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b. 1903 - d. 1998

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  • Torkel Korling, Untitled (five works)
    Jul. 31, 2025

    Torkel Korling, Untitled (five works)

    Est: $900 - $1,200

    Torkel Korling Untitled (five works) 1959 gelatin silver print largest: 13.875 h x 11 w in (35 x 28 cm) smallest: 13 h x 10 w in (33 x 25 cm) Dated to verso with artist's inkstamp 'Photo No. A 61 This Credit Line Must Appear with Reproduction Torkel Korling OK. from 1/28/59'. Inscribed to artist's inkstamp verso 'Photo No. I-7 This Credit Line Must Appear with Reproduction Torkel Korling'. Artist's inkstamp verso 'Photo No. FDRY6 This Credit Line Must Appear with Reproduction Torkel Korling'. Inscribed and to ink stamp verso 'Word - Obsolete? Photo No. DE 17 This Credit Line Must Appear with Reproduction Torkel Korling'. Dated and inscribed to verso with ink stamp 'Photo No. A 13 This Credit Line Must Appear with Reproduction Torkel Korling OK. from 1/28/59'. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

    Los Angeles Modern Auctions
  • TORKEL KORLING WILD PLANTS IN FLOWER PORTFOLIO
    Nov. 06, 2021

    TORKEL KORLING WILD PLANTS IN FLOWER PORTFOLIO

    Est: $25 - $50

    Nice old folio of prints.

    Davis Brothers Auction
  • TORKEL KORLING Mid Century Industrial Abstraction
    Dec. 05, 2020

    TORKEL KORLING Mid Century Industrial Abstraction

    Est: $300 - $500

    TORKEL KORLING, Untitled (industrial abstraction), 1950s, 9.875x12.5" Gelatin silver print, Printed 1950s, Photographer's stamp on print verso; miscellaneous marks in black ink. Torkel Korling was a legendary abstract photographer of industrial and scientific subjects. Torkel Korling (1903-1998) came to Chicago from Sweden in 1922 to become a botanist. Instead, he became a significant 20th century photographer, winning recognition for industrial and commercial portraits, before returning to his love of nature. He lived long enough to reconcile the two disciplines, photographing indigenous plant life across the Midwest and around the country while on corporate assignments. He published several books of his nature work that sold more than 100,000 copies over the last four decades. "Torkel really had three photographic careers," said Stephen Daiter, who owns a Chicago photography gallery and published a portfolio of Mr. Korling's mid-century industrial work. "First, he was an inventor who came up with two of the most important technical improvements in photography in the 20th Century." Korling invented the first portable, collapsible tripods that have allowed photographers to move more freely. He also patented an automatic diaphragm that changed the way shutters work and paved the way for modern cameras. "The second," Daiter said, "was from the 1920s through the 1950s. He was extensively published in Life Magazine and did annual reports for major companies. He was one of the really important commercial and industrial photographers. Later, in his older age, he went back to plants for his third career." CREDIT: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-10-27-9810270082-story.html

    Andrew Smith Gallery Photography Auctions, LLC
  • Torkel Korling, (American, 1903-1998), R.R. Donnelly & Sons, Chicago, Montgomery Ward Catalogue, 1943, gelatin silver print, 11" x 1...
    Sep. 12, 2015

    Torkel Korling, (American, 1903-1998), R.R. Donnelly & Sons, Chicago, Montgomery Ward Catalogue, 1943, gelatin silver print, 11" x 1...

    Est: $400 - $600

    Torkel Korling (American, 1903-1998) R.R. Donnelly & Sons, Chicago, Montgomery Ward Catalogue, 1943 gelatin silver print signed and dated lower left 11" x 13.75"

    Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
  • Torkel Korling (1903-1998) - Untitled (Industrial Abstraction), 1950s
    Jun. 04, 2015

    Torkel Korling (1903-1998) - Untitled (Industrial Abstraction), 1950s

    Est: £800 - £1,200

    Gelatin silver print, with photographer's stamp verso, 25 x 31.8cm (9 7/8 x 12 1/2in)

    Dreweatts 1759
  • Torkel Korling (1903-1998) - Untitled (Industrial Abstraction), 1950s
    Nov. 21, 2014

    Torkel Korling (1903-1998) - Untitled (Industrial Abstraction), 1950s

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    Gelatin silver print, with photographer's stamp verso, 25 x 31.8cm (9 7/8 x 12 1/2in)

    Dreweatts 1759
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