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Arthur Köster

Pausa 1890 – 1965 Berlin

„Afrikanische Strasse 141, seitlicher <br /> Eingang II“. Circa 1927

Vintage. Gelatin silver contact print. 15,8 x 23,1 cm (16 x 23,9 cm) (6 ¼ x 9 ⅛ in. (6 ¼ x 9 ⅜ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Arthur Köster. „Afrikanische Strasse 141, seitlicher 
Eingang II“. Circa 1927.

Estimate:

EUR 500

 

- 700

USD 676

 

- 947

Sold for:

357 EUR (incl. premium)

auctions 164-167

Photography, Thursday, 04.06.2009

Information

Vintage. Gelatin silver contact print. 15,8 x 23,1 cm (16 x 23,9 cm) (6 ¼ x 9 ⅛ in. (6 ¼ x 9 ⅜ in.)).

All the works of the convolute are from the bequest of Eduard Ludwig (1906-1960), an architect and former Bauhaus student, who worked as an assistant to Mies van der Rohe. Both men kept a life-long friendship. Ludwig had enrolled as a Bauhaus student in 1928. His teachers were Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Josef Albers, Walter Peterhans and Mies. After earning his degree in 1932, Ludwig’s first job was at the Bauhaus building department. After the closing of the school in September 1932, Ludwig worked at Mies’ office in Berlin and, since 1935, also at the studio of Lilly Reich. Today, documents from Ludwig's bequest are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Werkbundarchiv, Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, and Bauhaus Foundation in Dessau, among others.