Albert Renger-Patzsch - Hammerhead winding tower, Heinrich Robert Colliery, Hamm - image-1

Lot 521 D

Albert Renger-Patzsch - Hammerhead winding tower, Heinrich Robert Colliery, Hamm

Auction 1189 - overview Cologne
03.12.2021, 14:00 - Photography
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.500 € (incl. premium)

Albert Renger-Patzsch

Hammerhead winding tower, Heinrich Robert Colliery, Hamm
c. 1955

Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper. 22.5 x 16.6 cm (22.8 x 16.9 cm). Numbered in pencil by Renger-Patzsch, two photographer's stamps and stamp by the architect 'Prof. Fritz Schupp, Essen-Bredeney' as well as annotated in an unknown hand in pencil on the verso.

Architect: Fritz Schupp

The print does not fluoresce under UV light, i.e. Renger-Patzsch made the print on an older paper that did not yet contain optical brighteners.

Provenance

Estate of Fritz Schupp, Essen