Ara Güler Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ara Güler Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 28, 2025
Ara Guler, (2) Vols. Photography, signed
Est: $100 - $150
Ara Guler (Turkish, 1928-2018), "A Photographic Sketch of Lost Istanbul", 1994, and "Vanished Colours", 1995; Globus Dunya Press, each inscribed, signed and dated, hardcover books in jackets, 13"h x 10"w
Millea Bros Ltd
Mar. 02, 2025
Ara Guler Photography
Est: ₺6,000 - ₺7,000
Signed by Ara Güler (1928-2018), Photography Fine Art Print, Gültekin Çizgen collaboration and certified, Istanbul Bosphorus and Fishermen, 30x40 cm
Clar Auction
Mar. 02, 2025
Ara Guler Photography
Est: ₺6,000 - ₺7,000
Signed by Ara Güler (1928-2018), Photography Fine Art Print, Gültekin Çizgen collaboration and certified, Istanbul Bosphorus and Boats, 30x40 cm
Clar Auction
Mar. 02, 2025
Ara Guler Photography
Est: ₺6,000 - ₺7,000
Signed by Ara Güler (1928-2018), Photography Fine Art Print, Gültekin Çizgen collaboration and certified, Bosphorus and Mosque, 40x30 cm
Clar Auction
Dec. 22, 2024
Ara Güler Photo
Est: ₺8,000 - ₺10,000
Ara Güler (1928-2018) signed, Photograph Fine Art Print, Gültekin Çizgen joint work, Street photo 25 x35 cm
Clar Auction
Dec. 22, 2024
Ara Güler Photo
Est: ₺8,000 - ₺10,000
Signed by Ara Güler (1928-2018), Photograph Fine Art Print, Gültekin Çizgen collaboration, Galata Bridge, 30x40 cm
Clar Auction
Dec. 22, 2024
Ara Güler Photo
Est: ₺8,000 - ₺10,000
Ara Güler (1928-2018) signed, Photograph Fine Art Print, Gültekin Çizgen collaboration, Overturned Car, 25x36 cm
Clar Auction
Jun. 30, 2024
Ara Güler (1928-2018) Photography
Est: ₺10,000 - ₺15,000
Signed by Ara Güler, Galata bridge, Fine Art Print Photograph, Gültekin Çizgen collection, 30x40 cm.
Clar Auction
Jun. 30, 2024
Ara Güler (1928-2018) Photography
Est: ₺10,000 - ₺15,000
Signed by Ara Güler, Horse Carriage in Istanbul, Fine Art Print Photograph, Gültekin Çizgen collection, 25x36 cm.
Clar Auction
Apr. 28, 2024
Ara Güler (1928-2018) Photo Fine Art
Est: ₺50,000 - ₺60,000
Original Photograph, signed by Ara Güler, 40x60 cm
Clar Auction
Apr. 28, 2024
Ara Güler (1928-2018) Photo Fine Art Printing
Est: ₺8,000 - ₺10,000
Signed by Ara Güler, Photo Fine Art Print, 30x40 cm
Clar Auction
Apr. 28, 2024
Ara Güler (1928-2018) Photo Fine Art Printing
Est: ₺8,000 - ₺10,000
Signed by Ara Güler, Ice Bearers, Photo Fine Art Print, Gültekin Çizgen certified. 30x40cm
Clar Auction
Mar. 16, 2023
Ara Güler (1928-2018) - Istanbul, 1950s/1960s
Est: €600 - €900
Vintage gelatin silver print cm 29,9 x 19,5 | 11.3 x 7.6 in. Photographer's credit stamp on the verso
Finarte
Dec. 07, 2022
Güler, Ara: Istanbul, Arnavutköy
Est: €800 - €1,000
Istanbul, Arnavutköy. 1960s/printed later. Gelatin silver print. 40 x 27 cm. Signed by the photographer in ink in lower right; photographer's stamp on the verso. - - A few light handling marks, otherwise in very good condition. - - Provenance: Acquired directly from the photographer. - - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
Dec. 07, 2022
Güler, Ara: Carriers Waiting for Work at the Oil Quay, Istanbul
Est: €1,000 - €1,200
"Carriers Waiting for Work at the Oil Quay, Istanbul ". 1954. Large-format gelatin silver print on strong paper. 40,3 x 50 cm. Signed by the photographer in silver marker in lower right corner; photographer's stamp on the verso. - - Lower right corner slightly bumped, a few minimal handling marks, light fold mark upper left, otherwise a strong print in very good condition. - - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
Dec. 07, 2022
