{"id":196193,"date":"2025-10-02T02:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/196193\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T02:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:47:09","slug":"leica-to-auction-120-famous-photos-including-one-expected-to-sell-for-nearly-300000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/196193\/","title":{"rendered":"Leica to Auction 120 Famous Photos, Including One Expected to Sell for Nearly $300,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As part of the ongoing centenary celebration<\/a> for the Leica I<\/a>, the first commercially available 35mm camera, Leitz Photographic Auction is putting a collection of dynamic photographs up for sale in a special auction called \u201cMotion.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The upcoming auction \u201cfeatures works that visualize the dynamics of social and aesthetic transformations,\u201d Leica explains. \u201cMovement in and through images serves as a recurring theme in the selection of premium photographs from the 20th and 21st centuries.\u201d <\/p>\n

The \u201cMotion\u201d auction will take place on October 30 at the Leica Gallery Vienna, while highlighted lots from the auction will be on display at the same gallery starting October 17. The auction will also allow bids to be submitted online or by telephone. <\/p>\n

When the Leica I 35mm camera launched in 1925, it forever changed photography and how artists could use cameras to capture their world. The Leica I was compact enough to fit in a jacket pocket, and was instantly ready to use. Compared to the slow-paced, bulky large-format cameras of the day, the Leica I was transformative and ushered in a new era of photography. <\/p>\n

\"AEdward Weston (1886\u20131958) \u2014 Nude Study (Anita), Mexico 1925. Lot #37. Estimate \u20ac 200,000 \u2013 250,000 <\/p>\n

However, while Leica is rightfully celebrating 35mm photography this year to mark the Leica I\u2019s lasting impact, the \u201cMotion\u201d auction also includes some large-format prints. For example, the renowned American photographer Edward Weston, a celebrated figure in the large-format photography community and co-founder of Group f\/64, created one of his most famous photographs, \u201cNude Study (Anita),\u201d in 1925. That vintage print will be on offer, and is expected to fetch as much as \u20ac250,000, which is nearly $300,000 at current exchange rates. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are offering a rare vintage print of this iconic nude study \u2014 a work distinguished not only by its formal radicalism, but also by its year of creation, which both resonates with the Leica anniversary and signifies the threshold to photographic modernism,\u201d says Caroline Guschelbauer, Head of Photographs at Leitz Photographica Auction. <\/p>\n

\"AerialOtto Steinert (1915\u20131978) \u2014 Ein-Fu\u00df-G\u00e4nger, Paris 1950*. Lot #50. Estimate \u20ac 20,000 \u2013 25,000. <\/p>\n

\u201cMotion\u201d will feature many other famous images, including work from iconic early photographers like Ansel Adams, Walker Evans, Manuel \u00c1lvarez Bravo, Bernie Abbott, Ruth Bernhard, August Sander, Brassa\u00ef, and Horst P. Horst. <\/p>\n

Leica notes that influential post-war photographers will also be featured, including Otto Steinert, Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, Ernst Haas, Garry Winogrand, Joel Meyerowitz, and Helmut Newton, \u201cto name just a few.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"AJoel Meyerowitz (*1938) \u2014 Florida, 1978*. Lot #103. Estimate \u20ac 10,000 \u2013 14,000. <\/p>\n

Modern photographers aren\u2019t left out, either. Featured lots include work by artists such as Hiroshi Sugimoto, Nobuyoshi Araki, Nan Goldin, Alison Jackson, Sissi Farassat, and Paul Cupido. <\/p>\n

\u201cWith this century auction, Leitz Photographica Auction highlights its commitment to curating works of museum quality, historical significance, and lasting collectability \u2014 an offering that speaks both to seasoned collectors and to newcomers with a passion for art,\u201d concludes Guschelbauer. <\/p>\n

\"LargeAnsel Adams (1902\u20131984) \u2014 Mount Williamson, from Manzanar, Sierra Nevada, California 1944. Lot #34. Estimate \u20ac 7,000 \u2013 8,000. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am very pleased that this carefully curated selection once again reflects the diversity of photographic expression, while staying true to our mission of sharing the fascination of photography with enthusiasts, connoisseurs, and collectors,\u201d says Alexander Sedlak, Managing Director of Leitz Photographica Auction. \u201cLeica Gallery Vienna, which throughout the year welcomes international stars of the photography scene to Austria while also offering an important platform for local newcomers, provides us with the perfect venue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AHoward L. Bingham (1939- 2016) \u2014 Muhammed Ali after knocking Sonny Liston, 1965. Lot #77. Estimate \u20ac 2,200 \u2013 2,600. <\/p>\n

The online catalog for the \u201cMotion\u201d photo auction is available on Leitz Photographica Auction\u2019s website<\/a>, and pre-bidding has already begun. The auction itself starts on October 30 at 6:30 PM CET (1:30 PM EDT). <\/p>\n

Image credits: Leitz Photographica Auction. Individual photographers are credited in the image captions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of the ongoing centenary celebration for the Leica I, the first commercially available 35mm camera, Leitz…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,8532,690,229,88,473,1130,113624,41009,113625],"class_list":{"0":"post-196193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-auction","12":"tag-culture","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-history","16":"tag-leica","17":"tag-leica100thanniversary","18":"tag-leicai","19":"tag-leitzphotographicaauction"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}