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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Aachen 1886 – 1969 Chicago

Modell der Weissenhof-Siedlung wie gebaut, Ansicht von Osten / Ansicht von Westen. 1927

2 Vintages. Gelatin silver prints. Each approx. 12,5 x 17,1 cm (each approx. 13 x 18 cm) (Approx. 4 ⅞ x 6 ¾ in. (each approx. 5 ⅛ x 7 ⅛ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Modell der Weissenhof-Siedlung wie gebaut, Ansicht von Osten / Ansicht von Westen. 1927.

Estimate:

EUR 400

 

- 600

USD 541

 

- 811

Sold for:

476 EUR (incl. premium)

auctions 164-167

Photography, Thursday, 04.06.2009

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2 Vintages. Gelatin silver prints. Each approx. 12,5 x 17,1 cm (each approx. 13 x 18 cm) (Approx. 4 ⅞ x 6 ¾ in. (each approx. 5 ⅛ x 7 ⅛ in.)). Each on the reverse numbered in pencil, one photo additionally numbered in red crayon.

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.

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