Led by a Thomas Struth monumental landscape, the upcoming Photography and Contemporary Art sales at Lempertz later this week in Cologne travel the familiar pathways of lower priced European work. Overall, there are a total of 193 lots of photography on offer in these sales, with a Total High Estimate of €610100.
Here’s the statistical breakdown:
| Preview Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total Low Lots (high estimate up to and including €7500) | 177 |
| Total Low Estimate (sum of high estimates of low lots) | €377100 |
| Total Mid Lots (high estimate between €7500 and €35000) | 15 |
| Total Mid Estimate | €183000 |
| Total High Lots (high estimate above €35000) | 1 |
| Total High Estimate | €50000 |
The top lot by High estimate is lot 471, Thomas Struth, Paradise 20, Bayrischer Wald, 1999, estimated at €40000-50000 (image above, via Lempertz).
Here’s the complete list of photographers with three or more lots in the sale, along with the number of lots on offer:
| Multiple Lots For Sale | |
|---|---|
| Albert Renger-Patzsch | 8 |
| Peter Keetman | 4 |
| Gerhard Richter | 4 |
| August Sander | 4 |
| Thomas Struth | 4 |
| Harry Callahan | 3 |
| Henri Cartier-Bresson | 3 |
| Gisele Freund | 3 |
| Imre Kinszki | 3 |
| Will McBride | 3 |
| Leni Riefenstahl | 3 |
| Aaron Siskind | 3 |
| Miroslav Tichý | 3 |
| Joel-Peter Witkin | 3 |
Other lots of interest include (images above, via Lempertz):
Lot 78, Otto Steinert, Luminogramm, 1952, estimated at €10000-12000
Lot 155, Thomas Höpker, View of Manhattan from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on September 11, 2001, 2001, estimated at €2500-3000
Lot 624, Gerhard Richter, Uran, 1989, estimated at €20000-25000
The complete lot by lot catalogs can be found here (Photography), here (Contemporary Art I), and here (Contemporary Art II).
