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an old black and white photo of a woman holding a trumpet
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Estimate €500 - €750
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Photography Chargesheimer (i.e. Karl Heinz Hargesheimer) Armstrong – Fitzgerald. Folio. Portfolio, 16 plates based on photographs. Original hinged folder with 2 round cut-outs on the front cover. (Cover slightly scuffed). First and only edition. – Heidtmann 18822. Schäfke/Heuberger VI, 15. Cf. Koetzle 86. – With photographs of Ella Fitzgerald (6) and Louis Armstrong (9 + 1 instrument illustration), taken during a concert in Cologne. – “The Chargesheim Archive, comprising 40,000 negatives in 47 shoeboxes, was scientifically catalogued and documented by Evelyn Bertram-Neunzig (DGPh). She discovered the negatives belonging to the jazz edition ‘Armstrong-Fitzgerald’ (1962) amongst them and, during this research, came across 860 negatives that form a body of work exploring the Cologne jazz scene. Photography. – An impressive photographic portrait series by the prominent Cologne photographer Chargesheimer, featuring Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong and produced on the occasion of a concert in Cologne. The portfolio comprises six images of Fitzgerald, nine photographs of Armstrong, and one instrumental study; its close-up, high-contrast compositions convey the physical presence and expressive power of both jazz greats. A rare early photographic portfolio at the intersection of jazz, cultural and photographic history. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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