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Werner Bischof

Swiss · 1916–1954 · Draughtsman, Photographer

Werner Bischof was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist. He became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1949, the first new photographer to join its original founders.… (Wikipedia)

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Shinto priests in the courtyard of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo 1951OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 2023€8,000≈ $8,610≈ £6,875Sign up to see
In the Andes, near Cuzco, Peru 1954OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 2023€7,500≈ $8,154≈ £6,555Sign up to see
In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, JapanLempertz · Dec 2020€4,750≈ $5,761≈ £4,333Sign up to see

Werner Bischof’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).

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Werner Bischof, Shinto priests in the courtyard of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, 1951, Gelatin silver print — Shinto priests in the courtyard of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, 1951
Bonhams · Jun 3, 2026
£2,304Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Courtyard of the Meiji shrine, Tokyo, Japan 1951, 1951, Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1960 on single-weight glossy paper, in good condition. Photographer's Magnum stamp and "John Hillelson" agency stamp on the reverse — Courtyard of the Meiji shrine, Tokyo, Japan 1951, 1951
OstLicht Photo Auction · May 28, 2026
€2,800Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Bharat-Natyam dancer Anjali Hora getting ready for a performance, Bombay 1951, 1951, Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1960 on single-weight glossy paper, in very good condition. Photographer's Magnum stamp and "John Hillelson" agency stamp on the reverse — Bharat-Natyam dancer Anjali Hora getting ready for a performance, Bombay 1951, 1951
OstLicht Photo Auction · May 28, 2026
€3,600Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Unloading corn at the Port of Calcutta, India 1951, 1951, Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1970s on single-weight glossy paper, in good condition. Photographer's Magnum copyright stamp, archive stamp "Faim dans le Monde en Inde" and various handwritten n — Unloading corn at the Port of Calcutta, India 1951, 1951
OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 21, 2025
€1,500Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Villager at a military outpost, Red River Delta, July 1952, 1952, Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1970s on single-weight glossy paper, in good condition. Photographer's Magnum stamp and numbered "11" on the reverse. During the First Vietnam War from 1945 to 195 — Villager at a military outpost, Red River Delta, July 1952, 1952
OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 21, 2025
€950Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Rice farmer in Gian Coc, Red River Delta, July 1952, 1952, Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1970s on single-weight glossy paper, in good condition. Photographer's Magnum stamp and numbered "23" on the reverse — Rice farmer in Gian Coc, Red River Delta, July 1952, 1952
OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 21, 2025
€1,900Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Shinto-Priester im Hof des Meiji-Tempels, Tokyo, Japan, 1952, Vintage. Silbergelatineabzug — Shinto-Priester im Hof des Meiji-Tempels, Tokyo, Japan, 1952
Grisebach · Dec 15, 2024
€4,572Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy 1950, 1950, Gelatin silver print, printed in 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper — Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy 1950, 1950
OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 5, 2024
€2,000Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Corn comes to the village, Bihar, India 1951, 1951, Gelatin silver print, printed in 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper — Corn comes to the village, Bihar, India 1951, 1951
OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 5, 2024
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Werner Bischof, Refugee with G.I.s at Pusan train station, South Korea 1952, 1952, Gelatin silver print, printed in 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper — Refugee with G.I.s at Pusan train station, South Korea 1952, 1952
OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 5, 2024
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Werner Bischof, Prisoner of war camp on Geoje-do Island, South Korea 1952, 1952, Gelatin silver print, printed in 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper — Prisoner of war camp on Geoje-do Island, South Korea 1952, 1952
OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 5, 2024
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Werner Bischof, Stud farm in Avenches, Switzerland 1944, 1944, Vintage silver print on semi-glossy paper, in very good condition, flush-mounted on cardboard. Photographer's credit "Bischoff" (sic!) and annotated "US Camera" in pencil, editorial cropping marks, an — Stud farm in Avenches, Switzerland 1944, 1944
OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 5, 2024
€1,500Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Skull of a bison, Switzerland 1941, 1941, Vintage silver print on single-weight glossy Agfa-Brovira paper, in very good condition. Photographer's credit stamp and his handwritten address in Zurich, as well as titled in German "Schädel eines B — Skull of a bison, Switzerland 1941, 1941
OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 5, 2024
€1,400Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Famine in Bihar Province, India 1951, 1951, Gelatin silver print, printed in 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper — Famine in Bihar Province, India 1951, 1951
OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 18, 2023
€3,000Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, In the Andes, near Cuzco, Peru 1954, 1954, Gelatin silver print, printed in 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper — In the Andes, near Cuzco, Peru 1954, 1954
OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 18, 2023
€7,500Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Shinto priests in the courtyard of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo 1951, 1951, Gelatin silver print, printed 1989 by Pictorial Services Paris on double-weight semi-matte paper — Shinto priests in the courtyard of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo 1951, 1951
OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 2, 2023
€8,000Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Priests of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo 1951, 1951, Gelatin silver print, printed 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper — Priests of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo 1951, 1951
OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 2, 2023
€2,000Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Flute Player, Cuzco, Peru, 1954, Gelatin silver print — Flute Player, Cuzco, Peru, 1954
Bonhams · Feb 22, 2023
$829Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan, 1952, Gelatin silver print, printed posthumously — In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan, 1952
Phillips · Apr 6, 2022
$2,016Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Weinendes Mädchen. Im Kinderdorf Hajdúhadház, Ungarn, 1947, Späterer Silbergelatineabzug — Weinendes Mädchen. Im Kinderdorf Hajdúhadház, Ungarn, 1947
Grisebach · Dec 1, 2021
€3,500Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Shinto-Priester im Hof des Meiji-Tempels, Tokyo, Japan, 1951, Vintage. Silbergelatineabzug — Shinto-Priester im Hof des Meiji-Tempels, Tokyo, Japan, 1951
Grisebach · Dec 1, 2021
€4,000Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Peru, 1954, Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print — Peru, 1954
Lempertz · Jun 17, 2021
€1,000Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Japan, 1951/52, Gelatin silver print, printed later — Japan, 1951/52
Lempertz · Jun 17, 2021
€1,000Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan, 1952, Posthumous gelatin silver print — In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan, 1952
Lempertz · Jun 17, 2021
€3,500Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan, 1952, Posthumous gelatin silver print — In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan, 1952
Lempertz · Dec 7, 2020
€4,750Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Junks, Kowloon, Hongkong, 1952, Posthumous gelatin silver print — Junks, Kowloon, Hongkong, 1952
Lempertz · May 31, 2019
€1,860Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan, 1952, Posthumous gelatin silver print — In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan, 1952
Lempertz · May 31, 2019
€4,464Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Devotees, (Bombay), 1939, silver gelatin print — Devotees, (Bombay), 1939
Leonard Joel · Nov 10, 2016
A$200Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Auf dem Weg nach Cuzco, Peru, 1954, Posthumous gelatin silver print — Auf dem Weg nach Cuzco, Peru, 1954
Lempertz · Jun 3, 2016
€4,216Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Auf dem Weg nach Cuzco, Peru, 1954, Posthumous gelatin silver print — Auf dem Weg nach Cuzco, Peru, 1954
Lempertz · Nov 27, 2015
€1,860Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, The dancer Anjali Hora, Bombay, India, 1951, Posthumous gelatin silver print, printed — The dancer Anjali Hora, Bombay, India, 1951
Lempertz · May 30, 2014
€1,464Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, In the court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan, Posthumous gelatin silver print, printed — In the court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan
Lempertz · Nov 30, 2012
€2,928Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, In the court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan, Posthumous gelatin silver print, printed — In the court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan
Lempertz · Dec 2, 2011
€4,114Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, India, gelatin silver print — India
Art+Object · Jun 9, 2011
NZ$938Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, Die Lithographie in der Schweiz, 1944, poster — Die Lithographie in der Schweiz, 1944
Van Sabben Poster Auctions · Jun 4, 2011
€288Sign up free to see

Werner Bischof, The train 'La Rafale' between Saigon and Nha Trang, 1952, photograph — The train 'La Rafale' between Saigon and Nha Trang, 1952
OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 21, 2025

Werner Bischof, Pilgrim in front of the Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan 1951, 1951, photograph — Pilgrim in front of the Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan 1951, 1951
OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 18, 2023

Werner Bischof, Men and women at the fair, Pisac, 1954, Gelatin silver print, printed later — Men and women at the fair, Pisac, 1954
Phillips · Sep 25, 2020

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