Fine Photographs: Celebrating 70 Years of Photographs at Swann
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Deborah Rogal
Director, Photographs & Photobooks
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George S. Lowry
Chairman
Nicholas D. Lowry
President, Principal Auctioneer
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Andrew M. Ansorge
Vice President & Controller
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Chief Marketing Officer
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Todd Weyman
Vice President & Director, Prints & Drawings
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Nigel Freeman
Vice President & Director, African American Art
Rick Stattler
Vice President & Director, Books & Manuscripts
Administration
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Vice President & Controller
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Client Accounting
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Operations Manager
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19th Century
Celebrating 70 Years of Photography at Swann
Over 70 years ago, Swann held the first auction dedicated to photography in the United States. This 1952 photography auction was astonishingly early for a sale devoted to a medium just 113 years old and still finding its artistic footing in the marketplace. Seven decades later, however, the landscape for this diverse and innovative medium has grown dramatically. The past few decades bore witness to a blossoming market, with numerous galleries, auction houses, and a vibrant, devoted, passionate group of collectors spread around the world.
In 1952, albums and books illustrated with photographs dominated the sale at Swann. The sales results are shocking to a contemporary reader: a nearly complete set of Eadweard Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion (with duplicate plates) sold for $250, and William Henry Fox Talbot’s Pencil of Nature for $200. The catalogue had no illustrations or estimates, and though the offerings were diverse, the medium’s early relationship with the book field is apparent.
Today we see a full spectra of photo books, contemporary photographs made to occupy an entire wall, small classical gems, and modernist masterpieces exploring abstraction in our auctions. To date, our Department’s top lot is Edward S. Curtis’ The North American Indian, which sold for $1.44 million. This market has expanded and flourished, and our auctions at Swann continue the tradition of groundbreaking exploration of the medium, most recently in our photo book and vernacular photography sales (introduced in 2006 and 2014, respectively). These sales advance the boundaries of what is sought and reconsider the ways in which we view and discuss photographic output.
Today we look both forward and backward. Back, to marvel at what has grown. Forward, to imagine what we can still build.
SIGNED BY MAHARAJA JAGAJIT SINGH
1
(india)
An album with 60 photographs celebrating the investiture of Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala.
This album represents one of the most comprehensive photographic depictions of a 19th century maharaja and his court. With his titles, riches, affairs, and estates, the Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala was internationally known as the epitome of Indian royalty. His coronation album includes both formal and informal portraits of Jagatjit Singh and his fellow princes, his administrators and distinguished guests, including Prince Albert Victor on a pig sticking expedition, taken three years before his death.
The album includes views of Jagatjit Singh’s palaces, private and public buildings, and the palace grounds. There are images of Kapurthala’s royal stable, his elephants (including his famously enormous state pachyderm), his horses (with a striking image of the Maharaja on his favorite steed), his dogs, durbars, tennis games, and remarkable images of His Highness’s servants pedaling Jagatjit Singh and his chihuahua in a velocipede and paddle boat. Included are views of the city market, temples, and a two-panel panorama of Kapurthala. Albumen prints, the images measuring approximately 9½x11¾ inches (24.1x29.8 cm.), and slightly smaller, and the reverse, mounted recto/verso, each with a caption, in ink, on the mount. Oblong leather folio, with the gilt-lettered title "Kapurthala;" with a new leather spine replacing the cloth spine that had been applied by Maria Brothers in Simla; signed by Jagatjit Singh in 1891 on the front free endpaper. 1890
Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala created an image of himself as a dashing, romantic figure. He became famous in his day for his spectacular gems and his secularism. He traveled the world, served as British India’s representative to the League of Nations, received 28 Grand Crosses.
Believing himself the incarnation of Louis IV, he spoke fluent French, built a palace after Versailles, hosted lavish parties in Paris and on the Riviera, and added a Spanish dancer and a Czech countess to his harem of four.
Though it appears that this album was meant to be a souvenir, we have not been able to locate another copy (including in the Kapurthala family’s collection, the Royal Collection, and the India Office Library).
Given the quality of the photographs, we propose the photographer may have been Lala Deen Dayal who at this time was the Viceroy’s official photographer.
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
2
Kusakabe kimbei (1841-1934)
An elegant Japanese album with 50 hand-colored photographs depicting cities, temples, landscapes, and gardens.
Including beautiful scenery from Tokyo, Yokohama, Nikko, and Kyoto; images of temples, hot springs, Mount Fuji, and other landscapes; and occupationals featuring the labors related to tea, silk, and rice. Hand-colored albumen prints, the images measuring approximately 8x10¼ inches (20.3x26 cm.), and the reverse, two with small typed caption labels and the rest with the captions in the negative. Oblong 4to, with a decorative red lacquer front cover with a bird motif; refurbished leather backstrip; with Kimbei’s stamp on the front pastedown; also with the original owner’s dated inscription, in ink, on the front pastedown; all edges gilt. 1894
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
3
Martín chambi (1891-1973)
Group of 5 photographs depicting indigenous figures and landscapes of Peru.
Silver (2) and silver prints on carte-postale paper (3), the images measuring approximately 5½x3½ inches (14x8.9 cm.), one the reverse and slightly smaller, one with a caption in the negative, and each with a Chambi Cuzco stamp, on verso. 1920s-40s
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
4
Else thalemann (1901-1984)
A group of 5 images depicting travel scenes and the Ruhr region.
Silver prints, the images measuring 4¾x6¾ inches (12.1x17.1 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets slightly larger, the mounts 11¾x15¾ inches (29.8x40 cm.), each with a typewritten credit and caption label, and Thalemann’s Folkwang Verlag credit stamp and Wilhelm Arnholdt and Maja Isolde Heya Arnholdt stamps, and two with the Ernst Fuhrmann stamp, on mount verso. 1929-30; printed 1950s
Bridge * Monument * Woman and child * Lamp post * Store widow
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
5
Gustave le gray (1820-1884)
Scène de campement, Camp de Châlons.
Albumen print from a collodion on glass negative, the image measuring 11¼x13⅜ inches (28.6x34 cm.), the mount 19½x25½ inches (49.5x64.8 cm.), with Le Gray’s stamped facsimile signature, in red, on print recto. 1857
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
6
Julia margaret cameron (1815-1879)
Baby Blossom (Portrait of Alice Keown).
Albumen print from a wet collodion negative, the image measuring 13⅜x11 inches (34x28 cm.), the mount 20½x17⅞ inches (52.1x45.4 cm.), with Cameron’s signature and notation “From Life Not Enlarged,” in ink, “Baby Blossom,” in pencil, in an unknown hand, and the Colnaghi blind stamp, on mount recto. Circa 1866
In the summer of 1865, Cameron began using larger format 15x12-inch glass negatives. She embarked upon a series of large-scale, close-up portraits, which she saw as a rejection of conventional photography in favor of a less precise but more emotionally compelling kind of portraiture. She wrote to Henry Cole that she intended this new series to “electrify you with delight and startle the world.”
There are no other prints known of this portrait of Alice Keown. She was the daughter of Thomas Keown, and Cameron also photographed her sister Elizabeth and brother Percy. Alice was not known as Baby Blossom, so it is thought that perhaps Cameron took the title from Ida White’s recently published poem.
This print was exhibited in Photographs from the Collection of Gary and Barbara Hansen, the Saint Louis Art Museum, June 23 - August 9, 1987
Julian Cox, Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs (The J. Paul Getty Museum), cat. no. 878, p. 384; Larry J. Schaaf, Sun Pictures Catalogue Twenty, Julia Margaret Cameron (Hans P. Kraus), no. 6, p. 22-23
Estimate
$15,000 – $25,000
7
Charles marville (1813-1879)
Rue des Déchargeurs, de la Rue de Rivoli.
Albumen print, the image measuring 11⅝x10⅛ inches (29.5x25.7 cm.), the two-toned mount 24x16¼ inches (61x41.3 cm.), with Marville’s Photographe Du Musée Impérial Du Louvre blind stamp and a location, in pencil, on mount recto. Circa 1865
Around 1832 Parisian-born Charles-François Bossu (1813–1879) changed his unfortunate last name (“bossu” means hunchback in French) and adopted the pseudonym Marville, which also transformed his identity. By 1850 he began taking poetic photographs throughout Old Paris, a project that foreshadows the work of another great French artist, Eugène Atget.
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
8
Louis-émile durandelle (1839-1917)
Études et Travaux de Chemins de fer Construit par L’État [Studies and Works of Railways Built by the State].
