The following video presents WestLicht Photographica Auction, 20th and 21th November 2015:
Eyes Wide Open! – it’s not only the title of the “100 Years of Leica Photography”-exhibition on display at WestLicht Museum from December on, it’s also high time to open your eyes wide for the numerous Leica rarities which will be on offer at the upcoming 28th WestLicht Camera Auction.
Egon Schiele as a boy wearing his Sunday best – the rare studio portrait is only one of many highlights of the 13th Photo Auction. About 280 lots will be auctioned at WestLicht on 20 November in what is one of the most extensive offers to date.
Photo-Auction: Friday 20th November 2015, 18h
Camera-Auction: Saturday 21th November 2015, 11hVideo: Bernhard Mayr
Ways of Bidding
Apart from being personally present at the auction in Vienna, the various possibilities are open to you at http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=11&L=1 .
If you have any further questions, please contact:
WestLicht Photographica Auction
Westbahnstrasse 40
1070 Vienna – AUSTRIA
Phone +43 1 523 56 59 16
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NEWS RELEASE
20/11/2015 – 21/11/2015
WestLicht photo and camera auction
20 & 21 NOVEMBER 2015
13TH WESTLICHT PHOTO AUCTION: FRIDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2015, 6 P.M.
Douglas Kirkland_Romy Schneider
The focus of the 13th WestLicht Photo Auction is clearly set on Hollywood glamour, nouvelle vague, high fashion and the rock ‘n roll circus. Of the 60 lots from the world of international celebrities are portraits of the style icons Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot in a femme fatale pose, Kate Moss, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, The Beatles, Andy Warhol, Jane Birkin, Romy Schneider and many more.
Henri Cartier-Bresson_Henri Matisse: lot 141
A particular focal point of the auction is 115 lots from the provenance of Swiss collector and photography patron Kaspar M. Fleischmann. In addition to this, one of the world’s most famous – and most controversial – photographs of all time will come under the hammer, Robert Capa’s anti-war icon ‘The Falling Soldier’. Austrian photographic history is also represented at the auction with a selection of photographs including Trude Fleischmann’s portrait of Eva Wagner, the daughter of painter Ernst Wagner. Three nudes by Alfons Walde, a studio photograph by Anton Peschka and a large-format single print from Rudolf Schwarzkogler’s 3rd Action from May 1965 also form part of this selection.
Trude Fleischmann_Eva Wagner: lot 33
Preview exhibition: 02 – 20.11.2015 (daily, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and by prior arrangement – please call +43 (0)1 522 66 36 – 66)
28TH WESTLICHT CAMERA AUCTION: SATURDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2015, 11 A.M.
‘Eyes wide open!’ is not only the title of the exhibition of ‘One hundred years of Leica photography’ that can be seen from December 2015 in the WestLicht Photo Museum, it is also a very apt motto for the coming WestLicht Camera Auction, at which numerous Leica rarities will be offered.
Leica IIIc: lot 23
The first highlight of the auction is a Leica IIIc from 1942. Formerly used privately by Ludwig Leitz, this camera is now offered for sale for the first time. Further lots include a Leica M3 with the serial number 700.045 and a Leica M3 from the first series in black enamel. Numerous historic models also promise a very exciting auction.
Leica M4 olive: lot 78
Preview from 19 to 21 November (by prior arrangement – please call +43 (0)1 523 56 69Auction catalogues can be ordered)
Auction catalogues can be ordered here.
Bids can be placed online at www.westlicht-auction.com, on the phone, by fax or post, live from around the world at www.liveauctioneers.com and in person in the auction room.
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