Edouard Boubat SELF-PORTRAIT WITH LELLA, PARIS. 1952 Vintage or Early gelatin silver print 30,5 x 23,5 cm (12 X 9 1/4 in.). Photographer's copyright stamp on the reverse
Villa Grisebach Auktionen Fasanenstraße 25 10719 Berlin Allemagne
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 10,000-15,000).
From the estate of the actress Brigitte Helm comes an exceptional collection of 36 vintage prints from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (EUR 5,000-7,000). These photos were taken by the photographer Horst von Harbou in 1925-1926 during the filming of Lang’s masterpiece and they depict many of the famous actors and revolutionary stage sets from the film. Two photos that also have a very interesting provenance are Constantin Brancusi’s Portrait de femme, circa 1910 (EUR 4,000-6,000) and La Colonne du Baiser, fragment, circa 1917 (EUR 6,000-8,000), both originally from the collection of Barbu Brezianu.
Further highlights from the section of Modern Photographs are Sam Shere’s photo of the explosion of the airship Hindenburg in Lakehurst in 1937 (EUR 3,000-5,000), Herbert List’s surreal scenario with George Hoyningen-Huene from 1939 (EUR 2,500-3,500), as well as rare photographs by, among others, Jerry Berndt, Brassai, Marianne Breslauer, Robert Doisneau, Elliott Erwitt, Andreas Feininger, Gisèle Freund, Horst P. Horst, Gertrude Käsebier, Alberto Korda, Saul Leiter, Liselotte Strelow, and Geza Vandor.
Top lot from the section of Contemporary Photographs is Hiroshi Sugimoto’s U.A. Rivoli, New York (EUR 20,000-25,000) from his series titled Theaters. Other contemporary highlights include Thomas Ruff’s Haus Nr. 5 III(EUR 16,000-20,000) and photos by, among others, Nobuyoshi Araki, Dieter Blum, Dan Graham, Andreas Gursky, Dave Jordano, Sarah Moon, Sebastiao Salgado, Alec Soth, Frank Thiel, Pekka Turunen, Miroslav Tichy, and Andy Warhol.