Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts

Schmidt, Georg
Der Henkersteg, Nuremberg
Los 4061 [*]

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2.232€ (US$ 2,400)

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Der Henkersteg, Nuremberg. 1850/52. 2-part panorama, 1 salt print, 1 albumen print. Each circa 25 x 20,5 cm.

The two photos offered here are not mounted together, but side by side they comprise a panoramic view. – Some handling marks, otherwise in very good condition.

Siam
Views of Siam
Los 4064 [*]

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3.472€ (US$ 3,733)

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Photographer: Robert Lenz (1864-1939). Views of Siam. 1890-1900. 22 vintage platinum prints. Most circa 28,5 x 22,5 cm. Some with title and number in the negative in lower edge in the negative, most annotated in pencil on the verso.

This extensive collection of views of Siam mostly shows temples, pagodas, gardens in and around Bangkok, the Royal district and other architectural structures, such as the Wat Suthat, Wat Phrah Prang Luang, Wat Phra Keo, Stupa of Nakhon Pathom, Nat Cheng courtyard, Buddha gallery at Wat Poh, Chinese cabinet in Wat Suthat, view of the Khlong Bang Luang and parts of the King's Palace. Also includes images of the Royal Barges, one image of ceremonial Siamese dancers and a group of Siamese youths. – Some corners bumped, some with time-staining in edges, some with slight nicks in edges, otherwise in good to very good condition with strong contrasts.

Lit.: Joachim K. Bautze. Unseen Siam: Early Photography 1860 - 1910. Bangkok 2016, ill. p. 314, plate 63 and other comparable images.

Swiss Alpine views
Views of the Swiss Alps
Los 4066

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806€ (US$ 867)

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Photographer: Joseph Tairraz (1827-1902). Views of the Swiss Alps. 1870s. 10 albumen prints. Each circa 13 x 21,5 cm. 6 signed by the photographer in the negative, mounted to album boards on one side of album page, bound in contemporary blue canvas album (edges rubbed, slight soiling) with gilt-stamped title Souvenir de Chamonix on front cover.

The Tairraz family of Chamonix produced several generations of Alpine photographers. In 1857 Joseph Tairraz began taking daguerrotypes and took the first photographs at the summit of Mont Blanc in 1860. He provided tourists and mountaineers with souvenir portraits and mountain views. His son Georges, who was an apprentice to Pierre Petit in Paris, took over the studio circa 1882, which was then called "Tairraz Alpine Photographic Studio". The studio continued throughout the 20th century. – Some faded, some light surface scuffing, some with retouched spots, otherwise in good to very good condition.

Tolstoy, Leo
Leo Tolstoy
Los 4068

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298€ (US$ 320)

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Photographer: Scherer, Nabholz & Co. (1863-1918). Leo Tolstoy. 1894. Albumen print. 16 x 10,5 cm. Mounted to cabinet card with photographer's name and logo below the image on the mount; Russian logo on verso.

Some light surface scuffing, otherwise in good condition.

Travel Album Views
Travel album views
Los 4069

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372€ (US$ 400)

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Various travel album views. 1860s-1870s. 11 albumen prints (2 hand-colored). Each circa 16 x 23 cm and larger. Each mounted to board, annotated in ink below images on mount.

A diverse collection of views including Saigon (Emile Gsell), a Japanese geisha, Niagara Falls, Marseilles, Seebad Treport, the U.S.S. Nevada (New Zealand), Cannes, Mentone, Vienna and Coburg. Also includes a hand-colored reproduction of a painting. – Some with soiling spots, one with glued torn area, otherwise most in very good condition and with strong contrasts.

Tripe, Linnaeus
No. 64. Amerapoora. Mohdee Kyoung
Los 4070

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1.240€ (US$ 1,333)

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"No. 64. Amerapoora. Mohdee Kyoung". 1855. Salt print from a waxed paper negative. 26 x 34 cm. Signed by the photographer in ink in lower right corner, mounted to original album page (slightly buckled/fold marks), printed paper label with title and number below the image on the mount.

Tripe took the first photographs of Burma and used a large-format 15 x 12 inch camera. His architectural and topographical views are of great documentary importance as they are among the earliest surviving photographs of Burma. Some of his waxed paper negatives are in the collection of the Royal Photographic Society. – A few light spots in sky area, otherwise in very good condition.

Agfa-Gevaert Sample Book
Sample album of Agfa-Gevaert photo paper
Los 4071

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992€ (US$ 1,067)

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Sample album of various Agfa-Gevaert photographic papers. 1950s. 48 vintage gelatin silver prints (most ferrotyped) on Agfa-Brovira, Grandamo, Scenario, Portriga-Rapid, Syntobrom, Verda, Record and Lupex papers. Various sizes between circa 17,5 x 14 cm. Each with left and lower white margin with paper type in lower margin, bound with punch holes in left side in original plastic binder.

Agfa-Gevaert used the negatives of many well-known German photographers such as Peter Keetman, Herbert List, Alfred Ehrhardt to demonstrate the various photo paper qualities the firm produced. An attractive collection showing the subtle differences in photo paper available at the time. – Photos in very good condition.

Adams, Ansel
Moon and Half Dome - Yosemite National Park, California
Los 4072

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4.216€ (US$ 4,533)

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"Moon and Half Dome - Yosemite National Park, California". 1960/printed 1991 from the original negative by Alan Ross. Gelatin silver print. 23,5 x 19 cm. Mounted in original mat. Special Edition, Photographs of Yosemite By Ansel Adams stamp with title on mat verso.

