Villa Grisebach’s spring auctions in Berlin begin May 26, 2011 with the 190-lot auction of modern and contemporary photography.

Two photo albums from a Swiss private collection will be auctioned that include, among other photographs, rare images of Bauhaus artist Oskar Schlemmer and his family, taken by Kurt Bryner. Contact prints and portraits (signed by Schlemmer and others appearing in the photos) show the artist, his wife Tut and his children Jaina, Karin, and Tilman during their 1937–1940 stay in Badenweiler in Southern Germany (€25,000/30,000).

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One of the highlights from the sale is the photograph Spanish Civil War, November 7, 1938 by Magnum photographer Robert Capa (EUR 10,000-15,000). This specific print was published in LIFE magazine in 1941 as part about Hemingway's famous story "For whom the bell tolls". Another rare print in Grisebach’s photography auction is Shipyard Detail, a vintage print from 1935 by Edward Weston with a remarkable abstract composition and still life character (EUR 12,000-15,000). The photographer Édouard Boubat is featured in the sale with the mysterious Self Portrait with Lella, Paris 1952 in a rare early print (EUR 10,000-15,0...

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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
3 p.m.

Preview Exhibition: May 29th - June 2nd
Saturday – Tuesday 10 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Wednesday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Fasanenstraße 73, 10719 Berlin

Online-Catalogue: www.villa-grisebach.de

Lotte Jacobi’s „Head of a Dancer“ (1929) is one of modern photography’s most iconic images and is presented in the auction in an unusually large print from the 1970s (estimate of 22,000-25,000 EUR). Yet another rare photograph is the humorous snap-shot by the Bauhaus artist Josef Albers depicting „...

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Auction No. 168
Modern and Contemporary Photographs
The Cabinet: 25 Years Fotografie Forum Frankfurt

Thursday, November 26th, 2009
3 p.m.

This year's fall auctions at Villa Grisebach Auktionen in Berlin start off on 26 November 2009 with over 180 lots for sale in Modern and Contemporary photography.

After the successful spring sale of photographs of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's architecture, Grisebach is now proud to present an additional Vintage print of the architect's famous model for a glass skyscraper. The print is dedicated to Peter Behrens and estimated at 18,000-24,000 EUR. F...

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On 4th June Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin will start off the spring auctions with the sale of Modern and Contemporary photography. Among the 190 lots for sale, are a convolute of around two dozens photographs and two original glass negatives illustrating the work of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The top lots in this segment include Curt Rehbein's vintage prints from 1922 depicting Mies van der Rohe's famous model for a glass skyscraper (estimate of 10,000-15,000 EUR) as well as the architect's project for the "Tower house at Friedrichstraße" (estimate of 5,000-10,000 EUR). The auction will include further photogra...

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