| | | | | | | | Boxer. 1929
Gelatin silver print by Gunther Sander, 1961/63. 48 x 30,5 cm Portraits from "People of the 20th Century". 1912-32
70 Gelatin silver prints by Gunther Sander 1961/63.
Unique set of large-format exhibition prints
Estimate EUR 300.000 - 500.000; USD 330,000 - 549,000
Modern and Contemporary Photography Wednesday 27th November 2019 | | | | | | | Preview to the Auction "Modern and Contemporary Photography" | | | | 18 October – 8 November 2019 | | | Opening: Thursday, 17 October, 6-8pm
Auction "Modern and Contemporary Photography" Grisebach, Berlin 27. November 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nonne. 1921
Gelatin silver print by Gunther Sander, 1961/63. 46,9 x 32,3 cm.
Original cardboard (59 x 49,1 cm) Portraits from "People of the 20th Century". 1912-32
70 Gelatin silver prints by Gunther Sander 1961/63.
Unique set of large-format exhibition prints
Estimate EUR 300.000 - 500.000; USD 330,000 - 549,000
Modern and Contemporary Photography Wednesday 27th November 2019 | | | | | | When people speak about masterpieces of modern photography, when the question is which one is the pioneering incunabulum among them, and when talks is of singling out the most famous photographic project in history, then many would readily agree that August Sander’s "Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts" ("People of the 20th Century") merits that honor.
Grisebach has the pleasure to announce that at the auction on November 27th, 2019, there will be 70 portraits on offer as part of a unique set that has never before been available on the auction market. From 1961 to 1963, shortly before his death, Sander himself compiled these photographs for a final exhibition. The unique set of images available at the auction bears his own personal stamp and serves as the epitome of his life’s work and legacy.
Sander developed this collection over the course of several decades as a "Kulturwerk in Lichtbildern" ("cultural oeuvre in photographs"), one that would be "divided into seven groups based on social classes [...]." The collection was to encompass 600 images. | | | | | | | | | Gymnasiast (Abiturient), Köln. 1926
Gelatin silver print by Gunther Sander, 1961/63. 28 x 48,5 cm Portraits from "People of the 20th Century". 1912-32
70 Gelatin silver prints by Gunther Sander 1961/63.
Unique set of large-format exhibition prints
Estimate EUR 300.000 - 500.000; USD 330,000 - 549,000
Modern and Contemporary Photography Wednesday 27th November 2019 | | | | | | Sander’s objective was nothing less than "to create a true-to-life visual document of our times by means of photography." With his visual aesthetic, Sander – who is considered the pioneering exponent of conceptual realism in documentary photography – became a seminal influence for countless other photographers, including Walker Evans, Bernd and Hilla Becher, and Thomas Ruff.
The world which he shows is a vulnerable and fragile one – and thus invites the contemporary viewer to carefully observe his own self and surroundings.
"How to write sociology without actually writing but instead by presenting images, images of faces, rather than folk costumes and suchlike, this is what the eye of this photographer and his intellect, his observation and his knowledge, not to mention his immense photographic skill, have achieved." (Alfred Döblin in his preface to: August Sander. Antlitz der Zeit "The Face of Our Time", 1929). | | | | | | | | | Zirkusartistin (circus artist). 1928–1932
Gelatin silver print by Gunther Sander, 1961/63. 47,8 x 32,3 cm.
Original cardboard (59 x 49,2 cm). Portraits from "People of the 20th Century". 1912-32
70 Gelatin silver prints by Gunther Sander 1961/63.
Unique set of large-format exhibition prints
Estimate EUR 300.000 - 500.000; USD 330,000 - 549,000
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