Lot 5724* - ibid137 Photography - online only - Thursday, 29. June 2023, 02.00 PM
RUDOLF KOPPITZ
(Schreiberseifen 1884–1936 Perchtoldsdorf)
Land und Leute, Wien (Country and People, Vienna), c. 1920-1925. 10 original photographs.
Bromide silver gelatin prints (including 1 on Agfa-Brovira paper). Vintages. 4 prints on different paper (possibly somewhat later prints).
Various formats; images approx. 28 × 25 cm to 32.5 × 27.5 cm; sheets approx. 30 × 26 cm to 32.5 × 30 cm.
2 prints with blind stamped photographer's stamp "Prof. R. Koppitz" lower right in the image. The verso with photographer's stamp with address "Prof. Rudolf Koppitz, Photo-Werkstätte, Wien, V, Zeinlhoferg. 8", partly hand-annotated and dated. 5 prints mounted in mat.
COMPRISING:
1. Bäuerin am Herd (Peasant woman at a stove), 1925.
2. Schafe am Berg (Sheep on a mountain), 1924.
3./ 4. Gustinus Ambrosi, n.d. (c. 1922).
5. Portrait eines Kleinkindes auf einer Wiese (Portrait of a toddler in a meadow), n.d. (1920s).
6. Auf einem Pferdehof (On a horse farm), n.d. (1920s).
7. Junge Frau in Tracht (Young woman in traditional costume), n.d. (1920s).
8. Grossmutter mit Kind (Grandmother with child), n.d. (1920s).
9. Tanzende in Trachten (Dancers in traditional costumes), n.d. (1920s).
10. Junge Frau in Tracht mit Hut (Young woman in traditional costume with hat), n.d. (1920s).
Provenance:
Estate of the artist.
Viennese art market.
Swiss collection.
Partly slightly browned, faintly foxed in the margins, with some oxidation mirroring, occasionally with retouching or slight spotting. Partly with traces of glue from previous mounting on the verso, a few prints with foxing on the verso. Overall in very good condition.
1. Bäuerin am Herd (Peasant woman at a stove), 1925.
2. Schafe am Berg (Sheep on a mountain), 1924.
3./ 4. Gustinus Ambrosi, n.d. (c. 1922).
5. Portrait eines Kleinkindes auf einer Wiese (Portrait of a toddler in a meadow), n.d. (1920s).
6. Auf einem Pferdehof (On a horse farm), n.d. (1920s).
7. Junge Frau in Tracht (Young woman in traditional costume), n.d. (1920s).
8. Grossmutter mit Kind (Grandmother with child), n.d. (1920s).
9. Tanzende in Trachten (Dancers in traditional costumes), n.d. (1920s).
10. Junge Frau in Tracht mit Hut (Young woman in traditional costume with hat), n.d. (1920s).
Provenance:
Estate of the artist.
Viennese art market.
Swiss collection.
Partly slightly browned, faintly foxed in the margins, with some oxidation mirroring, occasionally with retouching or slight spotting. Partly with traces of glue from previous mounting on the verso, a few prints with foxing on the verso. Overall in very good condition.
CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)
Sold for CHF 1 875 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.