Fasanenstraße 25, 10719 Berlin T +49 30 885915 0, F +49 30 88241 45, [email protected] grisebach.com In the spring auction of Modern and Contemporary Photo- graphy on 31 May total sales reached EUR 525,925* (sales rate of 100%). With a hammer price of EUR 50,000*, Albert Renger-Patzsch’s “Das Bäumchen“ went to a German buyer, followed by Karl Blossfeldt’s “Chrysanthemum segetum“ which was purchased by a German collector for EUR 43,750*. An American collector bid EUR 25,000* for the photograph “Borsig Locomotive Works, Berlin“ by Margaret Bourke-White. Aenne Biermann’s “Einblick in ein Klavier“ saw the highest increase on its pre-sale estimate and was purchased for EUR 15,000* by a French art dealer (estimate EUR 3,000–4,000). There were also high hammer prices in the area of contemporary photography, for example for Helmut New- ton’s “Nastassia Kinski and Marlene Dietrich doll, Holly- wood“ (EUR 15,000* to a German private collection) and for Sherrie Levine’s works from the series “After Karl Bloss- feldt“, purchased by a German collector for EUR 11,250*. Franziska Schmidt T +49 30 885915 27 [email protected] Berlin, 3 June 2017 *All results inclusive of buyer’s premium Press Release Photography auction at Grisebach: High prices for Albert Renger-Patzsch, Karl Blossfeldt, Margaret Bourke-White, and Aenne Biermann