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Lot 646 D

Ludwig Windstosser - Untitled (Thomasstahlwerk)

Auction 1246 - overview Cologne
04.06.2024, 14:00 - Photography
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.008 € (incl. premium)

Ludwig Windstosser

Untitled (Thomasstahlwerk)
1955

Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper. 29.4 x 23.2 cm. Photographer's stamp, 'Thomasstahlwerk' stamp as well as numbered in an unknown hand in pencil on the verso.

Windstosser's vintage prints offered here (lots 644-646) are from the estate of Bert and Agnes Weißenburg-von Berg, who worked as advertising professionals for the Ruhrkohle GmbH among others, and worked closely with the photographer in this capacity. The photographer had met Bert Weißenburg-von Berg at the first 'Photokina' in Cologne in 1950.

Provenance

Estate of Bert and Agnes Weißenburg-von Berg, Duisburg

Literature

Kunstbibliothek/SMB (ed.), Ludwig Windstosser. Fotografie der Nachkriegsmoderne, exhib.cat. Museum für Fotografie/SMB, Berlin, Bielefeld 2019, ill. 41