Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)

McBride, Will
Mike und die Anderen schmeißen sich mit Wasser. Schule Schloß Salem
Los 4242

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Mike und die Anderen schmeißen sich mit Wasser, Schule Schloß Salem. 1963. Gelatin silver print, printed 1990. 54 x 36 cm (61 x 51 cm). Signed, titled and dated by the photographer in pencil, editioned "1/12" and collector's stamp on the verso.

Buckled, a few light minimal handling dents in white margin, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: Kurt von Hammerstein/Björn Koll/Jan Künemund (eds.). Will McBride. Salem Suite. Berlin 2014, ill. unpaginated.

NASA
Buzz Aldrin on the moon, Apollo; Buzz Aldrin standing beside the U.S. flag, Apollo
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Photographer: Neil Armstrong. Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, Apollo 11; Buzz Aldrin standing beside the U.S. flag, Apollo 11. July 1969. 2 chromogenic prints on RC paper/ printed later. Each circa 20 x 20,1 cm. Each with "A Kodak Paper" watermark on the verso.

In the first image Buzz Aldrin has just set up the Solar Wind Composition experiment as part of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP). – Minimal surface rubbing, flag image with small crease in lower left, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: Terry Hope. Spacecam, Photographing the Final Frontier from Apollo to Hubble. 2005, ill. p. 22.

New Hebrides Archipelago
Tribes of the New Hebrides
Los 4247

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Photographer: Martin and Osa Johnson (attributed to, 1884-1937, 1894-1953). Tribes of the New Hebrides. 1917/19. 13 vintage gelatin silver prints. Between circa 12 x 16 cm (10) and 18 x 25 cm (3). Most annotated in pencil in French on the verso.

This small collection of 13 photographs shows rare and early images of various tribes of the New Hebrides archipelago, which lies between the Solomon Islands and Fiji to the east of Australia. The natives are also known for their cannibalism, which was still practiced at this time. This collection includes some group portraits of the so-called Big Nambas tribes of northern Malekula and two very rare images of the chief Nagapate of the Big Nambas. The special body ornaments of the men and women, which can be seen on several images, are particularly interesting. Another image shows a dancing-ground in the forest surrounded by ceremonial drums with carved faces. The photos were most likely taken by the famous American explorers and adventurers Osa and Martin Johnson, who can be seen in two of the photographs. Several of these images were illustrated in Martin Johnson's book Cannibal-Land. – Handling marks/creases, some with fading/discoloration, some tears, otherwise some in good condition.

Lit.: Martin Johnson. Cannibal-Land. Adventures with a Camera in the New Hebrides, Boston 1922, ill. pp. 89 and 143.

Pabel, Hilmar
Album of reportage photos taken by Hilmar Pabel
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Album of reportage photos taken on various trips by Hilmar Pabel. Late 1950s/early 1960s. 48 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints. Each circa 23 x 17 cm, 17 x 17 cm and 17 x 13 cm. Mounted on album pages, bound in contemporary green cloth album (slightly soiled, spine minimally faded). First page with handwritten dedication by Hilmar Pabel to his father for his 75th birthday in ball-point pen, signed and dated "1961".

Hilmar Pabel was the first German reportage photographer to receive the “Kulturpreis für Photographie” in 1961. This album features an extraordinary collection of images from Pabel’s travels to various countries, including Saudi Arabia, where he captured King Saud and his favorite son, Prince Mashhur, as well as the wedding of King Hussein of Jordan and his English-born wife, Princess Muna, along with intimate family moments. The collection also includes photographs from Pabel’s trip to Africa, Pablo Picasso at the bullfights in Spain, and a renowned image of John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, and his wife at a reception in Vienna in 1961. Many of these images have become iconic in the field of reportage photography. – Most photos in very good condition.

Photographische Gesellschaft Berlin, Neue
Trees in Reinhardswald
Los 4251

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Trees in Reinhardswald (?). Circa 1902. 8 vintage matte gelatin silver prints. Each circa 30 x 40 cm and reverse. Neue Photogr. Gesellsch. A.G. Berlin Steglitz 1902 in the negative in lower left/right corner.

Corners bumped, a few corners with paper loss, otherwise in good condition.

Prague 1968

Los 4254

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Photographer unknown. Images of Prague. 1968. 20 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 13 x 18 cm. Inserted in photo corners on album pages, in green calico album (some indentations) with cord binding.

This album contains photographic documents taken by an unknown amateur photographer during the Soviet-Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. The photographs were mainly taken in Prague, where desperate groups of people confronted the Russian tanks. – Some photos with creases, especially in edges, several strong prints in very good condition.

Pritikin, Max
Leaves
Los 4255

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Leaves (photogram). 1946. Vintage unique gelatin silver print. 13,6 x 17,7 cm. Mounted to board, inscribed in ball point pen on mount verso, mounted in mat.

