603 - Heinrich Heidersberger* (Ingolstadt 1906 - 2006 Wolfsburg)

Heinrich Heidersberger* (Ingolstadt 1906 - 2006 Wolfsburg) Rhythmogramm, 1953-1965 Vintage gelatin silver print 23,9 x 17,9 cm verso photographer’s studio stamp SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 600 - 1400 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 600 Heinrich Heidersberger (1906–2006) was a German photographer and a proponent of modern architectural photography whose work is characterized by a consistent engagement with form, movement, light, and space. Following early experiments with abstract photography, he developed—most notably through his "Rhythmograms"—a photographic method in which light trails and sequences of movement are condensed into geometric compositions. Alongside this, he produced precise architectural photographs, industrial images, and work for major publications such as Stern and Merian. The 1958 Brussels World's Fair also became a significant subject for his photography. In doing so, Heidersberger combined documentary precision with a highly abstract visual approach, transforming modern architecture and technical structures into autonomous photographic compositions. His work sits within the context of the German avant-garde and international Constructivism, drawing parallels to figures such as László Moholy-Nagy and the Italian Futurists Anton Giulio and Arturo Bragaglia—artists who had experimented early on with photodynamism, motion studies, and the photographic depiction of time. Fernand Léger’s geometrically reduced visual language also serves as an art-historical reference point for Heidersberger’s handling of plane, line, and industrial form. His work is further situated within the broader spheres of kinetic art, architectural and industrial photography, and the international visual culture represented by Life Magazine, Stern, and Merian. Heidersberger translated avant-garde ideas into a distinctive photographic language in which technical structures, architecture, and movement coalesce into rhythmic, abstract compositions. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights and platform fee. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer's premium and platform fee. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.