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From Art Alba Gallery

  1. Manifesto Monkey II by KASM, Image 1.

    KASM

    Manifesto Monkey II, 2026

    Ceramic

    19 x 10 x 8 cm

    US$1,500

  2. Paris by John D. Callow, Image 1.

    John D. Callow

    Paris, 2002

    Photograph

    55 x 55 cm

    US$1,200

  3. New Women by Wang Qingsong, Image 4.

    Wang Qingsong

    New Women, 2000

    C Print

    74 x 120 cm

    US$14,000

  4. Redding 1969 by Tom Millea, Image 6.

    Tom Millea

    Redding 1969, 1969

    Platinum

    25 x 25 cm

    US$2,000

  5. Dressed Lobster by Patrick Caulfield, Image 1.

    Patrick Caulfield

    Dressed Lobster, 1968

    Screenprint

    72 x 94 cm

    US$5,000

  6. At the Flower Market 1954 by Robert Doisneau, Image 4.

    Robert Doisneau

    At the Flower Market 1954, 1954

    Photograph

    36 x 28 cm

    US$800

  7. Misty Morning 1954 by Chang Chi Wei, Image 3.

    Chang Chi Wei

    Misty Morning 1954, 1954

    Photograph

    24 x 19 cm

    US$500

  8. Matisse with Picasso Vases, 1952 by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Image 1.

    Henri Cartier-Bresson

    Matisse with Picasso Vases, 1952, 1952

    Photograph

    34 x 23 cm

    US$6,000

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About the artist

August Sander

German

1876-1964

In the 1920s and 1930s, in his studio and around Cologne, Germany, August Sander (1876 – 1964) photographed every type of person he came across, in an attempt to capture the then-changing and diverse German society as a whole, in a project entitled “People of the 20th Century.” This endeavor is largely considered to be one of the most monumental collective portraits created in photographic history. Sander presented each of his subjects as entirely individual within their respective categories: Farmers, Workers, Women, Artists, and Urban Inhabitants as well as Handicapped people and Death Portraits. Altogether, they present their peculiarities and unrepeatable details as well as how they are representative of a broader ‘type’ of person. Many of these portraits were published in his book Face of Our Time (1929). Sander captured a version of Germany that included many people who the Nazi Party considered to be “undesirable” and didn’t fit the Aryan vision that they sought to maintain. The Nazis suppressed Sander’s project and destroyed the printing block of the book, preventing him from printing additional copies. Sander and his family moved to Kuchhausen in the Westerwald region in 1942, taking with them a large portion of his archive, including many glass negatives from People of the 20th Century. During the war, his Cologne studio was bombed, but the 25,000 to 30,000 glass negatives he left in the cellar survived, only to be destroyed in a fire in 1946. This incident left behind approximately 11,000 negatives and 6,000 prints, which includes many images from People of the 20th Century.
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