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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Aachen 1886 – 1969 Chicago

German Pavilion. World Fair, Barcelona, 1928/29. Waterbassin with sculpture „Der Morgen“ by Georg Kolbe / Photo: Berliner Bild-Bericht. 1929

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 17 × 20,5 cm (6 ¾ × 8 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. German Pavilion. World Fair, Barcelona, 1928/29. Waterbassin with sculpture „Der Morgen“ by Georg Kolbe / Photo: Berliner Bild-Bericht. 1929.

Estimate:

EUR 3,000

 

- 4,000

USD 3,410

 

- 4,550

Sold for:

8,125 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions October 2018

Photography, Friday, 26.10.2018

Information

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 17 × 20,5 cm (6 ¾ × 8 ⅛ in.). Studio stamp on the reverse: „ATELIER MIES VAN DER ROHE BERLIN W. 35, AM KARLSBAD 24“ as well as agency and copyright stamp: „Berliner Bild-Bericht, Berlin W.30, Eisenacher Str. 103. ...“. Inscribed, numbered and layout markings by various hands in pencil as well as two red coloured pencils: „196“. With light handling marks.

Exh. cat.: Mies van der Rohe. New York, The Museum of modern Art, 1947, Title and p. 70 / exh. cat.: Barcelona-Pavillon. Mies van der Rohe & Kolbe. Architektur & Plastik. Berlin, Georg-Kolbe-Museum, 2006, p. 124–125 (scaled-down detail) / Helmut Reuter and Birgit Schulte (ed.): Mies und das Neue Wohnen. Räume. Möbel. Fotografie. Ostfildern 2008, p. 284–285, ill. 273 (variation and titled: Barcelona-Pavillon)

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