Leica to Auction 120 Well-known Pictures, Together with One Anticipated to Promote for Almost $300,000

As a part of the continuing centenary celebration for the Leica I, the primary commercially accessible 35mm digicam, Leitz Photographic Auction is placing a set of dynamic pictures up on the market in a special auction called “Motion.”

The upcoming public sale “features works that visualize the dynamics of social and aesthetic transformations,” Leica explains. “Movement in and through images serves as a recurring theme in the selection of premium photographs from the 20th and 21st centuries.”

The “Motion” public sale will happen on October 30 on the Leica Gallery Vienna, whereas highlighted tons from the public sale might be on show on the similar gallery beginning October 17. The public sale may also enable bids to be submitted on-line or by phone.

When the Leica I 35mm digicam launched in 1925, it without end modified images and the way artists may use cameras to seize their world. The Leica I used to be compact sufficient to slot in a jacket pocket, and was immediately prepared to make use of. Compared to the slow-paced, cumbersome large-format cameras of the day, the Leica I used to be transformative and ushered in a brand new period of images.

However, whereas Leica is rightfully celebrating 35mm images this 12 months to mark the Leica I’s lasting impression, the “Motion” public sale additionally consists of some large-format prints. For instance, the famend American photographer Edward Weston, a celebrated determine within the large-format images neighborhood and co-founder of Group f/64, created one among his most well-known pictures, “Nude Study (Anita),” in 1925. That classic print might be on supply, and is anticipated to fetch as a lot as €250,000, which is almost $300,000 at present change charges.

“We are offering a rare vintage print of this iconic nude study — a work distinguished not only by its formal radicalism, but also by its year of creation, which both resonates with the Leica anniversary and signifies the threshold to photographic modernism,” says Caroline Guschelbauer, Head of Photographs at Leitz Photographica Auction.

“Motion” will characteristic many different well-known photos, together with work from iconic early photographers like Ansel Adams, Walker Evans, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Bernie Abbott, Ruth Bernhard, August Sander, Brassaï, and Horst P. Horst.

Leica notes that influential post-war photographers may also be featured, together with Otto Steinert, Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, Ernst Haas, Garry Winogrand, Joel Meyerowitz, and Helmut Newton, “to name just a few.”

Modern photographers aren’t neglected, both. Featured tons embody work by artists comparable to Hiroshi Sugimoto, Nobuyoshi Araki, Nan Goldin, Alison Jackson, Sissi Farassat, and Paul Cupido.

“With this century auction, Leitz Photographica Auction highlights its commitment to curating works of museum quality, historical significance, and lasting collectability — an offering that speaks both to seasoned collectors and to newcomers with a passion for art,” concludes Guschelbauer.

“I am very pleased that this carefully curated selection once again reflects the diversity of photographic expression, while staying true to our mission of sharing the fascination of photography with enthusiasts, connoisseurs, and collectors,” says Alexander Sedlak, Managing Director of Leitz Photographica Auction. “Leica Gallery Vienna, which throughout the year welcomes international stars of the photography scene to Austria while also offering an important platform for local newcomers, provides us with the perfect venue.”

The on-line catalog for the “Motion” picture public sale is available on Leitz Photographica Auction’s website, and pre-bidding has already begun. The public sale itself begins on October 30 at 6:30 PM CET (1:30 PM EDT).

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Image credit: Leitz Photographica Auction. Individual photographers are credited within the picture captions.