Werner Bischof — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works77

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA

Met

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Art Institute of Chicago

Cleveland Museum of Art

LACMA

Previous Sales 9

Christie's

Meiju Jingu, 1951

£4,000 ($5k USD)

May 2010

Swann Auction Galleries

Tokyo, Japan

$9,375

Feb 2024

Bonhams

In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan, 1952

$3,200

Oct 2023

Bonhams

Flute Player, Cuzco, Peru, 1954

$829

Feb 2023

Phillips

In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

$2,016

Apr 2022

Bonhams

Flute Player, Cuzco, Peru, 1954

$1,658

Dec 2021

Dorotheum

The Dancer Anjali Hora, Bombay, India, 1951

Bought In

Nov 2021

Heritage Auctions · Artsy

Untitled, Hungary, 1947

Bidding closed

Gelatin silver, printed later

Heritage Auctions · Artsy

Boy Drawing in the Ruins, Freiburg, Germany, June

Bidding closed

Gelatin silver

For Sale 9

Magnum Photos · Artsy

New York City, USA, 1952

€2,700–€5,300

Digital fibre print

Magnum Photos · Artsy

Reflection on car, New York, USA, 1953

€2,700–€5,300

Digital fibre print

Magnum Photos · Artsy

Stone bridge, Heinan Shrine. Kyoto, Japan, 1951

Price on request

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

Bruce Silverstein Gallery · Artsy

Famine in Bihar, India, 1951

Price on request

Gelatin silver exhibition print flush-mounted to masonite

Magnum Photos · Artsy

Worker at a machine. Winterthur, Switzerland, 1943

€2,700–€5,300

Digital fibre print

Bruce Silverstein Gallery · Artsy

Returning from Market, Ba-rau, Indochina, 1952

Price on request

Gelatin silver exhibition print flush-mounted to masonite

Bruce Silverstein Gallery · Artsy

Emperor Hirohito and his wife, Hiroshima, Japan, 1951

Price on request

Gelatin silver exhibition print flush-mounted to masonite

Bruce Silverstein Gallery · Artsy

Flood of Tisza River, Hungary, 1947

Price on request

Gelatin silver exhibition print flush-mounted to masonite

Magnum Photos · Artsy

Keleti train station, Budapest, Hungary, 1947

Price on request

Gelatin silver print

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Publications2

Exhibition Catalog 1

Magnum's First

Hatje Cantz · 2008

Group Catalog 1

XL Photography 4

Hatje Cantz · 2011

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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Recent News2

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La Seconda guerra mondiale con gli occhi dei grandi fotografi in una mostra a Gorizia

Palazzo Attems-Petzenstein in Gorizia hosts the exhibition "Back to Peace? La guerra vista dai grandi fotografi Magnum," which presents the Second Wor…

exhibitionsApr 29, 2026

Magnum Photos agency’s first exhibition, lost for a half-century, to make its North American debut

The Image Centre in downtown Toronto will stage the North American debut of Magnum Photos' first-ever exhibition, originally titled 'Gesicht der Zeit'…

exhibitionsAug 22, 2025

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