Complete with 22 photographs. Albumen prints, the images measuring approximately 13½x17 inches (34.3x43.2 cm.), and the reverse, the mounts 19x24¾ inches (48.3x62.9 cm.), each with Durandelle’s credit, the title, folio title, chief engineer, ordinary engineer, and contractor, printed on mount recto. Elephant folio-sized case, with a label indicating the title, chief engineer, and subject. 1880s
Viaduc De Malminot * Souterrain de Viandes * Viaduc des Sept Ponts * Viaduc de Fontanet * Pont de Montauban, Sur le Tarn * Mur de Soutenement de Mercues * Tranchee du Queyran, avec Pont Supérieur * Souterrain de Pouzergues * Viaduc de St Denis * Pont de Montauban, Sur le Tarn * Tranchee D’acces du Souterrain de Mercues * Viaduc de Malminot * Pont de Cahors, Sur le Lot * Viaduct de Calamane * Viaduct de Calamane * Viaduc de St Denis * Pont de Cahors, Sur le Lot * Pont de Cahors, Sur le Lot * Viaduc de St- Georges * Viaduc des Sept Ponts * Viaduc de Fontanet * Viaduc des Courtils
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
9
Albert londe (1858-1917)
A selection of three photographs depicting a cavalier au galop.
Albumen prints, the images measuring approximately 6½x9 inches (16.5x22.9 cm.), the original mounts 9x12 inches (22.9x30.5 cm.). 1887
WITH–Albert Londe. La Photographie Moderne. 4to, gilt-lettered red leather backed boards, lightly worn. Paris: G. Masson, Éditeur, 1888
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
10
Leonard Darwin (1850-1943)
Portrait of Charles Darwin.
Carbon print, the image measuring 4⅝x3⅝ inches (11.8x9.2 cm.), the mount 8½x5¼ inches (21.6x13.3 cm.), with a printed facsimile signature on mount recto, and notations, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on mount verso. Circa 1884
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
11
(author of the communist manifesto)
Portrait of Karl Marx.
Portrait by John Jabez Edwin Paisley Mayall. Silver print, the image measuring 5½x4⅜inches (14x11.1 cm.), the mount 8x5½ inches (20.3x14 cm.), with the sitter’s name, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on mount recto, and the Culver Pictures stamp, labels, and barcodes, on mount verso. Circa 1875; printed circa 1910
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
12
(occupational cased images)
A selection of 4 sixth-plate daguerreotypes, two showing figures with tools of their trades, one with a book, and the fourth dressed in his everyday attire.
The figure with the book is thought to be holding a technical title related to photographs. Each enclosed in a brass mat, two with their preservers; and in leather cases, one split. Circa 1850s
From the Collection of Pearl Korn.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
13
Marcus aurelius root (1808-1888)
A half-plate daguerreotype of a family, artfully composed, with a beam of natural light.
Enclosed in a brass mat; and in a leather case with Root’s credit and Philadelphia address on the facing velvet. 1846-57
From the Collection of Pearl Korn.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
14
Williamson brothers (active 1856-1859)
Group of 5 daguerreotypes, including one half-plate, two quarter-plates, and two sixth-plates.
All but one featuring parents with their children, and two with hand-tinted elements. Each in a brass mat and preserver with the Williamson stamped credit and location Brooklyn; leather cases. 1856-59
From the Collection of Pearl Korn.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
15
Jeremiah gurney (1812-1895)
Three quarter-plate daguerreotypes, including two of siblings wearing plaid and third apparently depicting William Lewis Dayton.
Two of the cases show young children wearing identical plaids, each beautifully tinted in delicate red and in the same elegant pose; these both with Gurney’s 707 Broadway address stamped on the mat. The third apparently depicting the statesman Dayton, with the Gurney and Fredericks 349 Broadway address on the mat. Each in their brass mats and preservers; in leather cases. 1850s
Gurney was one of the pioneering practitioners of the daguerreotype process, opening the first American photo gallery at 189 Broadway in 1840. His work is known for its fine detail, and for a clientele base from New York City’s elite, building a reputation as the city’s leading daguerreotypist. In 1851, Gurney founded the American Daguerre Association—the first national organization of photographers.
By the early 1850s, he was housed at 349 Broadway, where he occupied nine rooms. In 1858 he built a three-story studio at 707 Broadway, apparently the first building constructed for the purpose of photography in the United States.
William Lewis Dayton was the first Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1856. Although his campaign was unsuccessful, Dayton proved to be a talented diplomat in his foreign affairs. Following his vice-presidential campaign, Dayton then served as the American ambassador to France. There, he successfully worked against the French recognition of the Confederate States of America. He was later appointed to Minister of France. Dayton served until his death in December of 1864 in Paris, France.
From the Collection of Pearl Korn.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
16
Rufus anson (active 1851-1867)
A quarter-plate portrait of a handsomely dressed couple, possibly William Kibbe and his wife.
With delicate gold embellishments. Enclosed in a brass mat and preserver, the latter with Anson’s credit and Broadway address; and in a leather case, with Anson’s stamped credit and address in the velvet. Circa 1860s
From the Collection of Pearl Korn.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
17
Mathew brady (1822-1896)
An album titled Delegates to the International American Conference with 44 photographs.
Washington, 1890
Albumen prints, each image measuring approximately 13x7¾ inches (33x18.4 cm.), inserted into 22 original gilt-lined mat leaves, some numbered lightly in pencil, and one (#17) signed by Brady in the negative; plus a printed contents leaf listing 41 of the sitters and their titles, with 4 others added in manuscript. Thick folio, original gilt morocco, tastefully rebacked and conserved, lacking one clasp, with alternate title “Album of Delegates to the International American Conference” stamped on front board; endpapers renewed. Washington, 1890
This album represents two important milestones: the end of Mathew Brady’s career as the most renowned American photographer of the 19th century, and the birth of what became the Organization of American States.
The American politician James Blaine (1830-1893), best known as the losing candidate in the 1884 presidential election, served as Secretary of State from 1889 to 1892. Blaine had an expansive vision of the nation’s role on the international stage, and convening the First International Conference of American States was one of his first accomplishments as the nation’s top diplomat. Held from 20 January to 27 April 1890, it brought together 27 delegates from 17 nations. A secretariat was established on 14 April which evolved into today’s Organization of American States. The date is still observed as Pan-American Day.
The work of photographing the delegates was given to Mathew B. Brady (1822-1896), revered for his pioneering work from 1844 through the Civil War. By 1890, he had gone through bankruptcy and was in poor health, just six years away from an ignominious death in a hospital charity ward. His most recent major commission had been an 1888 album of the members of the 50th Congress. He was later hired to produce a similar album of the 1891 Patent Centennial, but no examples are known.
Among the most well-known delegates represented here are Blaine, who leads off the album as portrait 1; wagon manufacturer Clement Studebaker, #22, and industrialist Andrew Carnegie, #25. Among the Latin-American delegates were two future presidents of Argentina, Manuel Quintana and Roque Sáenz Peña; and a former president of Ecuador, José María Plácido Caamaño. Philippe Hannibal Price of Haiti appears second in the volume. Delegates from Peru, Guatemala, Colombia, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Brazil, Honduras, Mexico, Bolivia, Venezuela, Chile, and El Salvador are also represented. The final image shows the Wallach Mansion on Massachusetts Avenue, where the conference was held.
Presented to Nicanor Bolet Peraza (portrait #30), a delegate from Venezuela; acquired by the consignor from one of his descendants.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
18
Thomas h. johnson (active 1860s)
A set of 5 Delaware & Hudson Canal Views.
Albumen prints, the images measuring 12x16 inches (30.5x40.6 cm.), the gilt-bordered mounts 18x22 inches (45.7x55.9 cm.), and smaller, each with Johnson’s gilt-lettered credit and letterpress title, on mount recto. 1860-71
WITH–A photograph of the U.S. Patent Office, Washington, D.C. by an unknown photographer. Albumen print, the image measuring 8½x11¼ inches (21.6x28.6 cm.), the mount 13¾x18 inches (34.9x45.7 cm.).
Office Del. & Hudson Canal Co. (Carbondale) * Inclined Plane, G * The Docks (Honesdale) * Von Storch Breaker (From Hill) * Gibson’s Breaker (Rushdale)
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
19
Carleton watkins (1829-1916)
The Pavilion on the Stump, Calaveras Grove.
Albumen print, the image measuring 16⅜x21⅝ inches (41.6x55 cm.), the mount 19x24 inches (48.3x61 cm.), with Watkins’ credit, title, and notation “New Series,” in ink, in an unknown contemporary hand, on mount recto. 1878-81
Naef and Hult-Lewis, Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth Photographs (The J. Paul Getty Museum), cat. no. 281 (pg. 124)
Estimate
$8,000 – $12,000
20
Eadweard muybridge (1830-1904)
A selection of 4 plates from Animal Locomotion, comprising two male studies and two female studies of figures in motion.
