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August Sander

German · 1876–1964 · Photographer

August Sander was a German portrait and documentary photographer. His first book Face of our Time was published in 1929. Sander has been described as "the most important German… (Wikipedia)

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Porträts aus „Menschen des 20. JahrhundertsGrisebach · Nov 2019€949,000≈ $1,044,754≈ £810,893Sign up to see
The painter Heinrich HoerleLempertz · May 2017€59,520≈ $66,787≈ £51,999Sign up to see
Selbstbildnis (Self portrait), ColognePhillips · Nov 2013£30,000≈ $48,186≈ €36,054Sign up to see

August Sander’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Lot images as published by each auction house (209 lots with an image). Images from houses that reserve their photographs are shown as small thumbnails linking to the house’s site.

The painter Heinrich Hoerle portrays boxer Hein Domgörgen by August Sander, Gelatin silver print on Agfa paper, printed 1986 by Gerd Sander from the original negative, sold May 2012 — The painter Heinrich Hoerle portrays boxer Hein Domgörgen
Lempertz · May 24, 2012
€549Sign up free to see

View on the Rhine river on a morning in spring by August Sander, Gelatin silver print, printed early 1950s, sold May 2012 — View on the Rhine river on a morning in spring
Lempertz · May 24, 2012
€7,320Sign up free to see

View of the renish plain, Königswinter, Godesberg, Bonn and Cologne by August Sander, Gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper, printed early 1950s, sold May 2012 — View of the renish plain, Königswinter, Godesberg, Bonn and Cologne
Lempertz · May 24, 2012
€5,612Sign up free to see

Petersberg by August Sander, Gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper, printed early 1950s, sold May 2012 — Petersberg
Lempertz · May 24, 2012
€1,830Sign up free to see

Wolkenburg by August Sander, Gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper, printed early 1950s, sold May 2012 — Wolkenburg
Lempertz · May 24, 2012
€3,904Sign up free to see

Boppard by August Sander, Gelatin silver print, printed early 1950s, sold May 2012 — Boppard
Lempertz · May 24, 2012
€3,660Sign up free to see

Rhine river near Boppard/Osterspey by August Sander, Gelatin silver print, printed early 1950s, sold May 2012 — Rhine river near Boppard/Osterspey
Lempertz · May 24, 2012
€18,300Sign up free to see

Peasants, Westerwald by August Sander, Vintage gelatin silver print, sold Dec 2011 — Peasants, Westerwald
Lempertz · Dec 2, 2011
€1,573Sign up free to see

Josefine Bamann, Köln by August Sander, Um 1927, Früher Silbergelatineabzug, sold Nov 2011 — Josefine Bamann, Köln, Um 1927
Grisebach · Nov 23, 2011
€7,320Sign up free to see

THE HERING FAMILY, LAUTZERT by August Sander, Vintage gelatin silver print, sold May 2011 — THE HERING FAMILY, LAUTZERT
Lempertz · May 31, 2011
€2,299Sign up free to see

GROUP OF MAYORS by August Sander, Vintage gelatin silver print with edges boardered in black ink, sold May 2011 — GROUP OF MAYORS
Lempertz · May 31, 2011
€9,075Sign up free to see

LUMPENBALL by August Sander, Vintage gelatin silver print, sold May 2011 — LUMPENBALL
Lempertz · May 31, 2011
€2,662Sign up free to see

PORTRAIT WILHELM FISCHER. PORTRAIT OF AN OLD LADY. PORTRAIT WILHELM AND LUISE FISCHER. PORTRAIT OF TWO MEN. by August Sander, Vintage gelatin silver print, sold Jun 2010 — PORTRAIT WILHELM FISCHER. PORTRAIT OF AN OLD LADY. PORTRAIT WILHELM AND LUISE FISCHER. PORTRAIT OF TWO MEN.
Lempertz · Jun 1, 2010
€4,320Sign up free to see

PORTRAIT NELLY HÜTTEN by August Sander, Vintage gelatin silver print, sold Jun 2010 — PORTRAIT NELLY HÜTTEN
Lempertz · Jun 1, 2010
€1,320Sign up free to see

