Photography Auction Bassenge Spring – Summer Photography Auction

Bassenge announces an outstanding upcoming photography auction scheduled for June 5th at 3 PM CET.

This auction showcases an extensive assortment of photographic treasures, ranging from the works of early pioneers such as Édouard Baldus, Eugène Atget, Auguste Salzmann, Samuel Bourne, James Anderson, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, Giorgio Sommer, Bisson Frères, Nadar, and Étienne Carjat, to modernist masters like Man Ray, Brassaï, El Lissitzky, František Drtikol, Lucien Hervé, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, as well as more recent works by acclaimed artists including Harry Callahan, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Nan Goldin, Sebastião Salgado, Nobuyoshi Araki, and Rinko Kawauchi, among others.

Noteworthy highlights include two masterfully executed platinum palladium prints by icons of fashion photography Irving Penn and Herb Ritts, estimated at €18,000 and €10,000 respectively; an early large-format gelatin silver print by German conceptual artists Bernd and Hilla Becher, estimated at €8,000; a stunning portfolio of gelatin silver prints from Hans Bellmer’s La Poupée series, estimated at €8,000, as well as what can be regarded as one of the first photographic records of early aviation, featuring a photograph of Otto Lilienthal during his pioneering experiments, estimated at €7,000.

The sale also features an extensive selection of works by German postwar photographers such as Marta Hoepffner, Jürgen Klauke, Tata Ronkholz, Robert Häusser, and Jörg Sasse, alongside a special focus on photographers from the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), including practitioners such as Ulrich Wüst, Arno Fischer, Ute Mahler, and Gundula Schulze-Eldowy.

Bassenge invites you to the preview, scheduled from May 27th to June 4th, between 10 AM and 6 PM CET (except Sundays), at their offices located at Rankestrasse 24, 10789 Berlin.

The auction will be held on June 5th at 3 PM CET(9 AM EST) at Bassenge auction house on Erdener Strasse 5A, 14193 Berlin.

For your convenience, the online catalog is accessible through Bassenge’s website and can be read online here.
A printed copy can be requested at [email protected].

Highlights

1. Irving Penn, Steinberg in Nose Mask, New York, 1966, Platinum palladium print, printed 1968, 46 x 38 cm (56.5 x 46 cm) – €18,000/€15,000
2. Herb Ritts, Wrapped Torso, Los Angeles, 1989, Platinum palladium print, 46 x 38 cm (56.5 x 46 cm) – €10,000/€8,000
3. Bernd and Hilla Becher, Hochofen, Hainer Hütte, Siegen, 1961, Large-format ferrotyped gelatin silver print, printed 1971, 39.5 x 30 cm – €8,000/€7,000
4. Hans Bellmer, Hans Bellmer Photographies (Images from the “Poupée” series), 1930s, 10 gelatin silver prints, printed 1983, each circa 25.5 x 26 cm (35 x 29 cm) – €8,000/€7,000
5. Alex Krajewski, Otto Lilienthal flying one of his gliding planes near Berlin, Rhinower Berge, Germany, 1893, Vintage collodion paper print, 15.2 x 20.9 cm – €7,000/€5,000

Preview Dates: May 27th to June 4th, 10 AM to 6 PM CET (except Sundays)

Location: Rankestrasse 24, 10789 Berlin

Auction Date: June 5th, 3 PM CET (9 AM EST)

Venue: Erdener Strasse 5A, 14193 Berlin

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