Photography Auction Bassenge – Photography Auction

Bassenge is pleased to announce our upcoming photography auction, set for June 4th, 2025, at 3:00 PM CET. Presenting a remarkable journey through the history of photography, this sale brings together pioneering 19th-century masters, icons of 20th-century modernism, and influential voices of contemporary photography.

Among the outstanding highlights is Julia Margaret Cameron’s iconic Three Kings’ Daughters Fair, a masterful example of early artistic portraiture, estimated at €6,000. Equally significant is a monumental mammoth albumen print by Carleton Watkins, capturing the breathtaking Vernal and Nevada Falls in Yosemite, estimated at €4,000. From the contemporary section, Bernd and Hilla Becher’s rare large-format industrial study Hochofen, Hainer Hütte, Siegen stands out with an estimate of €8,000.

Also featured are Nobuyoshi Araki’s playful and provocative Untitled (Watermelon on the Rooftop), offered at €5,000, and Diane Arbus’s emotionally charged Woman in her Negligée, N.Y.C., printed by Neil Selkirk in 1972, carrying an estimate of €4,000.

In addition to these highlights, the auction features works by celebrated photographers such as Eugène Atget, Gustave Le Gray, Roger Fenton, Berenice Abbott, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Herbert List, Helmut Newton, Garry Winogrand, Nan Goldin, John Divola, and Michael Schmidt—offering collectors a rare opportunity to acquire significant works across the full spectrum of photographic history.

Highest Value Lots:

• Bernd and Hilla Becher, Hochofen, Hainer Hütte, Siegen, 1961, Vintage large-format gelatin silver print – €8,000
• Julia Margaret Cameron, Three Kings’ Daughters Fair (Mary Peacock, Emily Peacock, Annie Chinery Cameron), 1873, Albumen print, mounted to modern board – €6,000
• Nobuyoshi Araki, Untitled (Watermelon on the Rooftop), 1991, Gelatin silver print – €5,000
• Diane Arbus, Woman in her Negligée, N.Y.C., 1966, Gelatin silver print, printed 1972 by Neil Selkirk –€4,000
• Carleton Watkins, The Vernal and Nevada Falls, from Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, 1865/66, Mammothalbumen print – €4,000-€3,500

Artists Included:
19th Century: Eugène Atget, Gustave Le Gray, Édouard Baldus, Julia Margaret Cameron, Roger Fenton, John Beasley Greene, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Eadweard Muybridge, Carleton Watkins
20th Century: Berenice Abbott, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Margaret Bourke-White, Harry Callahan, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, Horst P. Horst, William Klein, Herbert List, Tina Modotti, Helmut Newton, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Garry Winogrand
Contemporary: Bernd and Hilla Becher, Nobuyoshi Araki, John Divola, Candida Höfer, Nan Goldin, Michael Schmidt

Preview:
May 26–30, 10:00–18:00 CET June 2, 10:00–18:00 CET June 3, 10:00–15:00 CET Rankestrasse 24, 10789 Berlin

Auction:
June 4, 15:00 CET (09:00 EST) Erdener Strasse 5A, 14193 Berlin

The online catalog is available at bassenge.com. For a PDF version of the full catalog, please consult the Issuu viewer on our website or email us at [email protected], and we will be delighted to provide one.