Slight buckling, a few crease marks near right and left edge, otherwise in good condition.

Provenance: Christie's. Light, Volume and Form: Photographs from the Shalom Shpilman Collection, May 24-June 2, 2016, lot 79.

Rätzke, Thies
Market, Shanghai
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Market, Shanghai. 2006. Large-format, unique C-Print, printed 2011. 90 x 60 cm (105 x 73 cm). Signed and stamped on the verso, framed under plexiglas in wooden frame.

Born in Kiel, the photographer Thies Rätzke studied photography with Dirk Reinartz. Since 2003 he worked as a freelance photographer and in 2020 founded his own agency with a focus on commercial and reportage photography. His extensive travelling has resulted in many global images. – In very good condition.

Reutter, Otto
The German cabaret singer and comedian Otto Reutter
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Photographer: Reichard Lindner. The German cabaret singer and comedian Otto Reutter. Circa 1910. Vintage gelatin silver print. 19 x 12,5 cm. Signed, dated (1919) and dedicated by the sitter in ink in lower portion on recto, flush-mounted to cabinet card (slight traces of use) with photographer's embossed name below image, dedicated by Reutter in ink on mount verso.

This early portrait of Otto Reutter was gifted to his colleague the singer Paul Britton as the dedication on the recto and verso indicate. – Some surface scratches/scuff marks, otherwise in good condition.

Riefenstahl, Leni
Nubian men
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Nubian men. 1963. 2 ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on Agfa paper. Each ca. 30,5 x 39,5 cm. 1 with the photographer's production stamp on the verso, the other signed by the photographer on the verso.

In the later stages of her career, Leni Riefenstahl turned her focus to photography, capturing compelling images during her travels to Africa, including Sudan in the 1960s. Her work featured striking portraits of Nubian men and other indigenous groups, along with the region’s landscapes and customs. While her photography is widely admired for its aesthetic quality, it also attracted criticism due to concerns about her portrayal of these cultures, compounded by her controversial past association with Nazi propaganda. – Edges rubbed, some handling creases, scuff marks and irregularities in ferrotype surface, otherwise in good condition.

Sander, August
Strassenarbeiter (Street workers); Monteur (Mechanic)
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Strassenarbeiter (Street workers) c. 1928; Monteur (Mechanic) 1929. 2 gelatin silver prints on Agfa paper, printed by Gunther Sander 1970s. 23,3 x 17,4 cm and 24 x 13,5 cm. Each annotated in felt-tip pen on the verso.

These images are part of group II, "Der Handwerker" (Tradesmen), portfolio II/10 and II/11 of "Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts". They belong to August Sander's wide-ranging venture to portray various people of German society and create a collection of types. – Some buckling in upper edge, a few handling marks throughout, traces of previous mounting on the verso, otherwise in good condition.

Lit.: Susanne Lange/Gabriele Conrath-Scholl (eds.). August Sander. Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts (study volume). Munich 2001, ill. pp. 122 and 124.

Schmidt, Michael
Berlin Wedding (Adolf-./Ecke Gerichtstraße)
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Berlin Wedding (Adolf-/Ecke Gerichtstraße). 1976/77. Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa paper. 20,5 x 28 cm (23,8 x 30,3 cm). Signed, titled, dated and copyrighted by the photographer in pencil on the verso. Matted and in original artist's frame, photographer's copyright label on frame verso, therein titled and noted "Vintage v. 77 " by the photographer ink.

Michael Schmidt embarked on his lifelong photographic journey at the young age of 20. He is renowned for his contributions to socio-documentary photography in Germany, characterized by a sober and reality-based style. In 1976, Schmidt established the "Werkstatt für Photographie" in Kreuzberg, Berlin. His notable "Berlin" series depicts the city in an empty, transitional state and cemented his position as a key figure in the "New Topographic Movement" of German photography until his untimely death in 2014. – Minimal buckling in upper/lower edges, corners slightly bumped, minimal handling mark in upper margin, otherwise a fine tonal print in near excellent condition.

Lit.: Michael Schmidt. Fotografien seit 1965. Folkwang Essen 1995, ill. p. 161.

Schenker, Karl
Leni Riefenstahl
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Leni Riefenstahl. 1923. Vintage gelatin silver print. 30 x 23,7 cm.

Karl Schenker gained recognition for his refined portraits of early 20th-century European cultural figures. Among his subjects was Leni Riefenstahl, whom he photographed in the 1920s, prior to her involvement in Nazi propaganda. Schenker’s portraits of Riefenstahl highlight his talent for capturing glamour, contributing to her early cinematic image while predating the complexities of her later career. – Corners slightly bumped, some handling creases and finger prints, otherwise in very good condition.