In keeping with Lempertz’ tradition, there is a separation of the photography offer. The contemporary photography will be auctioned on 5 December in the afternoon together with contemporary art, while the 19th century and classic photography will be auctioned on 4 December at 6:00 pm. Contemporary photos limited to € 2,000 will also be sold at the time.

Ansel Adams is represented prominently with two photographs. His vintage “Monolith, The face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California” from 1927, is taxed at € 10/15,000

(lot 150) while “Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Sierra Nevada, California” from 1932 has an estimate of € 9/12,000 (lot 149). “Detached Windows and Towers, Elgin Cathedral”, an early, large-scale, rare albumin print by Francis Frith from 1856 (lot 6, € 5,000). Three 1987 Robert Mapplethorpe works are offered: large-scale photogravures with flowers. “Hyacinth” and “Orchid” are taxed at € 14,000, “Irises” have an estimate of € 12,000 (lots 241-243).

Of important note is the collection of over 70 selected photogravures from 1903 – 1917 issues of Camera Work, listed in a separate section of the catalogue. Particular mention deserve the works of Alfred Stieglitz of 14 New York motifs, Heinrich Kühn with complete 15 photos from issue no.33 (lot 61, € 4,400), and the famous New York photographs by Paul Strand (lots 83 ff.). These offer is taxed between € 300 and € 4,400 (Lot 19 – 90).

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The classics among contemporary photo artists, Bernd and Hilla Becher, are represented by two gelatine silver prints of the chemical factory in Wesseling near Cologne (lot 321,

€ 15/20,000). Hiroshi Sugimoto’s typically soft-lens technique shows the E.U.R. Museo della Civiltà Romana from 1988, ex. 1 out of 25 (lot 624, € 13/15,000). Wolfgang Tillmans unique copy Michael & Otto is a digital inkjet print dated 1988 (lot 650, € 10/12,000). “Laboe” by Boris Becker in large-scale shows the monumental interior of the Marine Memorial on the Baltic Sea near Kiel (lot 320, € 5/6,000). Jürgen Klauke is present with an attack of desire from the series “Disastrous Me” from 1996/97 (Lot 481, € 8/10.000). 1988 is the date of Marie-Jo Lafontaines photographic work in four parts: “Homage à Lotte Jacobi - ‘Beauty no coincidence’” (lot 482, € 12/15,000).

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