Albert Renger-Patzsch
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Albert Renger-Patzsch #6,559Established

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personGerman, 1897–1966
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Selected Works392

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
Throat of an Orchid (Rachen einer Orchidee)
Throat of an Orchid (Rachen einer Orchidee), 1922
Acquired 2017
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago
Blades of Grass in Snow
Blades of Grass in Snow, 1927
Acquired 2017
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago
Path in the Vineyards near Eller on the Moselle River (Weinbergweg bei Eller an der Mosel)
Path in the Vineyards near Eller on the Moselle River (Weinbergweg bei Eller an der Mosel), 1925
Acquired 2017
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Pitmen's houses in Essen, Stoppenberg
Pitmen's houses in Essen, Stoppenberg, 1929
Acquired 2017
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Untitled (Essen)
Untitled (Essen), 1929
Acquired 2017
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Street in Essen-Segeroth
Street in Essen-Segeroth, 1929
Acquired 2017
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Hamadryas Baboon
Hamadryas Baboon, 1928
Acquired 2017
Gelatin silver print
Tate
Hamburg, St Nicholas’s Church
Hamburg, St Nicholas’s Church, 1929
Acquired 2011
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
Tate
Fortified Church in Grottrückerswalde, Ore Mountains
Fortified Church in Grottrückerswalde, Ore Mountains, 1935
Acquired 2011
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
Tate
Münster in Westphalia, St Clement’s Church, Built by Schlaun
Münster in Westphalia, St Clement’s Church, Built by Schlaun, 1929
Acquired 2011
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
Tate
Hamburg, Port Scene
Hamburg, Port Scene, 1929
Acquired 2011
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
Tate
Hamburg, Port
Hamburg, Port, 1929
Acquired 2011
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
Tate
Greifswald, St Nicholas’s Church, Series: North German Brick Cathedrals
Greifswald, St Nicholas’s Church, Series: North German Brick Cathedrals, 1928
Acquired 2011
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
Tate
Paderborn Westphalia Jesuit Church
Paderborn Westphalia Jesuit Church, 1945
Acquired 2011
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
Tate
From the Work: North German Brick Cathedrals, Stralsund - St Mary’s Church, Nave from the Choir
From the Work: North German Brick Cathedrals, Stralsund - St Mary’s Church, Nave from the Choir, 1928
Acquired 2011
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
Tate
Picture Gallery Dresden
Picture Gallery Dresden, 1928
Acquired 2011
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
Tate
Bookbinder Gilding
Bookbinder Gilding
Acquired 2011
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
Tate
Saxon Hosiery Weaver at a Handloom
Saxon Hosiery Weaver at a Handloom, 1928
Acquired 2011
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
Tate
Woodcutter from the Ore Mountains
Woodcutter from the Ore Mountains, 1933
Acquired 2011
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
Tate
Hörder Verein - Coal Mixing Plant (Dortmund)
Hörder Verein - Coal Mixing Plant (Dortmund), 1929
Acquired 2011
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
LACMA
Flowering Cactus
Flowering Cactus, 1930
Acquired 2008
Gelatin silver print
LACMA
Mineral Study
Mineral Study, 1920
Acquired 2008
Gelatin silver print
LACMA
Cactus
Cactus, 1930
Acquired 2008
Gelatin silver print
LACMA
Echeveria setosa
Echeveria setosa, 1925
Acquired 2008
Gelatin silver print
LACMA
Flowers
Flowers, 1920
Acquired 2008
Gelatin silver print