Güler, Ara: Kumkapi Fishermen Returning to Port in the First Light of Dawn, Istanbul
Est: €1,200 - €1,500
"Kumkapi Fishermen Returning to Port in the First Light of Dawn, Istanbul". 1950. Large-format gelatin silver print on strong paper. 40,5 x 50 cm. Signed by the photographer in silver marker in lower right corner; photographer's stamp on the verso. - - After training to be an actor and studying economics, Ara Güler became a photographer and worked for the newspaper Yeni Istanbul. Later he worked for Time Life, Paris Match and Stern. In 1956 he met Henri Cartier-Bresson and Marc Riboud and became a member of Magnum. Ara Güler has received many important prizes. In 1961 Photography Annual named him among the seven best photographers of the world. In 1962 he was nominated 'Master of the Leica' and in 1968 MOMA named him one of the ten masters of color photography. – Small nick in left edge, a few light handling marks, one light fold mark in uper left, a few retouched spots, otherwise a strong print in very good condition. - - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
Apr. 16, 2021
ARA GÜLER (1928–2018)
Est: €2,000 - €2,400
ARA GÜLER (1928–2018) | Pablo Picasso, 1971 | Vintage silver print | Size: 23 x 34 cm | Photographer's stamp and handwritten notations and numerical stamps on the reverse LITERATURE Ara Güler. Greating the 20the Century, Singapore 2011, p. 164 (same series).
OstLicht Auctions
Mar. 16, 2021
Ara Güler, 1926-2018
Est: €800 - €1,200
Ara Güler, 1926-2018 Allah, Wand der Moschee in Edirne, 1956, Vintage print Verso Studiostempel 30:25,7 cm
Schneider-Henn
Oct. 02, 2020
Ara Guler (1928-2008); Aerial studies, Mount Ararat and Mount Tunduruk;
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Ara Guler (1928-2008) Aerial studies, Mount Ararat and Mount Tunduruk, 1960 2 gelatin silver prints, each signed, titled, dated, inscribed in ink and credit stamp on the verso. each 15 3/4 x 12in (39.7 x 30.5cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 04, 2020
Ara Guler (1928-2018) Turkey Hitchcock 1975 Bromoil silver gelatin photograph
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Ara Guler (1928-2018) Turkey Hitchcock 1975 Bromoil silver gelatin photograph Signed verso, Copyright Stamp, verso Signed & dated by Hitchcock, verso 44.2 x 29.5 cm OTHER NOTES: Ara Guler worked as a photo journalist for Time Life, 1956, Paris Match 1958 & Stern. His work was published globally by Magnum Photos, in 1961 became the 1st Turkish member of the American Society of Magazine Photographers. In 1970s, he also took photography interviews with noteworthy artists and politicians, like Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, Ansel Adams, Alfred Hitchcock, Imogen Cunningham, Willy Brandt,John Berger,Maria Callas, Bertrand Russell, Pablo Picasso, Indira Gandhi, and Winston Churchill. Ara's work is included in the collections of institutions worldwide, such as Paris's National Library of France; New York's George Eastman Museum; Das imaginäre Photo-Museum; Museum Ludwig Köln and Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery.
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Jul. 14, 2019
Ara Guler (b.1928) "Harran, Turkey", ca. 1950's-60's
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
"Ara Guler (Armenian Turkish, b.1928) "Harran, Turkey", ca.1950s-60's. Gelatin silver print. Signed in felt-tip silver pen, and stamped on the reverse. Unframed. 7 7/8"x 12 3/8"/ 20cm x 31.5cm. Original vintage print. Signed with silver pen on lower right, blindstamp signature on lower left and studio stamped on verso."
