ARTHUR BENDA* (Berlin 1885 - 1996 Vienna) Portrait study, around 1930 gelatin silver print 17.5 x 12.5 cm d'Ora/Benda stamo un the negative, blindstamped verso stamp ESTIMATE € 200 - € 400 STARTING PRICE € 200 Trained in Berlin (apprenticeship with Nicolaus Perscheid), he met Dora Kallmus at work, who joined Perscheid in Berlin in 1907. They went with her to Vienna and founded the "Atelier d'Ora" there in 1907. Benda was initially studio director, and from 1922 partner of the studio, which he took over in 1927 ("D'Ora-Benda", after the Second World War simply "Arthur Benda"). The studio was one of the first commercial portrait studios in Austria, creatively breaking away from the rigid schematics of the 19th century and early on doing pioneering work in the field of fashion photography. Further artists and styles: theatre photography, film photography, dance photography, fashion photography, art deco photography, jazz age, nude photography, advertising photography, Madame d'Ora, Arthur Benda, Edith Glogau 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. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographys 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and, the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.