Collotypes, the images measuring 5¼x7⅝ to 8¾x14 inches (13.3x19.4 to 22.2x35.6 cm.), the two-toned sheets 19x24 inches (48.3x61 cm.), with Muybridge’s letterpress credit, series title, plate number, copyright, and date, on recto. 1887
Female nude carrying two buckets, pl. 104 * Male nude climbing steps, pl. 109 * Female nude climbing over sawhorse, pl. 171 * Male nude throwing shot put, pl. 284
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
Early 20th-Century American Photography
21
(teddy roosevelt as a cowboy)
Teddy Roosevelt in 1885 North Dakota
Warm-toned silver print, the image measuring 8¾x5⅞ inches (22.2x15 cm.), flush mounted, with the Culver Pictures stamp, labels, and descriptive title, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on mount verso. Circa 1885; printed circa 1905
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
22
Edward s. curtis (1868-1952)
Watching for the Signal, Nez Percé.
Silver print, the image measuring 8x6 inches (20.3x15.2 cm.), with the inventory notation in the negative, and the title, plate number, and portfolio number, in pencil, on verso. 1910; printed circa 1920s
Acquired from the family-owned Edward S. Curtis Archive, 1970s.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
23
Edward s. curtis (1868-1952)
The Vanishing Race.
Orotone, the plate measuring 10½x13½ inches (26.7x34.3 cm.), the original Curtis frame 15¾x18¾ inches (40x47.6 cm.), with Curtis’ signature and copyright in the negative. 1904
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
24
Edward s. curtis (1868-1952)
Three Chiefs, Blackfoot, Montana.
Platinum print, the image measuring 16x12 inches (40.6x30.5 cm.), the mount 17½x21 inches (44.4x53.3 cm.), with Curtis’ signature, in ink, on recto, and his numeric notation in the negative. 1900
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
25
Edward s. curtis (1868-1952)
The Scout, Apache.
Photogravure on Japan tissue, the image measuring 11⅜x15⅝ inches (28.8x39.6 cm.), the sheet 13⅜x16¾ inches (33.9x42.5 cm.), the mount 17⅜x21⅞ inches (44.1x55.5 cm.), with Curtis’ printed credit, title, date, plate number, and printer’s credit on sheet recto; enclosed in Curtis’ original presentation overmat. 1906
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
"FROM THE SNOWFLAKE MAN"
26
Wilson a. “snowflake” bentley (1865-1931)
A group of 4 vintage snow crystals, one of which is signed and inscribed.
Silver microphotographs from glass plate negatives, each measuring approximately 4x3 inches (10.2x7.6 cm.) overall, one with Bentley’s signature and inscription “Best wishes for Christmas from the Snow flake man,” in pencil, on verso. Circa 1903-10
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
27
Edwin hale lincoln (1848-1938)
A suite of 6 lovely botanical studies from Wild Flowers of New England.
Platinum prints, the images measuring 9¼x7¼ inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), the deckle-edged sheets 15x13 inches (38.1x33 cm.), each with a printed number and caption, in English and in Latin, on recto; each print in a custom frame, with a Richard York Gallery label on the reverse. 1914
64 Red Chokeberry * 163 Large Purple-Fringed Orchis * 164 Small Purple-Fringed Orchis * 169 Ragged Fringed Orchis * 180 Peppermint * 325 Mouse-Ear Chickweed
Estimate
$1,800 – $2,200
28
Alvin langdon coburn (1882-1966)
The Singer Building, Noon * The Brooklyn Bridge, from the River.
Together, 2 photogravures, the images measuring approximately 8¼x2½ inches (21x6.4 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets slightly larger. Circa 1909 & 1910
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
29
Edward steichen (1879-1973)
Rodin, Balzac Statue (II), Meudon.
Silver print, the image measuring 8⅝x5⅜ inches (21.9x13.7 cm.), with Steichen’s signature in the negative, and a Photograph by Edward Steichen stamp and the title and date, in pencil, on verso. 1908; printed 1970s
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
30
Edward steichen (1879-1973)
Balzac - The Open Sky * Balzac - The Silhouette, 4 a. m.
Together, 2 photogravures from Camera Work Number 34/35, the images measuring 8¼x6½ inches (20.9x16.5 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets and original page mounts 11¾x8¼ inches (29.8x20.9 cm.). 1911
Estimate
$1,400 – $1,800
31
Edward steichen (1879-1973)
Three Pears and an Apple.
Silver print, the image measuring 16⅝x13⅝ inches (42.2x34.6 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with a Photograph by Edward Steichen, Printed from the Original Negative stamp and the title, date, and notations, in pencil, on verso. Circa 1921; printed 1960s
Estimate
$7,000 – $10,000
32
Alfred stieglitz (1864-1946)
A selection of 3 photogravures of New York and Parisian street scenes from Camera Work.
Photogravures, the images measuring 6⅞x5⅜ to 7⅝x6¼ inches (17.5x13.7 to 19.4x15.9 cm.), two on Japanese tissue, the sheets measuring 11x8 inches (27.9x20.3 cm.), one on the original Camera Work page and two hinged to contemporary mounts. 1907, 1911, 1913; printed 1907 and 1913
Snapshot - From My Window, New York, 1907 (Camera Work Number 20, 1907) * A Snapshot; Paris, 1911 (Camera Work Number 41, 1913) * Two Towers - New York, 1913 (Camera Work Number 44, 1913)
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
33
Alfred stieglitz (1864-1946)/clarence h. white (1871-1925)
Miss Thompson (Torso), from Camera Work Number 27.
Photogravure on Japan tissue, the image measuring 8⅜x6⅜ inches (21.3x16.2 cm.), the sheet 11¾x8¼ inches (29.8x21 cm.), on the original page mount. 1907
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
34
Camera work.
Number 36.
Edited by Alfred Stieglitz. An iconic issue, complete with the 16 photogravures after Stieglitz’s photographs, including the first appearance of his hugely influential image The Steerage. This copy also presented in the original mailing envelope with a 1912 mail stamp, and with an extra photogravure laid in, Julia Margaret Cameron’s portrait of Ellen Terry (reproduced in Camera Work Number 41, published in 1913). 4to, original printed gray wrappers, the edges are untrimmed; the backstrip repaired; the gravures clean and richly printed; housed in a custom clamshell case. New York, 1911
The City of Ambition * The City Across the River * The Ferry Boat * The Mauretania * Lower Manhattan * Old and New New York * The Aeroplane * A Dirigible * The Steerage * Excavating–New York * The Swimming Lesson * The Pool–Deal * The Hand of Man * In the New York Central Yards * The Terminal * Spring Showers, New York * Picasso drawing
Ethel Andrews, to whom the mailing envelope is addressed, was an assistant to Alfred Stieglitz. She gave this copy of Number 36 to friend of hers in the 1960s, from whom the current owners purchased the issue, in 2007.
In the early decades of the 20th century, as photography was establishing itself as an art form for the amateur snapshooter, Alfred Stieglitz pursued the realization of his daring artistic vision as well as popular and institutional recognition for his work. Relentless in experimentation, reinvention, and creative dexterity, Stieglitz used Camera Work to make the American introduction of new writers and artists, as a venue for his tireless insistence on photography’s rightful place next to these tastemakers, and, eventually, a forum for the bold idea that photography was uniquely suited to depict modern life.
Edward Steichen designed Camera Work’s cover, creating a unique Art Nouveau-inspired font in white on the magazine’s soft gray wrappers, and this simple, highly elegant design signaled Stieglitz’s intent to his audience. Its extravagant photogravures (often printed on delicately beautiful Japanese tissue) were hand-tipped into the publication. The high standards for the publication were Stieglitz’s own for photography, and he offered his publication as the gold standard, and as a medium for debate and discussion.
Stieglitz’s own imagery, which form the complete set of photogravures in this landmark issue, speak to his adoption of so-called “straight photography” and transition away from Pictorialism. The Steerge, reproduced here for the first time, remains today an icon of the modernist sensibility. However, here we also often see him turn to atmospheric effects, using smoke and weather to both mask and illuminate the urban landscape, effectively both concealing the city’s modernity while also juxtaposing the new urban environment with the natural environment it displaced. Stieglitz, one of New York City’s most poetic and muscular photographers, captures both the intimacy and the modern isolation of the early twentieth-century urban environment.
Estimate
$18,000 – $22,000
35
Alfred stieglitz (1864-1946)
Portrait of woman.
Platinum print, the image measuring 8x6 inches (20.3x15.2 cm.), with Stieglitz’s signature and notations, in pencil, on verso. 1919
Acquired from the Zabriskie Gallery.
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
36
Edward steichen (1879-1973)
Kate Steichen.
Silver print, the image measuring 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), with the sitter’s name, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso. Circa 1930
Acquired from the Lee Gallery, Winchester, Massachusetts, in 2006.
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
37
Johan hagemeyer (1884-1962)
Rose Blossom.
Silver print, the image measuring 7¼x9 inches (18.4x22.9 cm.), the primary mount very slightly larger, the secondary mount 14x18 inches (35.6x45.7 cm.), with Hageymeyer’s signature, date, and notation Pasadena, in pencil, on the larger mount recto. 1929
Acquired from Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco, California, by the Present Owner in 2003.
Estimate
$8,000 – $12,000
38
Imogen cunningham (1883-1976)
Alfred Stieglitz, An American Place.