Hoboken Auctions
Oct. 15, 2017
Ara Guler (Turkish, b. 1928) "Playing Children in Ankara Kaleici"
Est: $800 - $1,200
Ara Guler (Turkish, b. 1928) "Playing Children in Ankara Kaleici" from The Series of "Istanbul Photographs", signed in silver felt-tip pen lower right. Size: 15'' x 9.5'', 38 x 24 cm (sight); 23.5'' x 18'', 60 x 46 cm (frame). Literature: Hommage an Ara Guler, ed. by Ilker Maga, Bremen and Istanbul 1998, p. 101.
Material Culture
Jun. 03, 2015
Güler, Ara: Bill Brandt
Est: €600 - €900
Bill Brandt, London. 1971. Vintage gelatin silver print. 46,4 x 29,5 cm. Photographer's stamp, signed by the photographer in ink annotated in pencil on the verso. After training to be an actor and studying economics, Ara Güler became a photographer and worked for the newspaper Yeni Istanbul. Later he worked for Time Life, Paris Match and Stern. In 1956 he met Henri Cartier-Bresson and Marc Riboud and became a member of Magnum. Ara Güler has received many important prizes. In 1961 Photography Annual named him among the seven best photographers of the world. In 1962 he was nominated 'Master of the Leica' and in 1968 MOMA named him one of the ten masters of color photography. – Small, light fold mark in right edge, minimal edge wear, otherwise in very good condition.
Bassenge Auctions
Dec. 09, 2014
ARA GULER (1928) Pablo Picasso, 1971
Est: €800 - €1,000
ARA GULER (1928) Pablo Picasso, 1971 Deux tirages argentiques d'époque, tampons au dos 23.5 x 34.5 cm. 34.5 x 23.5 cm.
Leclere - Maison de ventes
Dec. 03, 2014
Güler, Ara: Bosporus steamer leaving Kandilli
Est: €600 - €900
Bosporus steamer leaving Kandilli. 1965/printed later. Fine art print. 33,2 x 50 cm (37,5 x 53 cm). Photographer's label and signed by the photographer in pencil on the verso. After training to be an actor and studying economics, Ara Güler became a photographer and worked for the newspaper Yeni Istanbul. Later he worked for Time Life, Paris Match and Stern. In 1956 he met Henri Cartier-Bresson and Marc Riboud and became a member of Magnum. Ara Güler has received many important prizes. In 1961 Photography Annual named him among the seven best photographers of the world. In 1962 he was nominated 'Master of the Leica' and in 1968 MOMA named him one of the ten masters of color photography. - In excellent condition.
Bassenge Auctions
May. 28, 2014
Untitled
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Ara Güler Untitled Signed in pencil on the reverse as well as printed label with the photographer's copyright note Later pigment inkjet print 13 1/8 x 19 5/8 in. (14 5/8 x 21 in.)
Grisebach
May. 23, 2014
ARA GÜLER (* 1928) Henri Cartier-Bresson with Leica M3, 1964
Est: €10,000 - €12,000
Gelatin silver print, printed in 2013 55 x 44 cm (21.7 x 17.3 in) Signed by the photographer in pencil in the margin, his blindstamp in the margin and his signed photographer's stamp on the reverse. This is the only large format print Güler ever made of this image LITERATURE Ara Güler, Creating the 20th Century, 100 Artists, Writers and Thinkers, Singapore 2011, p. 59. "A portrait is not simply the picture of a face," says Ara Güler, one of Turkey's most renowned photographers, "it is the entirety of a life." 86 years old today, Güler remembers Henri Cartier-Bresson: "He was like a big brother to me. He was 20 years older than me and taught me a lot. For me, he's the greatest." Through Cartier-Bresson, the doyen of the "decisive moment" and co-founder of Magnum, Güler joined the legendary agency in the early 1960s. Using perspectives reminiscent of his French role model, the "Eye of Istanbul" portrayed not only 20th-century artists, writers and thinkers, but also his native city as it was undergoing transformation: "Our work on Paris and Istanbul was similar in some ways: we both seized the moment when a world was disappearing - a world of artisans giving way to a world of mechanics." Voted "Master of Leica" in 1962, Güler took this photograph of his friend - as unexceptional as it is symbolic - two years later, using a M3 Chrome: "This portrait speaks volumes. I took it unexpectedly, just when his eye was distracted by a subject he was interested in shooting himself. The camera - a Leica of course - is at hand, ready for use." This Leica M3, which Cartier-Bresson used to photograph Marilyn Monroe on the film set for The Misfits (1961), among others, is lot 075 in the camera section.
