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AUGUST SANDER (1876–1964)
Bricklayer, 1928 , 1928 (Executed)
Lot #72 |
2018-04-06 |
Christie's, New York
Photographs
Category:
Photograph
Estimate:
USD 30,000 - 50,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Christie's
Auction number: 15768
Auction name: Photographs
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2018-04-06
End date: 2018-04-06
Currency: USD
Source:
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Photography
Department: Photography & Video
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Dimensions: 9 3/8 x 12 in. (23.8 x 30.4 cm.)
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
23.8
Width In Centimeters:
30.4
Height In Inches:
9.37
Width In Inches:
12
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Year notes: Executed in 1928.
Provenance
Provenance<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Photographs from the Collection of Graham Nash<br> <br> , Sotheby's, New York, April 25, 1990, lot 180;<br> <br> acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Literature<br> <br> <br> <br> Alfred Döblin,<br> <br> Antlitz Der Zeit,<br> <br> Schirmer/Mosel, München, 1976, cover, p. 23.<br> <br> <br> August Sander:<br> <br> <br> Photographs of an Epoch,<br> <br> Aperture, New York, 1980, p. 12.<br> <br> Gunther Sander (ed.),<br> <br> August Sander: Citizens of the Twentieth Century,<br> <br> The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1989, p. 120.<br> <br> Christoph Schreier,<br> <br> August Sander,<br> <br> August Sander Archive, Cologne, 1997, p. 71.<br> <br> Susanne Lange,<br> <br> August Sander 1876-1964,<br> <br> Taschen, Cologne, 1999, cover, p. 57.<br> <br> August Sander,<br> <br> People of the 20<br> <br> <br> th<br> <br> <br> Century,<br> <br> Vol. II, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2002, cover and pl. II/10/3, p. 87.<br> <br> Exhibition catalogue,<br> <br> Seeing, Observing and Thinking,<br> <br> Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, 2009, pl. 46.
Catalog summary
AUGUST SANDER (1876–1964) Bricklayer, 1928 gelatin silver print, printed by Gunther Sander (the artist's son) late 1950s–mid-1970s blindstamped 'Aug. Sander Köln–Lindenthal' credit (recto); numbered '#540' and '#59' in unknown hands in pencil (verso); stamped 'The Graham Nash Collection', numbered '#540' and '455' in pencil and titled 'Mason's Apprentice', dated '1929', numbered '8' and annotated 'Modern print' on affixed typed label (mat, verso) image/sheet: 9 3/8 x 12 in. (23.8 x 30.4 cm.)