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Candida Höfer, Color Photograph, ‘Städelschule Frankfurt’, 1992

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 EUR Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR
Candida Höfer, Color Photograph, ‘Städelschule Frankfurt’, 1992
C-Print on RC-paper (Kodak Professional Paper)
Germany, 1992, printed in 1998
Candida Höfer (b. 1944) - German photographer, representative of the Düsseldorf School of Photography
On the reverse numbered, titled, dated and signed in pencil ‘119/150 Städelschule Frankfurt 1992/1998’
Edition Texte zur Kunst, Berlin
Sheet size: 40.3 x 50 cm
Very good condition
C-print with a characteristic interior of the photographer Candida Höfer, whose works fetch up to 95,000 euros at international auctions
Object is regular taxed. Differential taxation is not possible

This color photograph on glossy RC- paper shows a view into the deserted library of the Städel School in Frankfurt. The photograph was taken in 1992, Candida Höfer has produced it in 1998 for the edition Texte zur Kunst.

The color photograph is numbered, titled, dated and signed in pencil ‘119/150 Städelschule Frankfurt 1992/1998’. The condition is good. The sheet measures 40.3 x 50 cm.

Candida Höfer (b. 1944)

Candida Höfer is considered a representative of the Düsseldorf School of Photography and is one of the most internationally renowned German photographers, alongside Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Thomas Ruff and Axel Hütte. From 1963-1964 she took an internship at the renowned photo studio Schmölz-Huth in Cologne and subsequently studied Photography at the Kölner Werkschule. She gained further knowledge on film at the Dusseldorf Academy of Art when taking a course there in 1973. From 1997 to 2000 she worked as a professor of photography at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe and was also a member of the Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg. As a student of Bernd and Hilla Becher, Candida Höfer is regarded as a renowned and avant-garde artist of contemporary photography. She also created an extensive series of photographs depicting public interiors that are characterized by the absence of people. (fea)
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