WestLicht
May. 23, 2014
ARA GÜLER (* 1928) Istanbul, 1957
Est: €5,000 - €6,000
Gelatin silver print, printed in 2013 60 x 40 cm (23.6 x 15.7 in) Signed by the photographer in pencil in the margin, his blindstamp in the margin and his signed photographer's stamp on the reverse LITERATURE Ara Güler/Orhan Pamuk (eds.), Istanbul, Cologne 2010, cover and p. 65. "Nobody has captured, documented and preserved the Istanbul of the Fifties and Sixties, with its streets,pavements, shops, its run-down factories, its ships, horse-drawn carriages, busses, clouds, taxis, houses, bridges, chimneys, billows of smoke, people and its non-descript atmosphere, as well as Ara Güler," who "photographs not only the visual elements of Istanbul's streets, but their soul," as Orhan Pamuk writes in the coffee-table book in which the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Magnum photographer touchingly pay joint homage to their hometown. As the title image they chose the present photograph, which reflects the legendary Istanbul feeling of "hüzün", a kind of melancholy, particularly well. The two dark figures in their boats, the glittering water, the famous mosques and the Galata Bridge in the distance, out of focus, shrouded by fog. Affectionately interested in people, Güler particularly liked to roam the surrounding quarters, where the simple people lived - longshoremen and porters, fishermen and artisans, merchants and street urchins - his Leica always in hand. To Henri Cartier-Bresson, who travelled to Istanbul for the first time the year before this image was taken - when Güler created his unique portrait of the French master of the Leica (lot 132) - the image was like an awakening, bringing him back to the flow of photography after a creative hiatus.
WestLicht
Oct. 15, 2013
ARA GÜLER (b. 1928)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
ARA GÜLER (b. 1928) Series of Portraits of Bill Brandt in his London home, c. 1960s 12 gelatin silver prints each with credit stamp (verso) image/sheet: each approximately 11¾ x 8in. (30 x 20.3cm.) or the reverse (12)
Christie's
Feb. 01, 2013
Ara GÜLER (né en 1928) Edirne, Turquie, 1956
Est: €600 - €800
Ara GÜLER (né en 1928) Edirne, Turquie, 1956 Épreuve gélatino-argentique d'époque montée sur support cartonné. 29,5 x 24,5 cm. Provenance : collection Roméo Martinez.
Piasa
Nov. 28, 2012
Güler, Ara, 1928, Playing children in Ankara Kaleici
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Güler, Ara, 1928, Playing children in Ankara Kaleici, Early gelatin silver print, 1970, Signed in silver felt-tip pen in the image lower right. On the reverse photographer's- resp. copyright stamp as well as inscribed and numbered in pencil by various hands, 19 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. (19 7/8 x 14 1/8 in.), ,
Grisebach
Apr. 15, 2012
Ara Guler (b.1928) - Istanbul
Est: - ₺3,500
Ara Guler (b.1928) Istanbul photograph 49.5 x 33.5 cm
Ankara Antikacilik
Nov. 30, 2011
Güler, Ara: Pablo Picasso
Est: €600 - €900
Pablo Picasso. 1971. Vintage gelatin silver print. 40 x 30,3 cm. Photographer's stamp, signed by the photographer in ballpoint pen and annotated in pencil on the verso. After training to be an actor and studying economics, Ara Güler became a photographer and worked for the newspaper Yeni Istanbul . Later he worked for Time Life , Paris Match and Stern . In 1956 he met Henri Cartier-Bresson and Marc Riboud and became a member of Magnum. Ara Güler has received many important prizes. In 1961 Photography Annual named him among the seven best photographers of the world. In 1962 he was nominated 'Master of the Leica' and in 1968 MOMA named him one of the ten masters of color photography. - Minimal edge wear, light crease in lower right corner, otherwise a dark print in near excellent condition.
