16th Nov, 2024 20:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2024 at Fotografiska Shanghai

 
Lot 4
 

HEINRICH KÜHN (1866–1944) | 'Girl with Mirror', Austria, 1902
海因里希·库恩 (1866–1944) | 《镜中女孩》,奥地利

Sold for €900


Lot details

Start price: € 600

Estimate: € 1,000–1,200

Start price: RMB 4,500

Estimate: RMB 7,500–9,000

Size: 19.5 x 14.4 cm

Photogravure, printed in 1906 for "Camera Work 13" on Japanese paper 30 x 21 cm, mounted on original page, in excellent condition. Annotated in pencil by an unidentified hand on the reverse of the page. LITERATURE: Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work, The Complete Illustrations 1903–1917, Cologne 1997, p. 263. Heinrich Kuehn, Die vollkommene Fotografie, cat. Albertina Vienna, ed. by Monika Faber and Astrid Mahler, Ostfildern 2010, p. 27 (variant from the same series, dated 1902).

The German physician Heinrich Kuehn moved to the Austrian alps for health reasons. As a photographer, he became one the most important representative of Pictorialism there. His children, as well as Mary Warner, the nanny, were favourite models for his staged photographs. This photogravure was created for his American friend Alfred Stieglitz, the influential photographer, gallery owner and publisher of the legendary photo magazine "Camera Work".

凹版摄影,采用日本纸,尺寸30 x 21 cm,装裱在原始页面上,状况极佳。页面背面有不明身份者用铅笔注释。 文献:Alfred Stieglitz,《Camera Work, The Complete Illustrations 1903–1917》,科隆,1997年,第263页。Heinrich Kuehn,《Die vollkommene Fotografie》,Albertina维也纳目录,由Monika Faber和Astrid Mahler编辑,Ostfildern 2010年,第27页(同一系列的变体,日期为1902年)。德国医生Heinrich Kuehn因健康原因搬到奥地利阿尔卑斯山。作为摄影师,他成为绘画主义在当地最重要的代表之一。他的孩子们以及保姆Mary Warner是他摆拍照片的最爱模特。这张凹版摄影是为他美国朋友Alfred Stieglitz创作的,后者是著名摄影师、画廊老板和传奇摄影杂志《Camera Work》的出版人。