Photography / Fotografie

Auction: 25 Oct 2021 – 3 Nov 2021
Opening: 3 Nov 2021, 15

Photography / Fotografie

Photography

Online Auction: 3 November, 2021, 3pm
Preview by appointment

Catalogue: here

Dorotheum's photography auction spans a broad spectrum, from early travel documentaries of the 19th century to snapshots, studies and portraits.

Rare views of Jerusalem photographed by an Austrian photographer in the service of the Viceroy of Egypt are part of the offer, alongside the works of pictorialists, Magnum photographers, Viennese Actionists and famous names including Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Josef Sudek, Bill Brandt, Ernst Haas and many others to choose from.

The painter and graphic artist Christian Schad is represented with three unique works from the second cycle of Schadographies.

Fotografie

Online Auktion: 3. November 2021, 15 Uhr
Besichtigung nach Voranmeldung möglich

Katalog: hier

Von frühen Reisedokumentationen des 19. Jahrhunderts bis hin zu Momentaufnahmen, Studien und Portraits spannt sich der Bogen der Fotografie-Auktion des Dorotheums.

Seltene Ansichten von Jerusalem, abgelichtet von einem österreichischen Fotografen im Dienste des Vizekönigs von Ägypten stehen neben Piktorialisten, Magnum-Fotografen, Wiener Aktionisten und Namen wie Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Josef Sudek, Bill Brandt, Ernst Haas und vielen anderen zur Auswahl.

Der Maler und Graphiker Christian Schad ist mit drei Unikaten aus dem zweiten Zyklus der Schadographien vertreten.

Artists

Works

  • Lot No. 34, Heinrich Kühn, The well-wisher (Lotte), 1910, platinum gum print on brownish paper (J. Whatman), 26.6 x 22.8 cm (30.3 x 24.5 cm), one corner with small paper loss, Estimate: EUR 8,000 to EUR 10,000
  • Lot No. 160, Christian Schad, Schadographie 131, 1975, vintage gelatin silver print, unique print with collage, 18.2 x 24 cm, on original cardboard, there titled in pencil, signed, dated, 50 x 35 cm, Estimate: EUR 2,800 to EUR 3,800
  • Lot No. 93, Bill Brandt, Francis Bacon walking on Primrose Hill, 1963, later gelatin silver print, 33.8 x 29 cm, on museum board, there signed in black felt-tip pen, Estimate: EUR 2,600 to EUR 4,500
  • Lot No. 74, Dr. Drahomir Joseph Ruzicka, Wall Street with Abraham Lincoln Statue, New York 1933, vintage silver bromide print, signed, dated and inscribed with pencil on the reverse, 34.3 x 27.2 cm (35.4 x 27.8) cm, Estimate: EUR 2,000 to EUR 3,000
  • Lot No. 115, Christian Skrein, "Joseph Beuys, documenta IV, 27. Juni bis 6. Oktober 1968, Kassel", 1968, vintage gelatin silver print, signed and dated with black ink, verso signed and dated with pencil, photographer's copyright stamp Wien/Milano, further stamp and glued paper strip with typewritten details, 30.2 x 23.8 cm, Estimate: EUR 2,000 to EUR 3,000