Silver print, the image measuring approximately 9⅜x7¼ inches (23.8x18.4 cm.), the mount with an original overmat 12⅞x10¼ inches (32.7x26 cm.), with Cunningham’s signature, title, and negative date, in pencil, on the overmat recto, and her credit, title, and date, in pencil, and her Green Street label with the typed title and date, on mount verso. 1934; printed 1950s
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
39
Ansel adams (1902-1984)
Alfred Stieglitz and a painting by Georgia O’Keeffe at An American Place, New York.
Silver print, the image measuring 10⅝x7½ inches (27x19.1 cm.), the mount 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Adams’ signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and his Carmel, California hand stamp (BMFA 11) with the title and date, in ink, on mount verso. 1939; printed 1973-77
From a Northeast Collection.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
40
Alfred stieglitz (1864-1946)/soichi sunami (1885-1971)
Hands of Georgia O’Keeffe, No. 26.
Silver print, the image measuring 9x7⅛ inches (22.9x18.1 cm.), with Stieglitz’s credit, title, and negative date, in pencil, and Sunami’s Photographed for the Museum of Modern Art stamp, on verso. 1919; printed 1942
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
41
Napoleon sarony (1821-1896)
Oscar Wilde with a cane.
Silver print, the image measuring 9¼x6½ inches (23.5x16.5 cm.), the sheet 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.) with the subject’s name, in pencil, in an unknown hand, and the Culver Pictures stamp, barcodes, and labels, on verso. 1882; printed circa 1930s
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
42
Lotte jacobi (1896-1990)
Head of a Dancer (Niura Norskaya), Berlin.
Silver print on carte-postale paper, the image measuring 3⅜x4¼ inches (8.6x10.8 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Jacobi’s signature, in ink, on recto. 1909; printed circa 1970
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
43
Barbara morgan (1900-1992)
Vision of Penitente.
Silver print, the image measuring 10x12⅝ inches (25.4x32.1 cm.), the mount 11x12⅝ inches (27.9x32.1 cm.), with Morgan’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto. 1941
WITH–Barbara Morgan. Martha Graham. Illustrated with reproductions of Morgan’s photographs of 16 iconic performances by the phenomenal Martha Graham. 4to, tan cloth boards. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY MORGAN. New York: Duel, Sloan and Pearce, (1941)
This print and the book were gifted by Morgan to Marshall Brooks who assisted with the photo project (and who is thanked on the acknowledgements page).
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
44
Barbara morgan (1900-1992)
Martha Graham - Letter to the World (swirl).
Silver print, the image measuring 15¼x17½ inches (38.7x44.5 cm.), the mount 22x26 inches (55.9x66 cm.), with Morgan’s signature, title, and negative date, in pencil, on mount recto, and her signature, title, and negative date, in pencil, and her copyright stamp, on mount verso. 1940; printed 1970s
From the Estate of Evelyne Z. Daitz, New York.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
45
Manuel álvarez bravo (1902-2002)
Diego and Frida arriving in San Francisco.
Silver print, the image measuring 9⅜x7½ inches (23.8x19.1 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Bravo’s signature and inscription “A Evelyne,” in pencil, and the notation signed by “M.A. Bravo on July 1, 1984 in Mexico City,” in pencil, on verso. Circa 1930; printed 1980s
From the Estate of Evelyne Z. Daitz, New York.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
46
Tina modotti (1896-1942)
Reparto de Tierras (detail), Capilla Riveriana, Universidad Autónoma, Chapingo * Guardia de la Verdad, Diego Rivera Mural, Chapingo, Mexico * La Tierra Dorminda, Diego Rivera Murals, Chapingo, Mexico.
Together, 3 photographs. Silver prints, the images measuring 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), and the reverse, each with Modotti’s stamp on verso. Circa 1925
Each reproduced in Manjarrez, Tina Modotti y el Muralismo Mexicano (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
47
Tina modotti (1896-1942)
The Fecund Earth, Diego Rivera Murals, Chapingo, Mexico.
Silver print, the image measuring 9⅝x7½ inches (24.4x19.1 cm.), with Modotti’s stamp on verso. Circa 1925
Wolfe, Diego Rivera: His Life and Times (Alfred A. Knopf), pl. 60, and numerous other publications.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
48
Manuel álvarez bravo (1902-2002)
Sed pública [Public thirst].
Silver print, the image measuring 9¼x7⅜ inches (23.5x18.7 cm.), the mount 19¾x14¾ inches (50.2x37.5 cm.), with Bravo’s signature and edition notation 24/75, in pencil, on mount recto. 1934; printed 1974
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
49
Manuel álvarez bravo (1902-2002)
Caballo de Aparador [Horse in the Store Window].
Platinum print, the image measuring 12½x9¾ inches (31.7x24.8 cm.), with Bravo’s signature and dedication date, in pencil, on recto. 1930; printed 1990
From the Estate of Evelyne Z. Daitz, New York.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
50
Manuel álvarez bravo (1902-2002)
La Buena Fama Durmiendo [The Good Reputation Sleeping].
Silver print, the image measuring 10x13⅜ inches (25.4x34 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Bravo’s signature and notation México, in pencil, on verso. 1939; printed 1970s
From the Estate of Evelyne Z. Daitz, New York.
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
51
Josef breitenbach (1896-1984)
Max Ernst and the Seahorse, New York.
Silver print, the image measuring 10⅜x7¼ inches (26.3x18.4 cm.), with Breitenbach’s PIX Agency stamp, later notations with the sitter’s name, in pencil, and a library stamp, on verso. 1942
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
52
Margaret bourke-white (1904-1971)
Pouring Ingots, Ludlum Steel Co.
Ferrotyped silver print, the image measuring 9⅝x6¾ inches (24.4x17.1 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Bourke-White’s credit, the title, and the Ludum Steel Co. credit, in red typed letters, a N.E.A. reference stamp, and numeric notations, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso. Circa 1930
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
53
Ansel adams (1902-1984)
Milestone Mountain.
Parmelian print, the image measuring 7¼x5⅝ inches (2.9x14.3 cm.), the sheet 12x10 inches (30.5x25.4 cm.), with Adams’ signature and numerical notation 330, in pencil, on recto; accompanied by the original folder with the printed credit Parmelian Print by Ansel Easton Adams. Circa 1923; printed 1927
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
54
Ansel adams (1902-1984)
Oaktree, Snowstorm, Yosemite Valley.
Silver print, the image measuring 9¼x7⅜ inches (23.5x18.7 cm.), the mount 18x14 inches (45.7x35.6 cm.), with Adams’ signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and his signature and the notation “For Portfolio I,” also in pencil, on mount verso. 1948
This exceptional and rare example of Oaktree, Snowstorm, Yosemite Valley is the same size as Adams’ Portfolio I prints, and is mounted on the same board. It does not, however, bear a portfolio stamp or number, and is believed to be designated by Adams as the standard for all prints made for that first portfolio.
Acquired from the Alinder Gallery, Gualala, California by the Present Owner in 2020.
Estimate
$20,000 – $30,000
55
Ansel adams (1902-1984)
Evening Clouds, Sierra Nevada.
Silver print, the image measuring 10⅜x13½ inches (26.3x34.3 cm.), the mount 14x18 inches (35.5x45.7 cm.), with Adams’ signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and his Carmel stamps (BMFA 7 and 8) with the title, in ink, on mount verso. 1936; printed 1963-70
From the Collection of billionaire Marc Rich. Rich acquired most of his collection through Galerie Zur Stockeregg in the 1980s.
Estimate
$12,000 – $18,000
56
Ansel adams (1902-1984)
Fern Spring, Dusk, Yosemite Valley, California.
Silver print, the image measuring 12¼x9 inches (31.1x22.9 cm.), the mount 16½x13½ inches (41.9x34.3 cm.), with Adams’ signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and the caption labels, with the edition number 16, on mount verso. Circa 1961; printed 1974
WITH–Ansel Adams, Images 1923-1974. Foreword by Wallace Stegner. Illustrated with duotone reproductions of Adams’ grand photographs. Oblong folio, black backstrip over silver-stamped cloth; photo-pictorial dust jacket; in a silver-stamped cloth clamshell box, box hinge splitting and lightly worn. DELUXE EDITION, ONE OF 1000 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES, THIS NUMBERED 16, AND ISSUED WITH A PHOTOGRAPH.
Boston, Massachusetts: New York Graphic Society, 1974
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
57
Edward weston (1886-1958)
Rock Erosion, Point Lobos.
Silver print, the image measuring 7½x9½ inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), the mount 14x15½ inches (35.6x39.4 cm.), with Weston’s initials and date, in pencil, on mount recto, and his signature, title, and negative date, in pencil, and a Museum of Modern Art Art Lending Services label, on mount verso. 1938; printed 1940s
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
58
Edward weston (1886-1958)
Boat Builder (Neil Weston).