A fine tonal print in excellent condition.

Adams, Ansel
Half Dome, Merced River, Winter - Yosemite National Park, California
Los 4073

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1.488€ (US$ 1,600)

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"Half Dome, Merced River, Winter - Yosemite National Park, California". 1938/printed 1991 from the original negative by Alan Ross. Gelatin silver print. 19,5 x 24,5 cm. Mounted in original mat. Special Edition, Photographs of Yosemite By Ansel Adams stamp with title on mat verso.

A fine tonal print in excellent condition.

Almodóvar, Pedro
Penélope Cruz as Marilyn Monroe
Los 4074

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2.356€ (US$ 2,533)

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Penélope Cruz as Marilyn Monroe. 2008. Chromogenic print on Fujicolor Professional paper. 37 x 26 cm. Signed by the photographer in ink in lower portion within image.

Two minimal handling marks in lower left and one in mid right, otherwise in near excellent condition.

Appelt, Dieter
Ramification 1
Los 4077

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1.488€ (US$ 1,600)

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"Ramification 1". 1998. Vintage large-format photogravure. 140 x 110 cm. Signed, dated and annotated Unikat by the photographer in pencil below the image in the margin, mounted under glass in solid wooden frame.

An unusually large photogravure of outstanding print quality. – In excellent condition.

Architecture & Design
Werkbundausstellung: Weissenhof-Siedlung, Stuttgart
Los 4078

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1.860€ (US$ 2,000)

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Photographer: H.A. Rühl and Curt Rehbein. Werkbundausstellung: Weissenhof-Siedlung, Stuttgart, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. 1925/26. 2 vintage gelatin silver prints. 16,5 x 22,8 cm and 14,4 x 22,4 cm. Each with photographer's stamp on the verso, each framed under museum glass in fine wooden frame.

The photos show the first and second clay model of the distribution of building cubes for the planned Weißenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart from two vantage points. – In very good condition (not examined outside frames).

Lit.: Helmut Reuter and Birgit Schulte (eds.): Mies und das Neue Wohnen. Räume, Möbel. Fotografie.Ostfildern 2008, ill. 216, p. 222.

Architecture & Design
Interior of the German Pavilion at the World's Fair in Barcelona
Los 4081

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2.480€ (US$ 2,667)

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Photographer: Sasha Stone (1895-1940). Interior of the German Pavilion at the World's Fair in Barcelona, designed by Mies van der Rohe. 1929. Vintage gelatin silver print. 16 x 22,7 cm. Berliner Bild Bericht agency stamp on the verso, framed under museum glass in fine wooden frame.

View of the spectacular interior of the Barcelona Pavilion with the free-standing stone wall of onyx doré on a wide travertine floor and the diaphanous room separators. Mies van der Rohe's spatial concept is particularly evident in this view. One recognizes the simplicity and clarity of the layout and the interaction of the exquisite materials. A rare documentation of this extremely modern, streamlined design by Mies van der Rohe. The structure was van der Rohe's first major work, which was unfortunately torn down after the exhibition. – Corners slightly bumped, retouched spot in upper left, light indentation mark in upper right, otherwise a fine tonal print in very good condition (not examined outside frame).

Lit.: Vitra Design Museum (ed.). Mies van der Rohe. Möbel und Bauten in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno (exhibition catalogue). Weil am Rhein 1998.

Architecture & Design
Design project for Alexanderplatz, Berlin by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Los 4083

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2.480€ (US$ 2,667)

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Photographer: Wilhelm Niemann (1891-1981). Design project for Alexanderplatz, Berlin by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. 1928/29. Vintage gelatin silver print of a photomontage. 10 x 14,5 cm. ATELIER MIES VAN DER ROHE, BERLIN W. 35 - AM KARLSBAD 24 stamp on the verso, framed under museum glass in fine wooden frame.

With the appointment of Martin Wagner as Berlin's city architect (Stadtbaurat) in 1926, a new spirit of innovation emerged in the redesigning of Berlin. This particularily concerned a newly adapted traffic planning, as well as the design of some prominent Berlin squares, such as Alexanderplatz shown in this example, based on the ideas of the Bauhaus. Architects such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Hans Scharoun and Hugo Häring were called upon for these building projects. – Minimal crease mark in upper right, otherwise in very good condition (not examined outside frame).

Lit.: Das Neue Frankfurt. Monatsschrift für die Probleme Moderner Gestaltung. Vol. 3, issue 3, March 1929, p. 61.
Helmut Reuter and Birgit Schulte (eds.): Mies und das Neue Wohnen. Räume, Möbel. Fotografie.Ostfildern 2008, ill. 252, p. 262.

Architecture & Design
Notre-Dame du Haute, Ronchamp, archtiect Le Corbusier
Los 4090

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372€ (US$ 400)

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Photographer unknown. Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, architect Le Corbusier. 1950s. 3 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 28,9 x 23 cm. Flush-mounted to board.

Includes a view of the new pilgrim hostel. – Corners slightly bumped, some light surface scratches, otherwise in good condition.

Provenance: The estate of Dr. Adolf Behne.

Armstrong, David
Rise, N.Y.C.
Los 4091

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620€ (US$ 667)

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"Rise, N.Y.C.". 1984/printed 1993. Gelatin silver print. 36,5 x 36,5 cm (50 x 40 cm). Signed, titled, dated and dedicated by the photographer in ink on the verso.

Some soiling in margins, handling crease in lower left, otherwise a fine tonal print in very good condition.

Provenance: From the photographer to the present owner.