Gazette Drouot - C apencheres

THE MAGAZINE UPCOMING AUCTIONS
27 November
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In the Middle Kingdom, the idol trendy magazines fight over a
photographer. Her name is Chen Man: a young artist born in
Beijing thirty-two years ago. In 2008 she took part in the famous
exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, China
Design Now. "Beauty Book" of 2007 highlights the ultra-sophisticated
quality of her work, which also reveals her perfect mastery
of photography. This numbered print (€3,000/4,000) is part of the
Paris sale staged by the Tajan auction house, which is also offering
a contemporary section (including a photograph by Cindy
Sherman: €8,000/12,000) and a collection of old and modern
photographs. Worth noting: several photos by Eugène Atget
devoted to Paris (€1,500 to 20,000), and by Robert Doisneau, Brassaï
and Germaine Krull.
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Atget, Blossfeldt, Kertesz, Rössler, Weston, Beard,
Gursky, Leibovitz and Sugimoto are just some of the
artists heading the bill of this photography event in
Berlin. The Villa Grisebach auction house, which is
staging this sale of some 190 lots, notably pays homage
to the native-born Otto Steinert (1915-1978), the leader
in subjective photography and a great theorist. The
three "Subjektive Fotografie" exhibitions he organised
in 1951, 1954 and 1958 had a powerful impact on
young photographers. Steinert created abstract
images, using real motifs taken in close-up or technical
manipulations. Here we see a study of a pedestrian
produced in around 1950, expected to fetch between
€20,000 and 25,000.