Vendredi 05 Juin 2015 11:45:58 par Emilie Lemoine dans Ventes

A collection of more than 150 Russian avant-garde works is the central focus of the coming auction, which takes place in Vienna on 12 June.

It features vintage prints by Alexander Rodchenko, Evgeny Chaldei, Max Alpert, Varvara Stepanova, Gustav Klutsis, El Lissitzky and others which have never been offered for sale before.

ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1891–1956)
Lilya Brik, USSR 1924
Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1960s
8,3 x 11,4 cm
Annotated "A. Rodchenko. Portrait of Lily Brik. 1924" on the reverse
€ 8.000 / € 14.000-16.000

 

One of the many highlights is Alexander Rodchenko’s photograph of Lilya Brik dated 1924 (Lot 189, estimated price 14,000 - 16,000 Euros). Brik was a stage director and sculptor and the lover of Futurist Vladimir Mayakovsky. Pablo Neruda once called her the "muse of the Russian avant-garde". Like all the other fifteen works by Rodchenko on offer, the famous portrait of the sculptor Anton Lavinsky (Lot 188, estimated price 8,000 – 10,000 Euros) was purchased directly from the artist’s estate.

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908–2004)
"Derrière la Gare Saint-Lazare", Paris 1932
Gelatin silver print, printed in the late 1950s, early oversized exhibition print
55,2 x 39,2 cm
Photographer‘s copyright stamp on the reverse
€ 15.000 / € 25.000-30.000

Numerous leading works of the international and Austrian history of photography can be found among the offerings at the 12th WestLicht Photo Auction – at more than 300 lots, it is the largest WestLicht auction yet.

The title image of the catalogue, Auction Lot 142, is one of the most important icons of feminism and the Austrian post-war avant-garde: VALIE EXPORT, "Aktionshose: Genitalpanik" (Action Pants: Genital Panic), dated 1969, is offered as an extremely rare and large-format vintage print (Lot 142, estimated price 28,000 – 32,000 Euros).

In addition, Austrian photography is well-represented by a nude by the seaside by Rudolf Koppitz, fashion shots by Madame D’Ora, and works by Trude Fleischmann, Inge Morath and Ernst Haas.