Previous Sales

Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen
Albert Renger-Patzsch – Ohne Titel (Tagebau)
Albert Renger-Patzsch – Ohne Titel (Tagebau)
Sold
Nov 2025
Bonhams
On Board an Ocean Liner
On Board an Ocean Liner, 1929
$2,560
Oct 2025
Phillips
Abfuhrweg im Fichtenwald (Access Road in the Forest)
Abfuhrweg im Fichtenwald (Access Road in the Forest)
$5,334
Dec 2024
Phillips
Konverterbühnen, Walzwerk, Peine (Converter Platforms, Rolling Mill, Peine)
Konverterbühnen, Walzwerk, Peine (Converter Platforms, Rolling Mill, Peine)
$2,540
Dec 2024
Phillips
Industrial Interior
Industrial Interior
Sold
Dec 2024
Phillips
Flanged Cement Pipes
Flanged Cement Pipes
$7,620
Oct 2024
Phillips
Winter Landscape Near Kaiserwerth
Winter Landscape Near Kaiserwerth
$2,794
Oct 2024
Lempertz
Das Bäumchen
Das Bäumchen, 1929
$52,102
Jun 2024
Lempertz
Oktoberrauhreif am Brocken
Oktoberrauhreif am Brocken, 1925
$1,920
Jun 2024
Phillips
Sonnenstrahlen
Sonnenstrahlen
$7,620
Apr 2024
Phillips
Heating System in a Factory
Heating System in a Factory
$5,715
Apr 2024
Phillips
Grimberg Mine Washroom
Grimberg Mine Washroom
$3,048
Apr 2024
Art and Design Auctions
Albert Renger-Patzsch, Fotografie Industrie-Produkt, aus der Drehbank(30-237).
Albert Renger-Patzsch, Fotografie Industrie-Produkt, aus der Drehbank(30-237).
€200 ($220 USD)
Jan 2024
Villa Grisebach
Rotbuche.
Rotbuche., 1928
$804
Jun 2023
Villa Grisebach
Straße im Harz
Straße im Harz, 1925
Sold
Jun 2023
Bonhams
Ruhrlandschaft bei Essen
Ruhrlandschaft bei Essen, 1950
$2,040
Aug 2022
Bonhams
Hauser am Meer
Hauser am Meer, 1930
$1,530
Aug 2022
Bonhams
Untitled (Reclining draped nude, Mary Wigman), c. 1930
Untitled (Reclining draped nude, Mary Wigman), c. 1930, 1930
Sold
Apr 2022
Phillips
Untitled (staircase)
Untitled (staircase)
$8,820
Apr 2022
Christie's
Ruhrchemie Factory,Oberhausen-Holten, Germany
Ruhrchemie Factory,Oberhausen-Holten, Germany, 1933
$9,375
Oct 2021
Christie's
Zeche Katharina Essen
Zeche Katharina Essen, 1956
£3,250 ($4k USD)
Apr 2013
Christie's
Astwerk einer Solitärfichte (Astwerk A Solitary Spruce)
Astwerk einer Solitärfichte (Astwerk A Solitary Spruce), 1957
£2,750 ($4k USD)
Apr 2013
Christie's
Ringelnatter, 1925
Ringelnatter, 1925
$50,000
Apr 2013
Christie's
Industrial Abstraction, circa 1930
Industrial Abstraction, circa 1930
$2,000
Oct 2011
Christie's
Untitled (Winter landscape), c. 1953
Untitled (Winter landscape), c. 1953
$2,125
Dec 2009

For Sale

Robert Klein Gallery · Artsy
Ruhrlandschaft bei Essen
Ruhrlandschaft bei Essen, 1950
US$7,500–US$10,000
Gelatin silver print
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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"'Grillenvorot' von Essen"
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.100.59 · gelatin silver print
Gift of Manfred Heiting, Los Angeles
Astrophytum myriostigma (Bishop's Cap Cactus)
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.100.35 · gelatin silver print
Gift of Manfred Heiting, Los Angeles
Seerosen im Garten der Familie Warburg, Hamburg (Water Lilies in the Garden of the Warburg Family, Hamburg)
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.100.34 · gelatin silver print
Gift of Manfred Heiting, Los Angeles
Dahlien Blüte (Dahlia Bloom)
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.100.33 · gelatin silver print
Gift of Manfred Heiting, Los Angeles
Cactaceae Mammillaria donatii (Pincushion Cactus)
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.100.32 · gelatin silver print
Gift of Manfred Heiting, Los Angeles
Throat of an Orchid (Rachen einer Orchidee)
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 2016.228 · Gelatin silver print
Purchased with funds provided by Thomas E. Keim; partial gift of Herbert and Barbara Molderings
Blades of Grass in Snow
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 2016.230 · Gelatin silver print
Purchased with funds provided by Harvey and Elizabeth Plotnick; partial gift of Herbert and Barbara Molderings
Path in the Vineyards near Eller on the Moselle River (Weinbergweg bei Eller an der Mosel)
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 2016.229 · Gelatin silver print
Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund; Wirt D. Walker Trust; Gladys N. Anderson, the Mary and Leigh Block Endowment, and Centennial Major Acquisitions Income funds; partial gift of Herbert a…
Pitmen's houses in Essen, Stoppenberg
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 230.2017 · Gelatin silver print
Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of James Thrall Soby, by exchange
Untitled (Essen)
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 229.2017 · Gelatin silver print
Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of David H. McAlpin, by exchange
Street in Essen-Segeroth
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 228.2017 · Gelatin silver print
Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of David H. McAlpin, by exchange
Hamadryas Baboon
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 227.2017 · Gelatin silver print
Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of James Thrall Soby, by exchange
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Market449 auction results

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$804 – $52.1K
15 of 20 photographs lots with prices
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$7.6K
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$3.0K
15 priced photographs lots
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Oct 2025 · $2.6K
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Photographs: $3.0K median
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event
death
Albert Renger-Patzsch dies
Jan 1, 1966
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birth
Albert Renger-Patzsch born
Jan 1, 1897