| | | | | | | | Lot 220
NOBUYOSHI ARAKI (*1940)
UNTITLED (TOKYO COMEDY), FROM THE SERIES ‘RIVER BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH’, JAPAN 1997
Starting Bid: €8,000
Estimate: €15,000 - €18,000 | | | Ostlicht Photo Auction | | | Saturday, 19 November 2022, 5pm
Nobuyoshi Araki » Günter Brus » Henri Cartier-Bresson » Mario Giacomelli » Ralph Gibson » William Klein » Rudolf Koppitz » Helen Levitt » Bruno Munari » Helmut Newton » Irving Penn » Lothar Rübelt » Marc Riboud » Alexander Rodchenko » Rudolf Schwarzkogler » Wilhelm von Gloeden » ... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lot 103
MARIO GIACOMELLI (1925–2000)
PRETINI (DANCING PRIESTS), ITALY C.1962
Starting Bid: €4,000
Estimate: €6,000 - €8,000 | | | | | | The upcoming OstLicht Photo Auction is bound to cause quite a stir. "We are very pleased with the extraordinary number of consignments that have allowed my team and me to put together a particularly comprehensive and high-quality program," says gallery owner Peter Coeln. "This strong interest demonstrates that OstLicht has succeeded in achieving a special status among the multitude of auction houses."
Peter Coeln founded WestLicht Photo Auctions in 2009, having already operated the world's largest auction house for cameras since 2001. The upcoming auction is already the 26th photo auction managed by Peter Coeln and his team. In 2020, the auction was renamed "OstLicht Photo Auction" and has since been held twice a year at the OstLicht Gallery.
Following the highly successful auction in spring, the fall program once again presents an exciting variety of works from all eras of Austrian and international photographic history. The newly designed online catalogue offers for the first time the possibility to bid live and without additional costs directly on the homepage ostlicht-auction.com. In addition, bids for the more than 230 lots can still be placed on our familiar partner platforms Liveauctioneers, Invaluable and Drouot. | | | | | | | | | Lot 34
RUDOLF KOPPITZ (1884–1936)
BEWEGUNGSSTUDIE (MOVEMENT STUDY), VIENNA 1925
Starting Bid: €12,000
Estimate: €20,000 - €24,000 | | | | | | One of the most extraordinary lots is undoubtedly by Rudolf Koppitz, who in his legendary Movement Study staged a nude dancer in front of a triangular formation of dark-robed figures. Combining stylized elegance and perfect craftsmanship, the work, created in 1925, exhibits elements of modernism as well as of the Vienna Secession and Wiener Werkstätte, capturing the cultural currents of the Austrian avant-garde more aptly than almost any other.
As past auctions have shown, the most renowned Austrian photograph from the first decades of the last century has lost none of its mysterious aura. In 2014, a vintage print at the WestLicht Photo Auction fetched 90,000 euros, the highest price ever paid for an Austrian photograph at an auction up to that time.
In the upcoming OstLicht auction, a photogravure signed and stamped by "Prof. R. Koppitz" and dedicated to "My dear student in memory" will be on offer with an estimated price of € 20,000 - 24,000. | | | | | | | | | Lot 7
WILHELM VON GLOEDEN (1856–1931)
‘CAIN’, TAORMINA, ITALY C. 1902
Starting Bid: €16,000
Estimate: €30,000 - €35,000 | | | | | | A similarly timeless fascination emanates from the portrait of Cain, created by Wilhelm von Gloeden in 1902 in Taormina, Sicily. The nude of a young, introverted man is one of the most important and beautiful motifs of the German photographer and was in such great demand during his lifetime that he even had an etching made of it. Up for auction is a large-format print made in 1913, dated, stamped and signed by the artist himself, with an estimated price of € 30,000 – 35,000.