UNTITLED (GRADUATING CLASS, KÖLN-LINDENTHAL) by August Sander, Vintage gelatin silver print, sold Jun 2010 — UNTITLED (GRADUATING CLASS, KÖLN-LINDENTHAL)
Lempertz · Jun 1, 2010
€1,200Sign up free to see

UNTITLED (VILLAGE BAND) by August Sander, Vintage gelatin silver print, sold Jun 2010 — UNTITLED (VILLAGE BAND)
Lempertz · Jun 1, 2010
€1,200Sign up free to see

HAGEN/WESTPHALIA IN SPRING by August Sander, Gelatin silver print, printed ca., sold Jun 2010 — HAGEN/WESTPHALIA IN SPRING
Lempertz · Jun 1, 2010
€1,080Sign up free to see

DER KÖLNER DOM IN FESTBELEUCHTUNG by August Sander, Vintage gelatin silver print, sold Dec 2009 — DER KÖLNER DOM IN FESTBELEUCHTUNG
Lempertz · Dec 5, 2009
€1,920Sign up free to see

YOUNG FARMERS by August Sander, Gelatin silver print, printed, sold May 2009 — YOUNG FARMERS
Lempertz · May 28, 2009
€2,400Sign up free to see

VILLAGE PHILOSOPHERS by August Sander, Vintage gelatin silver print, sold May 2009 — VILLAGE PHILOSOPHERS
Lempertz · May 28, 2009
€25,200Sign up free to see

UNTITLED (ENGLISH BOY SCOUTS) by August Sander, Vintage gelatin silver print, sold Dec 2008 — UNTITLED (ENGLISH BOY SCOUTS)
Lempertz · Dec 6, 2008
€3,360Sign up free to see

FAMILY PORTRAIT by August Sander, Vintage gelatin silver print, sold Dec 2008 — FAMILY PORTRAIT
Lempertz · Dec 6, 2008
€3,600Sign up free to see

Der Bauer by August Sander, 1919, Vintage. Bromölumdruck, sold Nov 2007 — Der Bauer, 1919
Grisebach · Nov 29, 2007
€3,570Sign up free to see

Frau eines Malers (Helene Abelen) by August Sander, Um 1926, Silbergelatineabzug von Gunther Sander, 1980, sold Nov 2007 — Frau eines Malers (Helene Abelen), Um 1926
Grisebach · Nov 29, 2007
€3,570Sign up free to see

Der Maler Anton Räderscheidt by August Sander, 1926, Black and white photograph, sold Jun 2007 — Der Maler Anton Räderscheidt, 1926
Ketterer Kunst · Jun 2, 2007
€420Sign up free to see

2 Bll.: Der Maler Jankel Adler. Der Maler Franz Wilhelm Seiwert by August Sander, 1924, Gelatin silver print, sold Sep 2002 — 2 Bll.: Der Maler Jankel Adler. Der Maler Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, 1924
Ketterer Kunst · Sep 28, 2002
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Severinstrasse, Köln by August Sander, c. 1935, Gelatin silver print; the photographer's Köln Lindenthal blindstamp on the image, offered Feb 2026 — Severinstrasse, Köln, c. 1935
Bonhams · Feb 27, 2026

Severinstrasse, Köln by August Sander, c. 1935, Gelatin silver print; the photographer's Köln Lindenthal blindstamp on the image, offered Oct 2025 — Severinstrasse, Köln, c. 1935
Bonhams · Oct 10, 2025

Witwer mit seinen Söhnen (Widower with his Sons) by August Sander, 1906-1907, Gelatin silver print, printed 1979 by Gunther Sander, offered Dec 2024 — Witwer mit seinen Söhnen (Widower with his Sons), 1906-1907
Phillips · Dec 10, 2024

The revolutionaries Alois Lindner, Erich Mühsam and Guido Kopp by August Sander, 1928, photograph, offered Jun 2024 — The revolutionaries Alois Lindner, Erich Mühsam and Guido Kopp, 1928
OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 5, 2024