Silver print, the image measuring 9½x7½ inches (24.13x19.05 cm.), the mount 18x14 inches (45.72x35.56 cm.), with Weston’s full signature, date, and notation 38-40, in pencil, on mount recto, and his dedication “EW Pome / To Neil / from Dad / with love and devotion 1935,” in pencil, on mount verso. 1935
From the Collection of Charles Cowles. Exhibited: Miami Art Museum, Personal Visions: Focus on Photography, Dream Collection...part four, November 11, 1998 - May 2, 1999 Miami Art Museum, Modern Photographs: The Machine, the Body and the City. Selections from the Charles Cowles Collection , November 17, 2006 - April 15, 2007
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
59
Edward weston (1886-1958)/cole weston (1919-2003)
Dunes, Oceano.
Silver print, the image measuring 7⅝x9⅝ inches (19.4x24.4 cm.), the mount 13¼x15 inches (33.7x38.1 cm.), with Edward Weston’s facsimile signature stamp, and the title, negative date, and negative notation, in Cole Weston’s hand, in pencil, on mount verso. 1936; printed 1980s
From the Estate of Evelyne Z. Daitz, New York.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
60
Edward weston (1886-1958)
China Cove, Point Lobos.
Silver print, the image measuring 9½x7½ inches (24.1x19.1 cm.), the mount 15x13 inches (38.1x33 cm.), with the Negative by Edward Weston stamp with Cole Weston’s signature, in pencil, and the title and date, in pencil, on mount verso; in the accompanying presentation folder. 1940; printed 1979
WITH–Edward Weston, His Life and Photographs. An illustrated biography by Ben Maddow. Afterword by Cole Weston. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of Weston’s photographs. Large 4to, gilt-lettered gray linen; brown cloth slipcase. DELUXE EDITION, ONE OF 350 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES ISSUED WITH A PHOTOGRAPH.
(Millerton, New York): Aperture, (1979)
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
61
Lewis w. hine (1874-1940)
Printer, Ethical Culture School, New York.
Silver print, the image measuring 7x5 inches (17.8x12.7 cm.), with Hine’s signature, variant title “Old-time craftsman (printer),” and numeric notation, in pencil, and his Interpretive Photography, Hastings-on-Hudson stamp, on verso. 1905
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
62
Lewis w. hine (1874-1940)
Italian steel-worker, Pittsburgh.
Silver print, the image measuring 6¾x4⅝ inches (17.1x11.7 cm.). 1909
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
63
Lewis w. hine (1874-1940)
A saloon corner in Chicago.
Silver print, the image measuring 4⅝x6⅝ inches (11.7x16.8 cm.), with the title, date, and several numeric notations, in pencil, and Hine’s Interpretive Photography, Hastings-on-Hudson stamp (twice), and his Hine Photo Company Yonkers, NY and set No. stamps, on verso. 1908
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
64
Imogen cunningham (1883-1976)
Boys at Watering Hole.
Silver print, the image measuring 3x3⅞ inches (7.6x9.8 cm.). 1927
Acquired from Christie's East.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
65
Imogen cunningham (1883-1976)
Triangles.
Silver print, the image measuring 3¾x2¾ inches (9.5x7 cm.), the mount 11½x8½ inches (29.2x21.6 cm.), with Cunningham’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and her Green Street label with the typed title and negative date, on mount verso. 1928; printed circa 1970s
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
66
Laura gilpin (1891-1979)
The Little Medicine Man.
Platinum print, the image measuring 9¾x7¾ inches (24.8x19.7 cm.), tipped to a mount 17x14 inches (43.2x35.6 cm.), with Gilpin’s signature and date, in pencil, on mount recto, and her label with the typed title, date, and medium, on mount verso. 1932
Acquired by Dr. Morris Rosenberg circa 1974; and by descent to his daughter Jude Rosenberg.
Estimate
$7,000 – $10,000
67
Ralph steiner (1899-1986)
Always Camels * Vanderbilt Garage * After the Rehearsal.
Together, 3 photographs. Silver prints, the first two images measuring 3⅝x4¾ inches (9.2x12.1 cm.), the sheets slightly larger, the third 9½x7½ inches (24.1x19.1 cm.), the mount 17x11 inches (43.2x27.9 cm.), the smaller with Steiner’s signature and dates, in pencil, on verso, and the larger with his signature, in pencil, on mount recto. 1921, 1924, 1936; printed 1980
The present owners acquired these photographs directly from Ralph Steiner after working with him in 1977 to create printed pieces for the portfolio Ten Photographs from the Twenties and Thirties & One From the Seventies. There were two sheets included in each portfolio: a biography by Williard Van Dyke and descriptions of each of the 11 photographs.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
68
Ralph steiner (1899-1986)
Talking Picture.
Silver print, the image measuring 8x6 inches (20.3x15.3 cm.), the sheet 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), with Steiner’s signature and dates, in pencil, on verso. 1929; printed 1979
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
69
Arthur siegel (1913-1978)
Right of Assembly, Detroit, Michigan.
Silver print, the image measuring 14x16⅝ inches (35.6x42.2 cm.), the mount 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Siegel’s credit notations and address, in ink, on mount verso. Circa 1939
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
70
Ilse bing (1899-1998)
Circus, New York.
Silver print, the image measuring 8¾x11 inches (22.2x27.9 cm.), the mount 14x16½ inches (35.6x41.9 cm.), with Bing’s signature and date, in white ink, on print recto. 1936
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
71
Walter rosenblum (1919-2006)
Gypsy Children Playing Cards, Pitt Street, N.Y.
Silver print, the image measuring 10½x13½ inches (26.7x34.3 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, flush mounted, with Rosenblum’s signature, in ink, on print recto, and his signature, title, and date, in ink, on mount verso, and the artist label with his signature, title, and date, again, in ink, on mat verso. 1938; printed 1960s
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
72
Walter rosenblum (1919-2006)
Hopscotch, 105th St., N.Y.
Silver print, the image measuring 6½x7¾ inches (16.5x19.7 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, flush mounted, with Rosenblum’s signature, title, and negative date, in ink, on mount verso. 1952; printed 1960s
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
73
Berenice abbott (1898-1991)
A portfolio entitled Berenice Abbott’s New York.
Complete with 12 of Abbott’s iconic New York City views. Silver prints, the images measuring 13½x3¼ to 10¾x13¾ inches (34.3x8.3 to 27.3x34.9 cm.) and the reverse, the mounts 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), each with Abbott’s block-lettered signature and edition notation 50/60, in pencil, on mount recto. Folio-sized brown cloth clamshell box; with the printed title page, plate list, and colophon; contents loose as issued. ONE OF AN EDITION OF 60 NUMBERED AND 5 LETTERED COPIES. New York: Parasol Press Ltd., 1931-38; printed 1979
Exchange Place * Night View * Fifth Avenue at 8th Street * Butcher Shop * Penn Station * El at Battery * Yuban Warehouse Lower Manhattan * Barclay Street Hoboken Ferry * Flat Iron Building * Hardware Store * Newsstand * Lyric Theatre
Acquired from Sotheby's, New York in April 2005, lot 53; to a Private Midwest Collector.
Estimate
$20,000 – $30,000
74
Berenice abbott (1898-1991)
“El” 6th Ave Line, 28th St Station.
Silver print, the image measuring 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Abbott’s signature and title, in pencil, on verso. 1936
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
75
Berenice abbott (1898-1991)
Manhattan Bridge Walkway.
Silver print, the image measuring 9½x7½ inches (24.1x19.1 cm.), the mount 17x14 inches (43.2x35.6 cm.), with Abbott’s block-lettered signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and her Abbott, Maine stamp and numeric notation 3, in ink, on mount verso. 1936; printed 1970s
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
76
Berenice abbott (1898-1991)
View of Exchange Place from Broadway, New York.
Silver print, the image measuring 19¼x4¾ inches (48.9x12.1 cm.), the mount 28x11 inches (71.1x27.9 cm.), with Abbott’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and her Berenice Abbott portfolio label with the print number and portfolio edition AP 3, in ink, on mount verso. 1934; printed 1980
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
77
Berenice abbott (1898-1991)
Fifth Avenue Houses, Nos. 4, 6, 8.
Silver print, the image measuring 10½x13½ inches (26.7x34.3 cm.), the mount 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Abbott’s block-lettered signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and her Berenice Abbott portfolio label with the print number and portfolio edition AP 3, in ink, on mount verso. 1936; printed 1976
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
78
Consuelo kanaga (1894-1978)
Portrait of Berenice Abbott (with camera).
Silver print, the image measuring 8¼x7⅛ inches (20.9x18 cm.), the mount 17x14¼ inches (43.1x36.1 cm.). Circa 1935; printed 1960s
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
79
Helen levitt (1913-2009)
New York (Foreign Legion).