Another classic in the history of photography was created by the exceptional photographer William Klein, who died just a few weeks ago. Klein revolutionized the world of fashion photography like no other with his unusual cropping, double exposures, and his use of light and fog as visual stylistic devices. As his 1960 image Pont Alexander III + Marines illustrates, he was also one of the first fashion photographers to free his models from the static studio atmosphere and photograph them outdoors. The signed print is of one of his most famous shots for Vogue magazine. (Estimated price: € 8.000 - 10.000) | | | | | | | | | Lot 94
BRUNO MUNARI (1907–1998)
‘FUTURISM’, ITALY C. 1935
Starting Bid: €2,400
Estimate: €4,000 - €5,000 | | | | | | Under the title Futurism, a work by the versatile Italian artist, designer and inventor Bruno Munari comes up for auction, far less known to the general public but all the more appreciated among knowledgeable collectors. Considered an enfant terrible, the artist joined the "second Futurist movement" in the late 1920s and, in addition to his "useless machines" and abstract geometric works, created extraordinary photographs in which he focused on the movement of objects rather than the objects themselves. The well-preserved vintage print, a unique piece from the 1930s, is signed by Munari in conspicuous red ink (Estimated price: € 4,000 – 5,000)
The exceptional Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki is represented in the auction by one of his most extraordinary works. Taken in 1997, the untitled image from the series Tokyo Comedy shows the theatrically staged shot of a couple and is one of the few in which a male protagonist is the subject of his works. The impressive full-body tattoo of the man, which in this manner war for decades reserved for members of the yakuza, forms a work-of-art-within-a- work-of-art and was signed directly on the skin by the well-known tattoo artist Horitoku. On the back, the large-format gelatin silver print bears Araki's signature. (Estimated price: € 15,000 – 18,000)
Last but not least, the next OstLicht Photo Auction will feature an absolute premiere: Alexander Rodchenko's perhaps most famous picture The Girl with the Leica is considered one of the most influential works of the "New Vision" and had never been offered in an Austrian auction before. With its diagonal cut and dramatic top view, it exemplifies the new perspectives created by the handy 35mm camera, which the versatile Russian artist and doctor wanted to use to "revolutionize optical recognition." The print from the 1950s bears the title, the photographer's handwritten name, and his stamp on the reverse. (Estimated price: € 2,800 - 3,200) | | | | | | | | | Lot 121
IRVING PENN (1917–2009)
MODEL DORIAN LEIGH AND WRESTLER MAURICE TILLET, NEW YORK 1946
Starting Bid: €4,000
Estimate: €8,000 - €10,000 | | | | | | | Further highlights of the upcoming OstLicht Photo Auction: The model Dorian Leigh and the wrestler Maurice Tillet by Irving Penn from 1946. The vintage print is in excellent condition. (Estimated price: € 8,000 – 10,000) The image of a painter, who in 1953 cheerfully gave the Eiffel Tower a new paint job and helped photographer Marc Riboud to become a member of famous Magnum agency. The large format gelatin silver print is signed and dated by the photographer. (Estimated price: € 4,400 – 5,000) An icon of Viennese Actionism is the very rare box of 13 B&W photographs in which Ludwig Hoffenreich captured Rudolf Schwarzkogler's legendary 3rd Action in 1965. Printed in 1975 from the original negatives, the gelatin silver prints are signed by Edith Adam and in perfect condition. (Estimated price: € 20,000 – 24,000) The portfolio Transfusion by Günter Brus. The 12 chromo prints of photographs taken by Ludwig Hoffenreich in 1965 are the first color photographs ever taken in an action by Günter Brus. In addition to the theme of birth, the photographs also include elements from earlier actions like the "self-mutilation". The resulting ambivalence between erotic and destructive motifs give this action a specific status in Brus' oeuvre. The 12 chromo prints were printed from the original negatives and have been signed by the artist. (Estimated price: € 20.000 - 24.000) A gelatin silver print of the famous photograph from Seville by Henri Cartier-Bresson, showing children playing behind a broken wall, signed by the photographer. (Estimated price: € 6.000 - 8.000) The Dancing Priests, captured by Mario Giacomelli in his powerful series of photographs from Senigallia in 1962. The gelatin silver print is signed by the artist and bears a stamp of authenticity. (Estimated price: € 6,000 – 8,000) The illustrated book Helmut Newton SUMO, which weighs more than 35 kilos complete with the book stand by Philippe Starck, which illuminates the photographer's entire career with around 400 photographs. The copy "05359" of the limited and now sold out edition is in mint condition and was personally signed by Newton. (Estimated price: € 5,000 – 7,000) | | | | | | | | | Lot 137
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908–2004)
SEVILLE, SPAIN, 1933
Starting Bid: €3,800
Estimate: €6,000 - €8,000 | | | | | | The public OstLicht Photo Auction will take place on November 19, starting at 5 pm at the OstLicht Gallery, 1100 Vienna, Absberggasse 27.
For reasons of sustainability, we have decided not to print a catalogue.
Detailed descriptions and images of all lots will be available in the online catalog at www.ostlicht-auction.com in the coming days. Bids can be placed there in advance. For the first time, it will also be possible to bid live on this platform during the auction without any extra costs. In addition, bids can also be placed on our familiar partner platforms Liveauctioneers, Invaluable and Drouot.
On site, the lots can be viewed starting November 2, Wednesday to Saturday, from 12 to 5 pm - or by appointment. | | | | | | unsubscribe here
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