Ludwig Windstosser - Blick vom I-Punkt auf die Stadt, Berlin - image-1

Lot 949 D

Ludwig Windstosser - Blick vom I-Punkt auf die Stadt, Berlin

Auction 1161 - overview Cologne
07.12.2020, 17:00 - Photography
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €
Result: 1.125 € (incl. premium)

Ludwig Windstosser

Blick vom I-Punkt auf die Stadt, Berlin
1968-1972

Vintage chromogenic print on Agfa baryta paper. 23.7 x 29.3 cm. Titled and numbered in pencil, photographer's stamp as well as annotated in an unknown hand in pencil on the verso.

Windstosser's vintage prints offered here are from the estate of Bert and Agnes Weißenburg-von Berg, Duisburg, who followed Germany's post-war economic rise as advertising professionals working for the Gemeinschaftsorganisation Ruhrkohle G.m.b.H, and in this capacity worked closely with the photographer. Guided by his great passion for art and culture, Bert Weißenburg-von Berg cultivated intensive contacts with contemporary architectural and artistic circles. In 1950 he met Ludwig Windstosser at the first "Photokina" in Cologne. The couple maintained a close, friendly exchange with the photographer between 1950 and 1971, advising him, for example, on the design of his photo book projects and illustrated books about Berlin and Stuttgart. In the latter, the two Berlin views offered here (lots 948 and 949) were published.

Provenance

Estate of Bert and Agnes Weißenburg-von Berg, Duisburg

Literature

Ludwig Windstosser. Fotografie der Nachkriegsmoderne, exhib.cat. Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Bielefeld 2019, ill. 71.