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Albert Renger-Patzsch

Würzburg 1897 – 1966 Wamel near Soest

Portrait Käthe Wittlake / Young Unknown Woman / Ronald Gregor Smith. 1930s and 1950s

3 Vintages or early gelatin silver prints. 22,1 x 16,3 cm as well as 17 cm x 11,7 cm, 22,3 x 16,2 cm (8 ¾ x 6 ⅜ in. as well as 6 ¾ in. x 4 ⅝ in. and 8 ¾ x 6 ⅜ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Albert Renger-Patzsch. Portrait Käthe Wittlake / Young Unknown Woman / Ronald Gregor Smith. 1930s and 1950s.

Estimate:

EUR 800

 

- 1,000

USD 1,088

 

- 1,360

Sold for:

2,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 215-221

Modern and Contemporary Photographs, Wednesday, 27.11.2013

Information

3 Vintages or early gelatin silver prints. 22,1 x 16,3 cm as well as 17 cm x 11,7 cm, 22,3 x 16,2 cm (8 ¾ x 6 ⅜ in. as well as 6 ¾ in. x 4 ⅝ in. and 8 ¾ x 6 ⅜ in.). Portrait photograph (Wittlake) mounted by the reverse upper edge onto original card, thereupon signed in pencil lower right: „Renger“. Second portrait photograph (woman) laid down on original cardboard, thereupon signed in pencil lower right: „AlbRengerPatzsch“. Third portrait photograph (Smith), photographer's stamp on the reverse, „A. RENGER-PATZSCH WAMEL-DORF ÜBER SOEST I.W.“.

From Albert Renger-Patzsch to the family of the present owner

Albert Renger-Patzsch, Bilder aus der Fotografischen Sammlung und dem Girardet-Foto-Archiv der Ruhr-Universität Bochum im Museum Folkwang Essen, ed by Virginia Heckert and Ute Eskildsen, Essen 1997, p. 131 (Portrait K. Wittlake)

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