Silver print, the image measuring 6⅝x9⅝ inches (16.8x24.4 cm.), the mount 13x15¾ inches (33x40 cm.), with Levitt’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto. 1940; printed 1940s
WITH–Helen Levitt. A Way of Seeing. Oblong 4to, photo-pictorial wrappers, lightly worn. Special Museum of Modern Art Edition. New York: Viking Press, (1965)
Estimate
$25,000 – $35,000
80
Helen levitt.
A Way of Seeing.
New York: Viking Press, (1965)
Introduction by James Agee. Illustrated with Levitt’s endearing photographs of scenes she witnessed in the streets of Harlem, Yorkville, and the Lower East Side, in New York City. Oblong 4to, black cloth; photo-pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY LEVITT ON THE TITLE PAGE.
From the Estate of Lee Witkin; to the Present Owner.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
81
Edward j. kelty (1888-1967)
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus, Irvington, N.J.
Silver print, the image measuring 11¼x19½ inches (28.6x49.5 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Kelty’s credit, title, and date, in the negative, a 1934 inscription, in ink, on recto, and two of Kelty’s Century stamps, on verso. 1934
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
82
Walker evans (1903-1975)
Man on donkey, Cuba.
Silver print, the image measuring 6¼x8 inches (15.9x20.3 cm.), the sheet 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.). 1933; printed 1960s
From the Collection of Bobbi Carrey, friend, fellow photographer, and Evans' assistant from 1973-74.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
83
Helen levitt (1913-2009)
Mexico.
Silver print, the image measuring 7⅛x8⅜ inches (18.1x21.3 cm.), the sheet 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), with Levitt’s signature, title, and negative date, in pencil, on verso. 1941; printed 1970s
This image is the cover of Levitt's publication Helen Levitt: Mexico City (W. W. Norton & Company)
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
84
James van der zee (1886-1983)
Couple, Harlem (Couple in Raccoon Coats), from the portfolio Eighteen Photographs.
Silver print, the image measuring 7⅜x9⅜ inches (18.7x23.8 cm.), the mount 12¼x15 inches (31.1x38.1 cm.), with Van der Zee’s signature, plate number XVI, and edition notation 61/75, in pencil, on mount recto. 1932; printed 1974
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
85
Walker evans (1903-1975)
Birmingham steel mill workers, Alabama.
Silver print, the image measuring 6x5 inches (15.2x12.7 cm.), the sheet 8x5⅜ inches (20.3x13.6 cm.). 1936; printed 1950s
From the Collection of Bobbi Carrey, friend, fellow photographer, and Evans' assistant from 1973-74.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
86
Dorothea lange (1895-1965)
Arkansas Family, Seven Months in California, Washing Dishes.
Silver print, the image measuring 7½x9⅝ inches (19.1x24.4 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Lange’s Resettlement Administration credit stamp, the RA number stamped, and the RA number again, in pencil, on verso. 1935
Dorothea Lange Farm Administration Photographs: 1935-1939, Vol. 1 (Text-Fiche Press), p. 133
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
87
Dorothea lange (1895-1965)
Oklahoma Refugees’ Quarters in California.
Silver print, the image measuring 7½x9⅝ inches (19.1x24.4 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Lange’s Resettlement Administration credit stamp, the RA number stamped, and the RA number again, in pencil, on verso. Circa 1936
MacLeish, Land of the Free (Harcourt, Brace and Company), pl. 71
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
SIGNED BY DOROTHEA LANGE
88
Archibald macleish.
Land of the Free.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1938)
In this masterful text, MacLeish’s poetry is illustrated with reproductions of works by the photographers of the Resettlement Administration, including Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and Ben Shahn, as well as other important practitioners working to document the effects the Depression. 4to, printed cloth; photo-pictorial dust jacket, lightly worn, with chips at the top edge. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LANGE IN 1938.
Estimate
$500 – $750
89
Dorothea lange (1895-1965)
White Angel Breadline.
Silver print, the image measuring 11⅛x9½ inches (28.3x24.1 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with The Oakland Museum Dorothea Lange blind stamp on recto, and the museum’s stamp with the credit and copyright information and the title, negative date, and negative number, in ink, on verso; enclosed in a glassine envelope. 1933; printed circa 1990s
This print was made by the Oakland Museum for a member of the John Dixon family.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
90
Dorothea lange (1895-1965)
Crossroads Store, North Carolina.
Silver print, the image measuring 9¼x13 inches (23.5x33 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with The Oakland Museum Dorothea Lange blind stamp on recto, and the museum’s stamp with the credit and copyright information and the title, negative date, and negative number, in ink, on verso; enclosed in a glassine envelope. Circa 1938; printed circa 1990s
This print was made by the Oakland Museum for a member of the John Dixon family.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
91
Arthur rothstein (1915-1985)
Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma.
Silver print, the image measuring approximately 19 inches (48.1 cm.) square, with Rothstein’s signature and edition notation 60/300, in pencil, on recto. 1936; printed circa 1980
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
92
Ben shahn (1898-1969)
Main and Court Streets, Circleville, Ohio.
Silver print, the image measuring 9½x6⅜ inches (24.1x16.2 cm.), the sheet 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), with Shahn’s F.S.A. credit stamp, the title, date, and RA number, in pencil, and a Ben Shahn Formerly from the collection of The Fogg Museum stamp, on verso. 1938
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
93
Arnold newman (1918-2006)
Man on Church Porch, West Palm Beach.
Silver print, image measuring 10x10⅞ inches (25.4x27.6 cm.), the sheet 11x14 inches (27.9x35.6 cm.), with Newman’s signature, title, and negative date, in pencil, on recto, and his stamp on verso. 1941; printed 1980s
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
94
Gordon parks (1912-2006)
American Gothic, Washington D.C.
Silver print, the image measuring 13¼x9⅝inches (33.6x24.4 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Parks’ signature and negative date, in ink, on verso. 1942; printed 1990s
Acquired directly from Mother Jones by the Present Owner.
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
95
Gordon parks (1912-2006)
Farm, road, and telephone lines.
Silver print, the image measuring 10¾x10¼ inches (27.3x26 cm.), with Parks’ LIFE credit stamp, and the same numeric notation twice, once in pencil and once in ink, on verso. Circa 1950
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
96
Alfred eisenstaedt (1898-1995)
Portrait of Gordon Parks.
Silver print, the image measuring 6½x9½ inches (16.5x24.1 cm.), the sheet 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), with Eisenstaedt’s credit, title, and date, and various notations, including a 1967 reproduction notation, in pencil and in ink, and a Time Inc. copyright stamp, on verso. 1967
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
The Pre- & Post-War European Identity
97
André kertész (1894-1985)
A pair of photographs of Eugenio Kertész in Dunaharaszti, Hungary.
Silver prints, the images measuring 7¾x9¾ inches (19.7x24.8 cm.), the sheets slightly larger, each with Kertész’s signature and negative date, in pencil, and one with his title, in pencil, on verso. 1919-20; printed 1960s
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
98
Henri cartier-bresson (1908-2004)
Avenue du Maine, Paris.
Silver print, the image measuring 9½x14 inches (24.1x35.6 cm.), the sheet 12x16 inches (30.5x40.6 cm.), with Cartier-Bresson’s signature, in ink, and his copyright blind stamp, on recto. 1932; printed 1990s
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
99
Henri cartier-bresson (1908-2004)
Seville, Spain.
Silver print, the image measuring 11¾x17⅝ inches (29.8x44.8 cm.), the sheet 15⅝x19⅝ inches (40x50 cm.), with Cartier-Bresson’s signature, in ink, and his copyright blind stamp, on recto; with a Jackson Fine Art gallery label on frame verso. 1933; printed 2002
Estimate
$8,000 – $12,000
100
Willy ronis (1910-2009)
Nuit au Châlet.
Silver print, the image measuring 12x17¼ inches (30.5x43.8 cm.), the sheet 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Ronis’ signature, in ink, on recto, and his title, negative date, and notation, in pencil, his initialed print date, in ink, and his copyright stamp, on verso. 1935; printed 2006
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
101
Frank horvat (1928-2020)
Paris (couple on bench).
Silver print, the image measuring 12x18 inches (30.5x45.7 cm.), the sheet 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Horvat’s signature, title, and negative date, in ink, on verso. 1956; printed 1980s
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
102
Brassaï (1899-1984)
Au Bal des Quatre Saisons, Rue de Lappe.
Silver print, the image measuring 7⅞x10⅞ inches (20x27.6 cm.), with Brassaï’s signature, title, notation “vintage,” and date, in pencil, his notation “pl.23,” in ink, and St. Jacques stamp, on verso. Circa 1932; printed 1950s
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
103
André kertész (1894-1985)
Pont des Arts.
Silver print, the image measuring 9¾x7 inches (24.8x17.8 cm.), the sheet 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), with Kertész’s signature and negative date, in pencil, on verso. 1932; printed 1960s
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
104
Robert doisneau (1912-1994)
L’Aeroplane de Papa.
