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Lot 159
Valie Export
"Einkreisung", 1976
vintage gelatin silver print, PE paper, re-worked with red watercolour,
titled in black Indian ink, signed, photographer’s stamp, verso inscribed "Fotografik",
edition of 3, numbered 3/3 and monogrammed, inscribed with blue ball-point pen, 41.7 x 61 cm,
including the gramophone record "wahre Freundschaft", 1978,
signed, no. 73 and with a dedication
Estimate: EUR 12,000 to EUR 18,000
 
 

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Franz Antoine d.J. » Alois Beer » Günter Brus » Imogen Cunningham » František Drtikol » VALIE EXPORT » Paul Freiberger » Mario Giacomelli » Nan Goldin » Dennis Hopper » Rudolf Koppitz » Yoichi Okamoto » Julius Shulman » Grete Stern » Ludwig Wittgenstein »

 
Online auction: here

Auction ends: October 28, 3 pm

Print catalogue: dorotheum.com
 
 

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Photography / Fotografie
 
Lot 62
Ludwig Wittgenstein
7 machine photographs, unpublished, c. 1922, vintage prints
one inscribed with pencil on the reverse,
each c. 5.4 x 3.7 cm
Estimate: EUR 5,000 to EUR 7,000
 
 
From the early travel photography of the 19th century to contemporary snapshots and projects: the Dorotheum photography auction, which is brimming with 213 works, spans the history of photography.

The auction will reveal a rare, previously unpublished body of work by a world star: seven photo booth images from 1922 by Ludwig Wittgenstein, who was in his mid-thirties (€ 5,000 - 7,000). Valuable photographs from the life of the philosopher are also seven images created from 1923 to 1946 (€ 3,500 - 4,500).
 
 
Photography / Fotografie
 
Lot 129
Grete Stern
"Sueno N° 25: Barquito de papel", 1949
later gelatin silver print
7.5 x 9.9 cm, mounted on a card
the latter with New Year’s wishes for 1989 on the reverse,
signed Grete, 10.4 x 15.2 cm
Estimate: EUR 700 to EUR 1,000
 
 
Further auction highlights include new-objective, abstract nature studies by the American photographer, Imogen Cunningham (€ 5,000 - 7,000 each) as well as works by the prominent Austrian filmmaker and pioneer of media art, VALIE EXPORT [including "Einkreisung" (encirclement) from "Körperkonfigurationen" (body configurations), 1976, € 12,000 - 18,000]. Another feature includes the personal and atmospheric interior photographs by Nan Goldin. Both Self-portrait in blue bathroom, London 1980 and Nan and Brian in bed, N.Y.C 1983 correspond to her statement: "These pictures come out of relationships, not observation" (€ 6,000 - 8,000 each).
 
 
Photography / Fotografie
 
Lot 164
Mario Giacomelli
"Il canto dei nuovi emigranti", 1984-85
vintage gelatin silver print
verso photographer’s stamp and stamp with title and details,
label inscribed with 15 in felt tip
29.4 x 38.5 cm
Estimate: EUR 1,200 to EUR 1,800
 
 
The online auction ends on October 28th at 3 pm. The catalogue is available online at dorotheum.com as both a print and an online version.
 
 
Photography / Fotografie
 
Lot 65
Imogen Cunningham
"Glacial Lily" (False Hellebor), 1926
gelatin silver print, printed in the 1930s
on the reverse photographer’s label Mills College with typewritten title
20.5 x 16.3 (25.5 x 20.3) cm
EUR 5,000 to EUR 7,000
 
 
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