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Ringl + pit (Ellen Auerbach & Grete Stern)

Karlsruhe 1906 - 2004 New York & Elberfeld 1904 - 1999 Buenos Aires

FOTOGRAFIE ringl + pit. 1929–1933

12 Gelatin silver prints, 1985, printed by Ellen Auerbach and Christine Sander on Agfa-Portriga and Kodak-Ektalure paper. From 13,8 × 10,4 cm to 33,8 × 22 cm (5 ⅜ × 4 ⅛ in. to 13 ¼ × 8 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Ringl + pit (Ellen Auerbach & Grete Stern). FOTOGRAFIE ringl + pit. 1929–1933.

Estimate:

EUR 3,000

 

- 4,000

USD 3,530

 

- 4,710

Sold for:

3,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2020

Photography, Wednesday, 02.12.2020

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12 Gelatin silver prints, 1985, printed by Ellen Auerbach and Christine Sander on Agfa-Portriga and Kodak-Ektalure paper. From 13,8 × 10,4 cm to 33,8 × 22 cm (5 ⅜ × 4 ⅛ in. to 13 ¼ × 8 ⅝ in.). Each mounted on cardboard (48,3 × 38,1 cm) and under a mat (48,3 × 37,6 cm). Each signed in pencil on the reverse of the cardboard, numbered and editioned in pencil by another hand. Together in a grey original linen portfolio (48,8 × 38,8 × 2,8 cm) and a black cardboard slipcase. Portfolio cover and title page each with a label with a printed original letterhead of the studio: „FOTOGRAFIE ringl + pit, BERLIN-STEGLITZ - SCHÖNHAUSER STR. 18A, TEL.: G9 ALBRECHT 3606“. Five-page title sheet with catalogue raisonné, short biographies of the photographers, introductory text by Ellen Auerbach, as well as information regarding the edition. Editioned by an unknown hand on page five. One of 35 + 15 a.p. editioned copies, ed. Sander Gallery Editions, New York 1985.

Exhibition catalogue: Fotografie am Bauhaus. Berlin, Bauhaus- Archiv; Tübingen, Kunsthalle; Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe; Zurich, Foundation for Constructive and Concrete Art; Paris, Mission du Patrimoine Photographique Palais de Tokyo, 1990/91, p. 227, ill. 382, p. 233, ill. 379 (there titled: Güldenring), p. 254, ill. 414 / exhibition catalogue: ringl + pit. Grete Stern. Ellen Auerbach. Essen, Museum Folkwang; Berlin, Bauhaus-Archiv; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein; Dessau, Bauhaus, 1993/94, p. 10, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 45, 65, 70, 71 / Michael Koetzle: Ellen Auerbach, Anton Stankowski. Zeitgenossen. Munich 1997, p. 26, 27 / exhibition catalogue: Ellen Auerbach. Berlin, Tel Aviv, London, New York. Berlin, Akademie der Künste, 1998, p. 6, 17, 18, 20, 21, 25 / Inka Graeve Ingelmann: Ellen Auerbach. Das dritte Auge. Leben und Werk. Munich 2006, T. 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18 / exhibition catalogue: Grete Stern. Berlin - Buenos Aires. Besançon, Musée des Beaux-Arts et Archéologie, 2008/09, p. 38 (detail) and p. 50-57

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