Galerie Bassenge
Jun. 18, 2011
Ara GÜLER (né en 1928) Pablo Picasso à 90 ans,
Est: €400 - €500
Ara GÜLER (né en 1928) Pablo Picasso à 90 ans, 1971 Épreuve gélatino-argentique d'époque. Cachet du photographe au dos. 23 x 34,5 cm.
Rouillac
May. 26, 2011
Ara Güler-ALLAH. OLD MOSQUE, EDIRNE, TÜRKEI
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Ara Güler-ALLAH. OLD MOSQUE, EDIRNE, TÜRKEI
Grisebach
Nov. 26, 2010
ARA GULER (B. 1928)
Est: £800 - £1,200
ARA GULER (B. 1928) Street scene Ahlat-Van, Turkey, 1960 gelatin silver print annotated in pencil, technical label and photographer's credit stamp (verso) 12¼ x 8 3/8in. (31.5 x 21.3cm.)
Christie's
May. 21, 2010
ARA GÜLER (b. 1928)
Est: £600 - £800
ARA GÜLER (b. 1928) Edirne, Turkey, 1956 gelatin silver print photographer's credit stamp, annotated in pencil (verso) 11¼ x 9¼ in. (28.6 x 23.5 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 20, 2009
[ Photograph ]
Est: €900 - €1,000
Maria CALLAS (1923-1977) par Ara GÜLER (6), Edward QUINN (3)...
Piasa
Jun. 17, 2009
Güler, Ara: Pablo Picasso
Est: €800 - €1,200
Pablo Picasso. 1971. Vintage gelatin silver print. 40 x 30,3 cm. Photographer's stamp, signed by the photographer in ballpoint pen and annotated in pencil on the verso. After training to be an actor and studying economics, Ara Güler became a photographer and worked for the newspaper Yeni Istanbul. Later he worked for Time Life, Paris Match and Stern. In 1956 he met Henri Cartier-Bresson and Marc Riboud and became a member of Magnum. Ara Güler has received many important prizes: in 1961 Photography Annual named him among the seven best photographers of the world. In 1962 he was nominated Master of the Leica and in 1968 MOMA named him one of the ten masters of color photography. - Slight wear in corners and a few chips in edges, light crease in right lower corner, otherwise a dark print in near excellent condition.
Bassenge Auctions
Jun. 05, 2009
[ PHOTOGRAPHS ]
Est: €500 - €600
Ara GÜLER (né en 1928) - Construction du pont sur le Bosphore, Turquie
Piasa
May. 16, 2008
Photographs: Ara GÜLER - Turquie : vues
Est: €600 - €800
Photographs: Ara GÜLER - Turquie : vues d'Istanbul et de la population
Piasa
Apr. 05, 2008
Photographs: ARA GULER (Né en 1928) - Portrait
Est: €1,000 - €1,200
Photographs: ARA GULER (Né en 1928) - Portrait de Picasso, c.1971.
Leclere - Maison de ventes
Jul. 08, 2007
ARA GULER (né en 1928) - PORTRAIT DE PICASSO,
Est: -
ARA GULER (né en 1928) - PORTRAIT DE PICASSO, circa 1970
Osenat
Jul. 08, 2007
ARA GULER (né en 1928) - PORTRAIT DE PICASSO,
Est: -
ARA GULER (né en 1928) - PORTRAIT DE PICASSO, circa 1970
Osenat
Nov. 14, 2006
m - ARA GÜLER, B. 1928
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
A GROUP OF TWELVE PORTRAITS OF BILL BRANDT, CIRCA 1970 each approx. 300 by 190mm (11¾ by 7½ in.) or the reverse Silver Prints, each with the photographer's 'Photographed by Ara Güler' wetstamp on the reverse, Quantity: 12 PROVENANCE The collection of Norman Hall. Thence by descent.
Sotheby's