Silver print, the image measuring 9½x11⅞ inches (24.1x30.2 cm.), the sheet 11⅞x15¾ inches (30.2x40 cm.), with Doisneau’s signature, in ink, on recto, and his initials, title, and negative date, also in ink, on verso. 1934; printed 1980s
From the Estate of Evelyne Z. Daitz, New York.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
105
Alfred eisenstaedt (1898-1995)
Fig packing factory, Izmir (Smyrma), Turkey.
Silver print, the image measuring 11¾x9⅜ inches (29.8x23.8 cm.), with Eisenstaedt’s PIX Agency stamp and a library stamp, on verso. 1934
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
106
Bill brandt (1904-1983)
Sunday at Brighton Before the War.
Silver print, the image measuring 13x11¼ inches (33x28.6 cm.), the mount 19½x16 inches (49.5x40.6 cm.), with Brandt’s signature, in ink, on mount recto. Circa 1936; printed 1980s
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
107
Roman vishniac (1897-1990)
A selection of seven street scenes and portraits, depicting Jewish life in Poland.
Silver prints, the images measuring 7½x7½ to 8x10 inches (19.1x19.1 to 20.3x25.4 cm.), four sheets slightly larger, three of these 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), four with captions (two quite lengthy) in Vishniac’s hand, in ink, on verso. 1930s; printed 1960s
From the Collection of Rabbi Bruce Goldman.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
108
Roman vishniac (1897-1990)
Bratislava (Pressburg).
Silver print, the image measuring 6½x9⅝ inches (16.5x24.4 cm.), the sheet 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), with Vishniac’s signature, in ink, on recto, and his signature, title, and notations, in ink, on verso. 1936; printed 1980s
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
109
Margaret bourke-white (1904-1971)
Group of three photographs from Bohemia.
Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 9½x7¼ inches (24.1x18.4 cm.), and the reverse, one of the sheets slightly larger, each with Bourke-White’s stamp, and one with the title, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso. 1937-38
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
110
(china–shanghai)
An album of over 500 photographs compiled by an American stationed in 1930s Shanghai, depicting the horrific Battle of Shanghai and daily life in the International Settlement.
An album presumed to be compiled by American Lieutenant James Hawkesworth, documenting his life in the American sector of Shanghai in the late 1920s through the 1930s. The first part of the album with images of military life and parades and gruesome scenes from the 1937 Battle of Shanghai, including images of the Honigsberg family outside the Cathay and Palace Hotels (the first American casualties of WWII), the bombing of the Wing On and Sincere department stores, and horrific war scenes of bomb victims and city ruins. The later part of the albums includes images of American daily life in Shanghai, from social events and family snapshots to Chinese landscapes and street scenes. Silver prints, the images measuring 1¾x2⅝ to 9x11¼ inches (4.4x6.7 to 22.9x29.8 cm.), the sheets slightly larger, arranged in corners or pasted to the album pages recto/verso, some loose, approximately half of the pages with captions, a few pages loose. Folio, gilt-lettered red leatherette cover, slightly worn; ties. 1928-37
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
111
Henri cartier-bresson (1908-2004)
Nankin (Nanjing).
Ferrotyped silver print, the image measuring 9⅞x6½ inches (25.1x16.5 cm.), with two of Cartier-Bresson’s credit stamps, caption information “Chine Histoire” and “La guerre circle de 1949. La [illegible] de Nankin par l’armée rouge,” in ink, and a typed caption label, on verso. 1949
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
112
Robert capa (1913-1954)
Death of a Loyalist Soldier.
Silver print, the image measuring 9x13⅜ inches (22.9x34 cm.), the sheet 10⅛x14 inches (25.7x35.6 cm.), with Capa’s credit and reproduction stamps, on verso. 1936; printed circa 1965
Acquired from Cornell Capa.
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
113
Robert capa (1913-1954)
British Troopship to the Mediterranean.
Silver press print, the image measuring 9¼x7 inches (23.5x17.8 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with a Photo Pictorial Press caption label and copyright stamp, two other publication stamps, and various notations, in pencil, on verso. 1945
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
114
Robert capa (1913-1954)
Paratroopers prepare for the Rhine jump.
Ferrotyped silver press print, the image measuring 6x5½ inches (15.2x14 cm.), the sheet 8⅛x6 inches (20.6x15.2 cm.), with a Keystone Press Agency stamp, a Collection of B.L. Davis stamp, and a mimeographed label with Capa’s credit and caption, on verso. 1945
From the Collection of Brian L. Davis, the author of several WWII/military books. This image was published on p. 27 of the April 9, 1945 issue of LIFE magazine.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
115
Yevgeny khaldei (1917-1997)
A group of 5 variant photographs depicting Soviet soldiers raising the Communist Red Flag over the Reichstag, in Berlin.
Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 11¼x8¼ inches (28.7x21 cm.), one the reverse, three sheets slightly larger, each with Khaldei’s Cyrillic signature, in pencil, on verso. 1945; printed circa 1990
Acquired from Howard Schickler Fine Art; to a Private Collector, circa 1994.
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
116
Yousuf karsh (1908-2002)
Winston Churchill.
Silver print, the image measuring 8⅜x6¾ inches (21.3x17.1 cm.), the sheet 13¼x10¼ inches (33.7x26 cm.), with Karsh’s signature, in pencil, on recto, his copyright and credit, in the negative, and his copyright stamp, on verso. 1941; printed 1960s
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
117
(operation crossroads–baker & able tests)
A trio of panoramic photographs documenting atomic bomb explosions from Bikini Island.
In January 1946, a U.S. nuclear weapon mission dubbed Operation Crossroads began testing atomic bombs on the remote lagoon of Bikini Atoll. Automatic cameras were mounted in towers on the lagoon and Crossroad pilots flew photo specific planes at a safe distance to capture the detonation stages of two atomic explosions, the Baker Day, and Able Day blasts. This selection of three panoramic images taken from Bikini Island depict both the Able and Baker atomic tests. Silver prints, the images measuring 8¾x17¾ inches (22.2x45.1 cm.), and slightly larger, the sheets slightly larger, flush mounted, with Commander Frederick Spencer’s signature and inscription as “atomic photo director,” in ink, on recto. 1946
In January 1946, a plan to employ Hollywood film technicians to create a photographic record of the atomic explosions at Bikini Atoll was presented by Commanders William Parks, Frederick Spencer (inscribed in image), and W.W. Emerson.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
118
Brassaï (1899-1984)
Le Poussin, from the Graffiti series.
Silver print, the image measuring 11½x8¼ inches (29.2x21 cm.), the sheet 15¾x12 inches (40x30.5 cm.), with Brassaï’s signature and edition notation 2/40, in ink, on recto, and his signature, title, negative date, and edition notation 2/40, in ink, and his 81, Faubourg St-Jacques and Tirage de l’Auteur stamps, on verso. 1955; printed 1970s
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
119
Alfred eisenstaedt (1898-1995)
Trees in Snow, St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Silver print, the image measuring 11¼x11⅛ inches (28.6x28.3 cm.), the sheet 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Eisenstaedt’s signature, in ink, on recto, and his credit, title, date, and Time Life notations and copyright, in pencil, in an unknown hand, and a limited edition stamp with the edition notation 46/50 +10 APs, in pencil, on verso. 1947; printed early 1990s
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
120
André kertész (1894-1985)
Homing Ship, Central Park, New York.
Silver print, the image measuring 9¾x7¾ inches (24.8x19.7 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Kertész’s signature and negative date, in pencil, on verso. 1944; printed 1960s
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
121
Allan grant (1919-2008)
Flagpole Wedding.
Silver print, the image measuring 13⅜x10¼ inches (34x26 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Grant’s signature and negative date, in pencil, and his Life Photo credit stamp and copyright label, on verso. 1946; printed 1980s
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
122
Ernst haas (1921-1986)
Positano Priest, Italy.
Silver print, the image measuring 11x17 inches (27.9x43.2 cm.), the sheet 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with the Ernst Haas Studio stamp with Alexander Haas’ signature, the title, dates, edition notation 37/100, and printer’s credit and notations, in pencil, on verso. 1953; printed 1996
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
123
Josef sudek (1896-1976)
From the Window of My Atelier * The Royal Garden.
Together, 2 silver prints, the images measuring 6¾x4¾ inches (17.1x12.1 cm.), and slightly smaller, with a lengthy, signed letter from Sudek, written in Czech, starting on the verso of one print and ending on the verso of the second print. 1940-54 and 1946; both printed 1960s
Accompanied by two signed letters from Sudek in their original envelopes discussing a potential sale and printing of his photograph, one letter is a translation of the letter on the print versos.
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
124
Josef sudek (1896-1976)
Still life with leaf in a glass.
Silver print, the image measuring 9x6¾ inches (22.9x17.1 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Sudek’s signature, with a stylus, on recto. 1960s
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
125
Josef sudek (1896-1976)
Still life with glass objects.
