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Josef Breitenbach

American · 1896–1984 · Photographer

Josef Breitenbach was a photographer whose manipulated images and stark photographs were part of the Surrealistic movement. (Wikipedia)

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Fräulein GrenoGrisebach · Nov 2011€5,856≈ $7,839≈ £5,038Sign up to see
AktGrisebach · May 2012€5,490≈ $6,828≈ £4,380Sign up to see
Akt. Vor 1933Grisebach · May 2012€5,490≈ $6,828≈ £4,380Sign up to see

Josef Breitenbach’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 (20 lots with an image). Images from houses that reserve their photographs are shown as small thumbnails linking to the house’s site.

Josef Breitenbach, Margaret De Patta, 1947, vintage gelatin silver print — Margaret De Patta, 1947
Rago Auctions · May 5, 2026
$64Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, The Hands of Max Ernst, 1942, vintage gelatin silver print with hand-coloring — The Hands of Max Ernst, 1942
Rago Auctions · Feb 12, 2026
$3,048Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Torso (from the series: This Beautiful Landscape), c. 1955, Gelatin silver print — Torso (from the series: This Beautiful Landscape), c. 1955
Lempertz · May 30, 2025
€2,835Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Nude (Torso), New Jersey, c. 1950, Vintage gelatin silver print — Nude (Torso), New Jersey, c. 1950
Lempertz · Nov 29, 2024
€1,764Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Dr. Riegler and J. Greno, Munich, photogravure — Dr. Riegler and J. Greno, Munich
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 10, 2024
$819Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Nude, Gelatinesilberabzug — Nude
Van Ham · Jun 23, 2021
€645Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, James Joyce, photographic print — James Joyce
Lyon & Turnbull · Apr 30, 2021
£500Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Wassily Kandinsky, Paris, 1938, Warm-toned gelatin silver print, not signed or stamped — Wassily Kandinsky, Paris, 1938
Bonhams · Apr 12, 2015
$375Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Electric Back, New York, 1949, Solarized gelatin silver print — Electric Back, New York, 1949
Bonhams · Jan 26, 2015
$1,750Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Untitled (Spring Twigs), 1930s, Vintage toned gelatin silver print on matte paper — Untitled (Spring Twigs), 1930s
Lempertz · May 30, 2014
€793Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Untitled, Before 1933, Vintage toned gelatin silver print — Untitled, Before 1933
Lempertz · May 30, 2014
€1,464Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Terrace Monte Bre, 1930s, Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print, printed on Agfa-Brovira paper — Terrace Monte Bre, 1930s
Lempertz · May 30, 2014
€3,538Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Lawyer, Paris, 1933-39, Vintage gelatin silver print — Lawyer, Paris, 1933-39
Lempertz · May 30, 2014
€1,708Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Akt. Vor 1933, Vintage. Bromsilbergelatineabzug — Akt. Vor 1933
Grisebach · May 30, 2012
€5,490Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Akt, Um 1950, Vintage. Silbergelatineabzug, getont — Akt, Um 1950
Grisebach · May 30, 2012
€5,490Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Fräulein Greno, 1932, Vintage. Silbergelatineabzug, getont — Fräulein Greno, 1932
Grisebach · Nov 23, 2011
€5,856Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Dr. Riegler und J. Greno, 1933, Silbergelatineabzug, vor 1981. Agfa-Papier — Dr. Riegler und J. Greno, 1933
Grisebach · May 26, 2011
€3,660Sign up free to see

Josef Breitenbach, Badende, c. 1950, Vintage gelatin silver print — Badende, c. 1950
Lempertz · Dec 7, 2020

Josef Breitenbach, Untitled (from the series: This beautiful landscape), 1953, Vintage gelatin silver print — Untitled (from the series: This beautiful landscape), 1953
Lempertz · Dec 7, 2020

Josef Breitenbach, Wassily Kandinsky, Paris, 1938, Warm-toned gelatin silver print, not signed or stamped — Wassily Kandinsky, Paris, 1938
Bonhams · Jan 26, 2015

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