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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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