Lot 69 André Kertész
Circus, Budapest. 1920
Gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1950, 24,5 x 19,8 cm
Estimate: EUR 8.500,-
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Photography, Auction 959, Monday, 31 May
Ruth Bernhards later print of her famous nude In the box – Horizontal from 1962 belongs to the top lots (lot 116, 9/12.000). Amongst other highlights is found Peter Beard’s well known photograph of a dead zebra from the famous series ‘The End of the Game’, which was published in the book with the same title in 1965; estimated at 10/12.000 (lot 165). From André Kertész comes one of the most well known shots, taken in Hungary in 1920, Circus, Budapest. The later print on offer, from around 1950 is set at 8.500 (lot 69). Three partly large format luxury prints from Heinrich Kühn are also to be auctioned; they show his children Lotte, Hans and Edeltrude and are estimated between 4.000 and 6.000 (Lots 25–27). August Sander is, amongst others, represented by four early shots, including one from his early period as a photographer in Herdorf. For the first time a print from Sander with the stamp ‘Herdorf’ will be put up for auction (lot 29, 3.500). From Umbo we offer, amongst others, two rare prints from the year 1935 taken with the fisheye lens, 4.000 each, as well as four abstract “Lichtpendel” (light pendulum) photographs from 1951 for 6.500 (lots 53–55).
Lot 165 Peter Beard
Nairobbery, Kenia, Lion Kill - Après. 1960
Vintage gelatin silver print, 32,4 x 48,8 cm
Estimate: EUR 10.000 – 12.000,-
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The Vogel Collection, Auction 961, Tuesday, 1 June
Several of the highlights of the photographic offerings will be featured in The Vogel Collection sale: Bernd and Hilla Becher’s six lots, each with four gelatin silver prints show colliery shaft towers of the 1960s and 1980s; each lot estimated at 15.000 (lots 1009–1014). Sixteen, partly overworked photographs from Sigmar Polke will be on offer, including several from his key series ‘Paris’ from 1971. With this experimental photography the artist worked with alchemical elements and coloured over painting. The estimates are set at between 10.000 and 20.000 (lots 1128–1143). Bernhard Johannes Blume is also featured, with two lots of two prints, each for 6/8.000 (lots 1097–1098).
Lot 1014 Bernd und Hilla Becher
Four shaft towers. Ill.: Zeche Zollverein, Essen. 1971–1978
Four gelatin silver prints, each 40,5 x 31 cm
Estimate: EUR 15.000,-
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Contemporary Art, Auction 960, Wednesday, 2 June
Andy Warhol’s exceptional 61 colour photographs from 1969 show a performance from the New York theatre group ‘The Dirty Half Dozen’ (lot 951, 50/60.000). Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Mediterranean Sea, Crete from 1969 belongs to one of the famous seascapes from the artist; the estimate lies at 25.000 (lot 907). Link 750 from Lois Renner from the year 2002 shows an interior especially created for this photograph (lot 883, 13.000). In Axel Hütte’s Bussaco, Portugal from the year 1999, a misty, steamy Portuguese woodland scene can be seen (lot 782, 12.000).
Lot 782 Axel Hütte
Bussaco, Portugal. 1999
C-Print, 97,5 x 128,8 cm
Estimate: EUR 12.000,-
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Bloomsbury Auctions, London is delighted to announce its May 22nd Photographs and Photobooks sale. It will encompass a range of photographs dating from the 1850s to the present day. 
Nineteenth century highlights from the auction include a group of eight rare and early salt prints (from albumen on glass negatives) of Rome by Eugène Constant
Amongst the highlights of the “Photography” Auction can be counted a number of August Sander’s most important landscape photographs, including his shot of the Rhine river at Boppard from 1938 (lot 27, 8.000 €) as well as another from 1941 where the photographer captures a romantic rear view high over the Rhine ...
Un nouveau record ! Un appareil photographique de la marque allemande Leica, datant de 1923, a été vendu 2,16 millions d'euros, samedi 12 mai, lors d'une vente aux enchères organisée par la Galerie Westlicht à Vienne (Autriche).
Christie’s Photographs sale on Wednesday 16 May features over 100 works with estimates ranging from £3,000 to £120,000.
The sale brings the story of photography closer to the present with some of the most recognisable contemporary practitioners: a diptych by Andreas Gursky, who currently holds the...
Bonhams’ next sale of Photographs in London takes place on Thursday 17th May at 2pm. The sale will feature fine photographs and photobooks from the history of the medium, from the 19th Century to the present day.
Highlights of the sale include John Jabez Edwin Mayall’s exquisite daguerreotype portrait of Charles...
Du 18 au 29 mai à l'hôtel de Sauroy, Stéphane Brasca, directeur de la rédaction du magazine de l'air, organise Collection 02, une exposition-vente de photographies qui réunit huit artistes autour du nu et du paysage.
Les photographies de Chine, d'Indochine, d'Afrique, d'Océanie, du Japon, d'Amériques, d'aviation et nus sont visibles le lundi 23 avril de 11h à 18h et le mardi 24 avril de 11h à 12h en salle 9 de l'Hôtel Drouot.
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