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August Sander

(Germany, 1876-1964)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 680 - 3 580 EUR
2 720 - 3 630 USD
Hammer price
36 000 SEK
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August Sander
(Germany, 1876-1964)

"Sekretärin beim Westdeutschen Rundfunk in Köln (Secretary at West German Radio in Cologne)", 1931

Printed in 1979 by Gunther Sander for Aperture. Signed Gunther Sander on verso. Embossed stamp "Aug. Sander, Lindenthal, Köln". Gelatin silver print, image 29.5 x 21 cm. Sheet 30.3 x 23.7 cm.

Provenance

Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Köln.
Karin & Lars Hall Collection.

Exhibitions

Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, "August Sander. New Women, New Men and New Identities", 13 February - 19 July 2020. Another example exhibited.
Abecita Konstmuseum, "Ur Karin och Lars Hall Collection", 21 April - 1 July 2012.
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, "En annan historia: Skrivet i ljus", 9 November 2011 - 15 February 2012. Another example exhibited.
Statoil Art Programme, Oslo, ”Icons of Photography, Treasures from the Karin and Lars Hall Collection”, 31 March – 15 August 2011.
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "396 Fotografiska förälskelser", 16 June – 19 August 2001.
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, "I skuggan av ljuset : fotografi och systematik i konst, vetenskap och vardagsliv" , 3 October 1998 - 15 November 1998. Another example exhibited.

Literature

Russel Roberts, ”I skuggan av ljuset : fotografi och systematik i konst, vetenskap och vardagsliv”, 1998, illustrated.
Camera Obscura, "Camera Obscura 1977-1981, volym 1", 1981, illustrated on p. 31.

More information

Detta motiv finns i samlingarna hos bland annat Moderna Museet, Stockholm, National Galleries of Scotland and Tate i Storbritannien och MoMa, New York.