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Villa Grisebach offers Sale of Modern and Contemporary Photographs |
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| Written by Wendy Kassel |
| Tuesday, 24 November 2009 03:21 |
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 After the successful spring sale of photographs of Ludwig Mies van
der Rohe's architecture, Grisebach now presents an additional Vintage print of
the architect's famous model for a glass skyscraper. The print is dedicated to
Peter Behrens and estimated at 18,000-24,000 EUR. Further highlights in the
Modern photography section are a later print of the famous motife "The Maypole -
Empire State Building" (estimate of 10,000-15,000 EUR) by Edward Steichen as
well as works by Diane Arbus, Andreas Feininger, Horst P. Horst, Helen Levitt,
Arnold Newman, August Sander, Francesca Woodman among others. Moreover, works by Nobuyoshi Araki, Peter Beard, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, Thomas Ruff, Jörg Sasse, Wolfgang Tillmans as well as an unusual portrait of Michael Jackson by Gottfried Helnwein (estimate of 5,000-7,000 EUR) will be put up for auction. Finally, on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the "Fotografie Forum Frankfurt", Villa Grisebach is pleased to offer a selection of fourteen photographs for sale in the section "The Cabinet". The proceeds of this sale will benefit the Fotografie Forum Frankfurt. Among the works for auction is an image by the currently much discussed photographer Erwin Olaf (estimate of 5,000-7,000 EUR) as well as works by René Burri, Elinor Carucci, Imogen Cunningham, Abe Frajndlich, Barbara Klemm, Will McBride, Sarah Moon, Anders Petersen, Martin Parr, Avinash Veeraraghavan, Wolfgang Zurborn. Villa Grisebach was founded 1986; its main focus: Art of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries and photography; staff members (May 2007): 35; representatives in Berlin and across Germany, as well as offices in Switzerland and North America; 2 suite of sales annually: spring and late autumn. Visit : https://www.villa-grisebach. Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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