Start price: € 1,600
Estimate: € 3,000–3,400
English:
Vintage silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper, in very good condition. Photographer’s stamp on the reverse. LITERATURE Peter Coeln (ed.), Roland Pleterski. Drawn by the light, Vienna 2007, p. 184-185.
Roland Pleterski, an Austrian who lived in New York for many years, was a photographer who sought glamour. Trained as a fashion illustrator, he came to photography late in life and became Irving Penn's assistant in the American metropolis. Penn's influence is evident in Pleterski's elegant, statically staged fashion and portrait photographs, which appeared in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour and other glossy magazines. WestLicht took over his estate and published the first monograph on his complete works, which was presented on the occasion of the exhibition "Drawn By The Light".
Deutsch:
Vintage-Silbergelatineabzug auf kartonstarkem, halbmattem Papier, in sehr gutem Zustand. Rückseitig Fotografenstempel. LITERATUR Peter Coeln (Hg.), Roland Pleterski. Drawn by the light, Wien 2007, S. 184-185.
Roland Pleterski, ein Österreicher, der viele Jahre in New York lebte, war ein Fotograf, der den Glamour suchte. Ausgebildet als Modeillustrator und erst spät zur Fotografie gekommen, wurde er in der amerikanischen Metropole Assistent von Irving Penn. Dessen Handschrift zeigt sich in Pleterskis eleganten, statisch inszenierten Mode- und Porträtfotografien, die in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour und anderen Hochglanzmagazinen erschienen. WestLicht übernahm dessen Nachlass und publizierte eine erste Monografie zum Gesamtwerk, die anlässlich der Ausstellung "Drawn By The Light" präsentiert wurde.
Image size: 27.7 x 35.5 cm
Auction: OstLicht Photo Auction Spring 2026, 28th May, 2026
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