Riefenstahl Produktion stamp on the verso.
Colors shifted through age, some handling marks, otherwise in good condition.
Provenance: Directly from the photographer to the current owner.
Ronkholz, Tata
"Köln-Mülheim, Tiefenthalstr. 26" from the ''Trinkhalle' series
Los 4287
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2.728€ (US$ 2,933)
"Köln-Mülheim, Tiefenthalstr. 26" from the 'Trinkhalle' series. 1982. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Agfa paper. 25,5 x 36 cm (31 x 40,5 cm). Annotated with archive number 338 by the photographer in pencil on the verso.
Slight buckling in left edge, a few handling dents, edges slightly curled, otherwise in very good condition.
Ronkholz, Tata
"Köln-Ehrenfeld, Alpenerstr., Ecke Borsigstr." from the 'Trinkhalle' series
Los 4288
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2.356€ (US$ 2,533)
"Köln-Ehrenfeld, Alpenerstr., Ecke Borsigstr." from the 'Trinkhalle' series. 1982. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Agfa paper. 25,7 x 36 cm (31 x 40,5 cm). Annotated wiith archive number 354 by the photographer in pencil on the verso.
A few light handling dents, edges slightly curled, otherwise in very good condition.
"éthopiques". 2014. Fine art print. 51 x 37 cm. Signed and editioned 6/6 by the photographer in pencil on the verso.
In very good condition.
"The Dadaist Raoul Hausmann". 1928/printed 1986. Gelatin silver print on Agfa paper. 25,2 x 17,5 cm. August Sander, Köln-Lindenthal blindstamp in lower left corner and mounted along upper edge to card; annotated in pencil and copyright/archive label of the August Sander Archive, New York on mount verso. Griffelkunst edition.
Slight buckling in upper edge from mounting, otherwise in excellent condition.
Lit.: Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Köln (ed.). August Sander. Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Studienband. Munich 2001, ill. p. 168.
"5 Years of My Veronika". 1980. Vintage gelatin silver print with drying paper around edges. 23,5 x 29,5 cm. Signed and titled by the photographer in ink in lower portion, titled in ink and annotated Model Print Finished February 14, 1880 [sic] in ink on drying paper in lower edge.
A strong print in very good condition.
Sawada, Kyoichi
Family escaping bombing in Vietnam
Los 4295
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1.364€ (US$ 1,467)
Family escaping bombing in Vietnam. 1965. Vintage gelatin silver press print. 20,5 x 25,5 cm. United Press International agency stamp and typed press text label cutting affixed to the verso.
The Japanese photographer Kyoichi Sawada worked for United Press International and received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Photography for his combat photography of the Vietnam War during 1965. Two of his photographs were selected as "World Press Photo of the Year" in 1965 and 1966. This image, showing a Vietnamese mother and her children wading across a river to escape a bombing of their village, won the award in 1965. Sawada died in 1970 while on assignment in Cambodia. – A few light handling marks, otherwise in very good condition.
Schawinsky, Xanti
Advertising photo for Cinzano
Los 4298
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1.116€ (US$ 1,200)
Advertising photo for Cinzano. 1933/printed later. Gelatin silver print. 17 x 17 cm. Edition stamp, therein numbered 15/25, photographer's signature stamp and estate stamp, signed by Gisela Schawinsky in ink on the verso.
The Bauhaus student Xanti Schawinsky was the graphic designer of the city Magdeburg between 1929-1933, during which time he designed the facades of many public buildings. He also was a photographer and photographed his own designs. This image combines a Cinzano bottle and glass with one of his artworks as a backdrop. – Edges minimally bumped, otherwise a fine print in very good condition.
"Photographien - Steine". 1975. 7 vintage gelatin silver prints. Various sizes circa 14,5 x 14,5 cm (23,8 x 17,7 cm) and 14,5 x 21,5 cm (17,7 x 23,7 cm). Each signed, dated and editioned V/V (A.P.) by the photographer in pencil on the verso. In original brown linen portfolio.
The German photographer Michael Schmidt began taking pictures at age 20. He is a representative of the socio-documentary photography in Germany and his work is marked by a sober and reality-based style. In 1976, he founded the "Werkstatt für Photographie" in Kreuzberg, Berlin. Known best for his Berlin series, which shows the city empty and in a transitory state, Schmidt is considered one of the major German photographers of the "New Topographic Movement" and he worked up until his untimely death in 2014. – A few light creases in margins, otherwise rich tonal prints in very good condition.
Schensky, Franz
Sea view with sailboat, Helgoland
Los 4300
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446€ (US$ 480)
Sea view with sailboat, Helgoland. Circa 1910. Vintage green-toned carbon print. 17,2 x 23,2 cm. Photographer's blindstamp in lower right corner, flush-mounted to board, annotated in pencil on the verso.
Known for his dramatic views of the island Helgoland surrounded by a rough sea, Schensky was a master of capturing the atmosphere of the North Sea. – Some retouching in lower left edge, otherwise a fine tonal print in excellent condition.
Schmölz, Karl Hugo
Detail of Kölner Opernhaus
Los 4302
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744€ (US$ 800)
Detail of the Neues Opernhaus, Cologne, architect Wilhelm Riephahn (1889-1963). 1957/printed 1960s. Ferrotyped gelatin silver print on doubleweight paper. 23 x 28 cm. Photographer's stamp on the verso.
Small crease in upper right corner, otherwise in near excellent condition.
Lit.: R. Mißelbeck/W. Hagspiel (eds.). Köln-Ansichten. Fotografien von Karl Hugo Schmölz, 1947-1985. Cologne 1999, ill. p. 49.
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