HIGHLIGHTS
23rd OSTLICHT
PHOTO AUCTION
HIGHLIGHTS
23rd OSTLICHT
PHOTO AUCTION
Lot 84
DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN (* 1916)
Pablo Picasso, Villa La Californie, Cannes 1957
Starting price: 5,000 €
Some friendships begin under unique circumstances or in extraordinary places. Duncan simply rang the doorbell of Picasso's villa La Californie...
Lot 98
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)
»Chest« (Thomas), New York 1986
Starting price: 18,000 €
From the 1980s onward Mapplethorpe’s fascination and love for classical sculptures finds expression in his work, with particular interest in the borders between...
Lot 70
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908–2004)
»Eunuch of the Last Chinese Imperial Dynasty«,
Beijing 1948
Starting price: 6,000 €
The well-known shot originated from Cartier-Bresson's travels through China at the end of 1948, when Life commissioned him to...
Lot 85
GJON MILI (1904–1984)
A group of five prints including the iconic Pablo Picasso drawing a centaur in the air with light, 1949
Starting price: 12,000 €
When Gjon Mili visited Pablo Picasso in the South of France in 1949, the meeting of these two artists resulted in some of the most extraordinary...
Lot 103
VALIE EXPORT (* 1940)
»Nachfügung« (from the series »Körperkonfigurationen«), 1974
Starting price: 18,000 €
In her series »Körperkonfigurationen« (body configurations), VALIE EXPORT questions body language – as a gender-specific, socially and historically coded...
Lot 49
ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1891–1956)
The sculptor Anton Lavinsky, USSR 1924
Starting price: 5,000 €
As a key figure of the Russian avant-garde and Russian constructivism, Alexander Rodchenko took an active part in the in the artistic discourse of the time and joined...
Lot 33
BRASSAÏ (1899–1984)
»Femme Aux Voiles« (Lady with veils), Paris 1934
Starting price: 7,000 €
Brassaï’s »Transmutations« surely count as one of the most experimental works in the history of photography. Inspired by the surrealist movement and his collaboration with...
Lot 1
HEINRICH KÜHN (1866–1944)
Nude Study, Tyrol 1907
Starting price: 18,000 €
The nude from behind was made in 1907 and shows Heinrich Kühn’s muse Mary Warner. The rendition of soft reflections of light within...
Lot 9
GERMAINE KRULL (1897–1985)
Dance Study with Mask II, Berlin 1923
Starting price: 2,400 €
Germaine Krulls time in Berlin, from 1922 to 1925, in many ways depicts new...
HIGHLIGHTS
23rd OSTLICHT
PHOTO AUCTION
Lot 84
DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN (* 1916)
Pablo Picasso, Villa La Californie, Cannes 1957
Starting price: 5,000 €
Some friendships begin under unique circumstances or in extraordinary places. Duncan simply rang the doorbell of Picasso's villa La Californie...
Lot 98
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)
»Chest (Thomas)«, New York 1986
Starting price: 18,000 €
From the 1980s onward Mapplethorpe’s fascination and love for classical sculptures finds expression in his work, with particular interest in the borders between...
Lot 85
GJON MILI (1904–1984)
A group of five prints including the iconic Pablo Picasso drawing a centaur in the air with light, 1949
Starting price: 12,000 €
When Gjon Mili visited Pablo Picasso in the South of France in 1949, the meeting of these two artists resulted in some of the most extraordinary...
Lot 70
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908–2004)
Eunuch of the Last Chinese Imperial Dynasty,
Beijing 1948
Starting price: 6,000 €
The well-known shot originated from Cartier-Bresson's travels through China at the end of 1948, when Life commissioned him to...
Lot 103
VALIE EXPORT (* 1940)
»Nachfügung« (from the series »Körperkonfigurationen«), 1974
Starting price: 18,000 €
In her series »Körperkonfigurationen« (body configurations), VALIE EXPORT questions body language – as a gender-specific, socially and historically coded...
Lot 33
BRASSAÏ (1899–1984)
»Femme Aux Voiles« (Lady with veils), Paris 1934
Starting price: 7,000 €
Brassaï’s »Transmutations« surely count as one of the most experimental works in the history of photography. Inspired by the surrealist movement and his collaboration with...
Lot 49
ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1891–1956)
The sculptor Anton Lavinsky, USSR 1924
Starting price: 5,000 €
As a key figure of the Russian avant-garde and Russian constructivism, Alexander Rodchenko took an active part in the in the artistic discourse of the time and joined...
Lot 9
GERMAINE KRULL (1897–1985)
Dance Study with Mask II, Berlin 1923
Starting price: 2,400 €
Germaine Krulls time in Berlin, from 1922 to 1925, in many ways depicts new...
Lot 1
HEINRICH KÜHN (1866–1944)
Nude Study, Tyrol 1907
Starting price: 18,000 €
The nude from behind was made in 1907 and shows Heinrich Kühn’s muse Mary Warner. The rendition of soft reflections of light within...