Fasanenstraße 25, 10719 Berlin T +49 30 885915 0, F +49 30 88241 45, [email protected] grisebach.com In the spring auction of Modern and Contemporary Photo- graphy on 31 May total sales reached EUR 525,925* (sales rate of 100%). With a hammer price of EUR 50,000*, Albert Renger-Patzsch’s “Das Bäumchen“ went to a German buyer, followed by Karl Blossfeldt’s “Chrysanthemum segetum“ which was purchased by a German collector for EUR 43,750*. An American collector bid EUR 25,000* for the photograph “Borsig Locomotive Works, Berlin“ by Margaret Bourke-White. Aenne Biermann’s “Einblick in ein Klavier“ saw the highest increase on its pre-sale estimate and was purchased for EUR 15,000* by a French art dealer (estimate EUR 3,000–4,000). There were also high hammer prices in the area of contemporary photography, for example for Helmut New- ton’s “Nastassia Kinski and Marlene Dietrich doll, Holly- wood“ (EUR 15,000* to a German private collection) and for Sherrie Levine’s works from the series “After Karl Bloss- feldt“, purchased by a German collector for EUR 11,250*. Franziska Schmidt T +49 30 885915 27 [email protected] Berlin, 3 June 2017 *All results inclusive of buyer’s premium Press Release Photography auction at Grisebach: High prices for Albert Renger-Patzsch, Karl Blossfeldt, Margaret Bourke-White, and Aenne Biermann

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Page 1: Photography auction at Grisebach: High prices for Albert ...€¦ · rate of 100%). With a hammer price of EUR 50,000*, Albert Renger-Patzsch’s “Das Bäumchen“ went to a German

Fasanenstraße 25, 10719 Berlin T +49 30 885915 0, F +49 30 88241 45, [email protected]

grisebach.com

In the spring auction of Modern and Contemporary Photo-graphy on 31 May total sales reached EUR 525,925* (sales rate of 100%). With a hammer price of EUR 50,000*, Albert Renger-Patzsch’s “Das Bäumchen“ went to a German buyer, followed by Karl Blossfeldt’s “Chrysanthemum segetum“ which was purchased by a German collector for EUR 43,750*. An American collector bid EUR 25,000* for the photograph “Borsig Locomotive Works, Berlin“ by Margaret Bourke-White. Aenne Biermann’s “Einblick in ein Klavier“ saw the highest increase on its pre-sale estimate and was purchased for EUR 15,000* by a French art dealer (estimate EUR 3,000–4,000).

There were also high hammer prices in the area of contemporary photography, for example for Helmut New-ton’s “Nastassia Kinski and Marlene Dietrich doll, Holly-wood“ (EUR 15,000* to a German private collection) and for Sherrie Levine’s works from the series “After Karl Bloss-feldt“, purchased by a German collector for EUR 11,250*.

Franziska SchmidtT +49 30 885915 [email protected]

Berlin, 3 June 2017

*All results inclusive of buyer’s premium

Press Release Photography auction at Grisebach: High prices for Albert Renger-Patzsch, Karl Blossfeldt, Margaret Bourke-White, and Aenne Biermann

Page 2: Photography auction at Grisebach: High prices for Albert ...€¦ · rate of 100%). With a hammer price of EUR 50,000*, Albert Renger-Patzsch’s “Das Bäumchen“ went to a German

Karl Blossfeldt. Chrysanthemum segetum. 1915/25. Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 29,8 x 23,7 cm. Sold for EUR 43,750*

Aenne Biermann. Einblick in ein Klavier. 1927/28. Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 23 x 16,6 cm. Sold for EUR 15,000*

Sherrie Levine. Untitled, from the series: „After Karl Blossfeldt“. 1990. Gelatin silver print, 1990. 23,7 x 17,8 cm (25,2 x 20,3 cm). Sold for EUR 11,250*

Helmut Newton. „Nastassia Kinski and Marlene Dietrich doll, Hollywood“. 1983. Gelatin silver print, before 1986. 58,4 x 38,4 cm (60,2 x 49,8 cm). Sold for EUR 15,000*

Margaret Bourke-White. Borsig Locomotive Works, Berlin. Ca. 1930.Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 33,9 x 23,6 cm. Sold for EUR 25,000*

Albert Renger-Patzsch. Das Bäumchen. 1929. Vintage or early gelatin print. 38,4 x 27,8 cm. Sold for EUR 50,000*

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