Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Frau eines Malers (Painter's Wife, Helene Abelen), circa 1926
Photograph · ed. 3/12
Phillips · Oct 8, 2026$5,418 ≈ £4,103 ≈ €4,844Sign up free to see price
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Witwer mit seinen Söhnen (Widower with his Sons)
August Sander (German, 1876–1964) · 1906-1907
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $4,000 – $6,000 (≈ £3,137 – £4,706) (≈ €3,800 – €5,700)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, printed 1979 by Gunther Sander”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated by Gunther Sander in pencil on the verso
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 11 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. (28.9 x 21 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation: Online Auction (NY040424)
- Date
- December 10, 2024
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 90
- Estimate
- $4,000 – $6,000 (≈ £3,137 – £4,706) (≈ €3,800 – €5,700)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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