Westerwälder Bauernfamilie by August Sander, 1915, Gelatin silver print, offered Apr 2024 — Westerwälder Bauernfamilie, 1915
Phillips · Apr 4, 2024

Master Housepainter by August Sander, 1920, Vintage gelatin silver print, offered Dec 2023 — Master Housepainter, 1920
Lempertz · Dec 1, 2023

Blick vom Messeturm auf Köln by August Sander, 1939, Vintage gelatin silver print. Approx, offered Dec 2023 — Blick vom Messeturm auf Köln, 1939
Lempertz · Dec 1, 2023

Family portraits from Puderbach/Westerwald by August Sander, 1921-30, 4 vintage gelatin silver prints. From, offered Jun 2023 — Family portraits from Puderbach/Westerwald, 1921-30
Lempertz · Jun 6, 2023

Der Maler (Anton Räderscheidt und Marta Hegemann) by August Sander, c. 1925, Gelatin silver print, printed probably 1950s, offered Jun 2023 — Der Maler (Anton Räderscheidt und Marta Hegemann), c. 1925
Lempertz · Jun 6, 2023

Portrait einer Konfirmandin by August Sander, 1932, Vintage gelatin silver print, offered Dec 2022 — Portrait einer Konfirmandin, 1932
Lempertz · Dec 2, 2022

Portrait of the family of Jakob Harth, Cologne by August Sander, 1930, Vintage gelatin silver print, offered Dec 2022 — Portrait of the family of Jakob Harth, Cologne, 1930
Lempertz · Dec 2, 2022

Philosophiestudent (Erich Sander) by August Sander, 1926, Gelatin silver print, printed 1990 by Gerd Sander, offered Dec 2021 — Philosophiestudent (Erich Sander), 1926
Lempertz · Dec 3, 2021

Kaisergeburtstagsfeier by August Sander, 1915, Gelatin silver print, printed 1988 by Gunther Sander, offered Dec 2020 — Kaisergeburtstagsfeier, 1915
Lempertz · Dec 7, 2020

Wilhelm und Alma Schumacher, Oberölfen by August Sander, c. 1930, Vintage gelatin silver print, offered Jun 2020 — Wilhelm und Alma Schumacher, Oberölfen, c. 1930
Lempertz · Jun 19, 2020

Ursula Schumacher, Oberölfen by August Sander, 1931, Vintage gelatin silver print, offered Jun 2020 — Ursula Schumacher, Oberölfen, 1931
Lempertz · Jun 19, 2020

Künstlerportraits by August Sander, 1924-1930, Portfolio containing 12 gelatin silver prints, printed 1974 by Gunther Sander. Each print approx, offered Nov 2019 — Künstlerportraits, 1924-1930
Lempertz · Nov 29, 2019

Dorfschullehrer by August Sander, 1921, Vintage gelatin silver print, offered Nov 2019 — Dorfschullehrer, 1921
Lempertz · Nov 29, 2019

Konfirmandin by August Sander, 1911, Gelatin silver print, printed, offered Nov 2019 — Konfirmandin, 1911
Lempertz · Nov 29, 2019

Volksschulklasse by August Sander, c. 1908, Collodion print, offered Nov 2019 — Volksschulklasse, c. 1908
Lempertz · Nov 29, 2019

Untitled by August Sander, 1920s, Vintage gelatin silver print, offered Nov 2019 — Untitled, 1920s
Lempertz · Nov 29, 2019

Frau eines Malers (Painter's Wife, Helene Abelen) by August Sander, circa 1926, Gelatin silver print, printed 1994, offered Jun 2019 — Frau eines Malers (Painter's Wife, Helene Abelen), circa 1926
Phillips · Jun 7, 2019

Konditor (Pastry Chef), Cologne by August Sander, 1928, Gelatin silver print, printed 1990 by Gerd Sander, offered Apr 2019 — Konditor (Pastry Chef), Cologne, 1928
Phillips · Apr 4, 2019

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