28th May, 2026 16:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Spring 2026

 
Lot 37
 

MARTINE FRANCK (1938–2012)
Lubéron, France 1976

Estimate
€3,600 - €4,000
Current bid
€1,800
(1bid)
 

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Lot details

Start price: € 1,800*

Estimate: € 3,600–4,000

English:

Gelatin silver print, printed 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper 60.5 x 50.7 cm, in excellent condition. Photographer's copyright stamp on the reverse.

Unlike many of her Magnum colleagues, Franck, who was married to Henri Cartier-Bresson from 1970 onwards, does not usually focus her attention on the spectacular events of our time. She is interested in quiet settings and subjects, undiscovered places and – a great passion of the photographer – the world of the stage. The photographer's attentive, sensitive gaze behind facades and surfaces and her unerring sense of composition lend her photographs their characteristic quiet but insistent presence.

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subject to resale right

Deutsch:

Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet 1989 auf kartonstarkem, halbmattem Papier 60,5 x 50,7 cm, in ausgezeichnetem Zustand. Rückseitig Fotografen-Copyrightstempel.

Anders als viele ihrer Magnum-Kolleg:innen widmete sich Franck, die ab 1970 mit Henri Cartier-Bresson verheiratet war, in ihren Fotografien keinen spektakulären Ereignissen unserer Zeit. Stattdessen galt ihr Interesse stillen Orten und Motiven, unentdeckten Plätzen und – eine große Leidenschaft der Fotografin – der Welt der Bühne. Ihr aufmerksamer, sensibler Blick hinter Fassaden und Oberflächen sowie ihr untrügliches Gespür für Komposition verleihen ihren Fotografien ihre charakteristisch stille und doch eindringliche Präsenz.

* Vollbesteuert

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Image size: 56.2 x 37.6 cm

 

Auction: OstLicht Photo Auction Spring 2026, 28th May, 2026

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