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Berlin: Villa Grisebach Auction Results
Alfred Eisenstaedt MARILYN MONROE.1953 Gelatin silver print, 1979. 31,5 x 24 cm (35,3 x 27,8 cm). Signed and numbered with black ink in the margin lower right. On the reverse with photographer's resp. copyright stamp as well as the stamp „TIME INC.“ with the indication: „Printed 1979“, therein dated and inscribed in pencil. From the edition of 50 numbered prints. Sold for 12.810 EUR
Man Ray (d.i. Emmanuel Rudnitzky) „PICASSO, PARIS“.1933 Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 25,2 x 19,8 cm (9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.). Signed, dated, titled and annotated in blue crayon on the reverse. Sold for 18.300 EUR
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe MODELL DER WEISSENHOF-SIEDLUNG WIE GEBAUT (1927), ANSICHT VON SÜDOSTEN.1927 Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 12,3 x 17,1 cm (13,1 x 18,2 cm). Inscribed in pencil on the reverse. Sold for 23.180 EUR
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / Photo: Berliner Bild-Bericht BARCELONA PAVILLON, INNENANSICHT MIT BELEUCHTBARER GLASWAND UND ONYXWAND.1929 Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 16,1 x 22,7 cm. Agency- resp. copyright stamp on the reverse. Sold for 63.440 EUR
Otto Steinert VERSPIELTER PUNKT (PLAYFUL DOT). 1948 Vintage. Gelatin silver print of a photogram. 39,8 x 30,4 cm. On the reverse estate stamp: „Estate Otto Steinert“, therein signed in pencil by Stefan Steinert. Sold for 18.300 EUR
Alfred Stieglitz „PORTRAIT OF DOROTHY NORMAN“. 1930s Vintage. Gelatin silver print by Dorothy Norman at the request of Alfred Stieglitz. 8,5 x 6,4 cm. Laid down on cardboard, thereupon on the reverse titled in pencil by Dorothy Norman and stamp: „For Philadelphia Museum Collection Dorothy Norman“. Sold for 18.300 EUR
Umbo (d.i. Otto Umbehr) UNTITLED (STOCKINGS). Ca. 1950 5 Vintages or Early gelatin silver prints, thereof 2 negative prints. Agfa-paper, one photo Agfa-Brovira-paper. Each approx. 30 x 24 cm . One photo with photographer's- resp. copyright stamp, four photos each with estate stamp on the reverse, therein signed by Phyllis Umbehr in pencil. Sold for 14.640 EUR
Yva (d.i. Else Neuländer) UNTITLED (LADY READING THE RENNSPORT-ZEITUNG). Ca.1932 Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 23,8 x 17,1 cm. On the reverse photographer's- resp. copyright stamp. Sold for 20.130 EUR
Peter Beard „TSAVO NORTH - ATHI TIVA LUGGA, BULL ELEPHANT (CIRCA 150-160 LBS/SIDE)“.1965 Later gelatin silver print, before 1997, as collage. 50 x 75,5 cm (54 x 80 cm (inside dimension of frame)). Signed, dated, titled and annotated. Sold for 75.640 EUR
Bernd and Hilla Becher BOX „INDUSTRIEBAUTEN“.1968 10 Vintages. Gelatin silver prints. Each 19,5 x 15,4 cm resp. 15,4 x 19,5 cm. Each print with photographer's stamp on the reverse. From the edition of 55 numbered copies. Sold for 37.820 EUR
Pieter Hugo JATTO WITH MAINASARA, OGERE-REMO, NIGERIA, FROM „‘GADAWAN KURA’ - THE HYENA MEN SERIES II, 2005-2007“.2007 C-print. 99 x 99 cm (111 x 113 cm (inside dimension of frame)). Laid down on aludibond. On back of frame: "Certificate of Authenticity", therein signed in black felt-tip pen. From the edition of 9 numbered copies. Sold for 14.640 EUR
Peter Lindbergh „NAOMI CAMPBELL, TATJANA PATITZ, CHRISTY TURLINGTON, LINDA EVANGELISTA, CINDY CRAWFORD, NEW YORK 1989. BRITISH VOGUE COVER JANUARY 1990“.1989 Gelatin silver print. 33 x 27 cm (40,4 x 30,3 cm). Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil on the reverse, photographer's- resp. copyright stamp and edition stamp, therein editioned in pencil. From the edition of 25 numbered prints. Sold for 13.420 EUR
Martin Parr BOX „THE LAST RESORT“ (NEW BRIGHTON, MERSEYSIDE).1982–1985 15 C-Prints, 1982–1985. Kodak-paper. Each approx. 44 x 53 cm (50,8 x 60,8 cm). Each print on the reverse signed, dated and titled in black felt-tip pen. From the edition of 10 numbered copies. Sold for 21.960 EUR
Thomas Ruff UNTITLED (PORTRAIT S. KEWER) 1989 C-Print with Diasec Face. 158 x 119,5 cm (201 x 156 cm (inside dimension of frame)). Signed, dated and editioned in pencil on the reverse. From the edition of 4 numbered examples. Sold for 26.840 EUR
Andres Serrano „THE CHURCH (SAN STEFANO II, VENICE)“.1991 Dye destruction print, Diasec. 151 x 124,5 cm (inside dimension of frame). Signed, titled and editioned in pencil on the reverse. From the edition of 4 numbered copies. Sold for 12.200 EUR
Alfred Eisenstaedt MARILYN MONROE.1953 Gelatin silver print, 1979. 31,5 x 24 cm (35,3 x 27,8 cm). Signed and numbered with black ink in the margin lower right. On the reverse with photographer's resp. copyright stamp as well as the stamp „TIME INC.“ with the indication: „Printed 1979“, therein dated and inscribed in pencil. From the edition of 50 numbered prints. Sold for 12.810 EUR
La Villa Grisenbach, an auction house founded in Berlin in 1986, held its Spring auction May 30 – June 2. The sale of modern and contemporary photographs took place on May 30, where 210 lots were up for auction. La Villa Grisebach, which specializes in 19th, 20th and 21st century art, has held photography auctions since 1998.
Some very beautiful items were on sale: photographs dating from 1905 (Heinrich Kühn) to 2007 with Pieter Hugo’s The Hyena Men Series II. The highest bid was made, as expected, for Peter Beard’s Tsavo North – Athu Tiva Lugga, Bull Elephant, 1965, which sold for 75,640€ (est. 8,000–10,000€), followed by an architectural photograph, Barcelona Pavillon, Innenansicht mit beleuchtbarer glaswand und onyxwand, 1929, by Mies van der Rohe, which sold for 63,440€—more than forty times its estimated value! A 1968 portfolio containing ten photographs by Bernd and Hilla Becher entitled Industriebauten attained the third highest selling price of 37,820€.
The total sales amounted to 756,100€. Here are the 15 items that fetched the highest prices.
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