Silver print, the image measuring 6⅞x8⅞ inches (17.5x22.5 cm.), with Sudek’s signature, with a stylus, on recto. Circa 1950s
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
126
André kertész (1894-1985)
Martinique.
Silver print, the image measuring 15⅜x19¾ inches (39.1x50.2 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Kertész’s signature, title, and negative date, in pencil, on verso; accompanied by a Jackson Fine Art gallery label. 1972; printed circa 1978
Acquired from Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta.
Estimate
$10,000 – $15,000
The American Mid-Century
127
Louis faurer (1916-2001)
New York City (man in a plaid coat).
Silver print, the image measuring 7x10½ inches (17.8x26.7 cm.), the sheet 11x14 inches (27.9x35.6 cm.), with Faurer’s signature, title, dates, and printing notation, in pencil, on verso. Circa 1950; printed 1980
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
128
Elliott erwitt (1928- )
New York City.
Silver print, the image measuring 11⅞x17⅝ inches (30.2x44.8 cm.), the sheet 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Erwitt’s signature, in ink, on recto, and his signature, title, and negative date, in pencil, on verso. 1955; printed 1990s
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
129
Rudy burckhardt (1914-1999)
Broadway and Fifth Avenue.
Silver print, the image measuring 9¼x6⅜ inches (23.5x16.2 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Burckhardt’s signature, title, and date, in pencil, on verso; accompanied by a frame backing with Ginny Williams Collection and Tibor de Nagy Gallery labels. Circa 1950; printed 1960s
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
130
Max yavno (1911-1985)
Muscle Beach, Los Angeles.
Silver print, the image measuring 11½x19⅜ inches (29.2x23.8 cm.), the mount 22x28 inches (55.9x71.1 cm.), with Yavno’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto. 1947; printed circa 1970
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
131
Carol reiff (1934-1984)
Billie Holiday at Carnegie Hall, NYC, taken on October 10, 1956.
Silver print, the image measuring 13⅝x10¼ inches (33x26 cm.), with a Hal Reiff copyright stamp and numeric notations, in ink and in pencil, on verso; accompanied by an glassine sheet hinged to verso with Reiff’s signature (CR Joffe, her married name), title, and date, in ink. 1956
Estimate
$1,800 – $2,200
132
William claxton (1927-2008)
Marlene Dietrich, Las Vegas.
Silver print, the image measuring 13⅜x9⅛ inches (34x23.2 cm.), with Claxton’s credit and reproduction rights stamps, on verso. 1955; printed 1960s
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
133
Roy schatt (1909-2002)
Marilyn Monroe at the Actor’s Studio.
Silver print, the image measuring 10¾x10⅜ inches (27.3x26.4 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Schatt’s signature, in ink, on recto, and his address and copyright stamps, on verso. 1955; printed 1990s
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
134
Roy schatt (1909-2002)
James Dean with a camera.
Silver print, the image measuring 14x17⅞ inches (35.6x45.4 cm.), the sheet 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Schatt’s signature, in pencil, on recto. 1954; printed 1990s
Estimate
$1,400 – $1,800
135
W. eugene smith (1918-1978)
In the Park, Pittsburgh, PA.
Silver print, the image measuring 9x13½ inches (22.9x34.3 cm.), the black mount 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with two of Smith’s copyright stamps and his Personal Exhibition Print stamp, on mount verso. 1955-56
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
136
W. eugene smith (1918-1978)
Dr. Ernest Ceriani, Kremming, Colorado, from the Country Doctor series.
Silver print, the image measuring 13¼x10 inches (33.7x25.4 cm.), the black mount 17x14 inches (43.2x35.6 cm.), with Smith's signature, with a stylus, on print recto, and his credit, copyright, and reproduction stamps, the notation "Vintage Print," in ink, and additional notations, many in Evelyne Daitz's hand, in pencil, on mount verso. 1948
From the Estate of Evelyne Z. Daitz, New York.
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
137
Osvaldo salas (1914-1992)
Dalí.
Silver print, the image measuring 12½x16½ inches (31.8x41.9 cm.), the sheet 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Salas’ credit, title, and negative date, in ink, and copyright and Cuba blind stamps, on recto, and Roberto Salas’ signature, print date, and edition notation 28/50, in ink, on verso. 1954; printed 1997
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
138
Osvaldo salas (1914-1992)
Con Hemingway (Fidel Castro with Ernest Hemingway).
Silver print, the image measuring 12½x16½ inches (31.8x41.9 cm.), the sheet 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Salas’ credit, title, and negative date, in ink, and copyright and Cuba blind stamps, on recto, and Roberto Salas’ signature, date, edition notation 27/50, and notation Special Edition Cuba, in ink, on verso. 1960; printed 1997
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
139
Alberto korda (1928-2001)
Che Guevara.
Silver print, the image measuring 16⅜x14⅛ inches (41.6x35.9 cm.), the sheet 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Korda’s signature, in ink, on recto. 1960s; printed 1990s
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
140
Robert frank (1924-2019)
Café, Beaufort, South Carolina.
Silver print, the image measuring 10x13¾ inches (25.4x34.9 cm.), the sheet 11x14 inches (27.9x35.6 cm.), with Frank’s signature, in ink, on recto. 1955; printed 1960s
In 1968 Robert and Mary Frank donated this print to Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn Heights for inclusion in the institution’s first fundraising auction. It was purchased by Louis and Helen Silverstein, who had solicited the donation and were also friends and colleagues of the Franks.
Louis Silverstein was a groundbreaking art director for the New York Times, who, over the course of his long career, would revolutionize the appearance and visual language of the newspaper (he became known as the godfather of modern newspaper design). Silverstein first encountered Frank’s work in Fortune magazine, and invited the young photographer to his offices in New York. What followed was a sustained and incredibly fruitful working relationship between the two which would lead, among other things, to the publication New York Is.
In 1954, Frank applied to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship. For the following two years, Frank would travel across the nation to document American life through photography. The imagery produced by the artist during this time is seen as some of the most iconic of its time. In his application, Frank wrote that his goal was “to photograph freely throughout the United States, using the miniature camera exclusively. The making of a broad, voluminous picture record of things American, past and present.”
“I saw a lot of things other people didn’t see,” Frank said. “The eyes were always fine and could always find a place of interest and zoom. That’s my profession, to look.” In this incongruous image, we see Frank looking at a baby crawling next to a jukebox, an item that somehow seems to stand in for the infant’s guardian. The off-kilter composition (dominated by the looming jukebox) speaks to Frank’s expressive style, one that privileged raw truth.
Frank, The Americans (Grove Press), pl. 22; and many more.
Estimate
$20,000 – $30,000
141
Robert frank (1924-2019)
Los Angeles.
Silver print, the image measuring 12⅞x8½ inches (32.7x21.6 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Frank’s signature, in ink, on recto. 1956; printed 1960s
In 1968 Robert and Mary Frank donated this print to Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn Heights for inclusion in the institution’s first fundraising auction. It was purchased by Louis and Helen Silverstein, who had solicited the donation and were also friends and colleagues of the Franks.
Louis Silverstein was a groundbreaking art director for the New York Times, who, over the course of his long career, would revolutionize the appearance and visual language of the newspaper (he became known as the godfather of modern newspaper design). Silverstein first encountered Frank’s work in Fortune magazine, and invited the young photographer to his offices in New York. What followed was a sustained and incredibly fruitful working relationship between the two which would lead, among other things, to the publication New York Is.
In 1954, Frank applied to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship. For the following two years, Frank would travel across the nation to document American life through photography. The imagery produced by the artist during this time is seen as some of the most iconic of its time. In his application, Frank wrote that his goal was “to photograph freely throughout the United States, using the miniature camera exclusively. The making of a broad, voluminous picture record of things American, past and present.”
Frank’s masterful understanding of visual irony is made clear in this 1956 photograph of Los Angeles. The linear, angular structure of the cityscape, in addition to the contrasty arrow, both direct our attention in multiple ways. On one level, we are drawn vertically: the street, sidewalk and building each align into thirds. On the other, we are drawn horizontally, following the passerby. This image provokes a near dolly zoom effect on the viewer.
Frank, The Americans (Grove Press), pl. 61
Estimate
$25,000 – $35,000
142
Robert frank.
The Americans.
Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Illustrated with reproductions of Frank’s iconic photographs of the American scene. Oblong 8vo, gilt-lettered black cloth; photo-pictorial dust jacket, lightly worn. REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION, SIGNED BY ROBERT FRANK ON THE FREE ENDPAPER.
New York: Aperture, 1969
WITH–Original order form.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
143
Herbert e. randall (1936- )
Girl in alley.
Silver print, the image measuring 9x6¼ inches (22.9x15.9 cm.), the sheet 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), the mount 12½x10¼ inches (31.7x26 cm.), with Randall’s credit, in pencil, on mount verso. Circa 1970; printed 1974
Randall was a founding member of the Kamoinge Workshop, a collective of African American photographers, in New York City in 1963. This photograph was published as part of a portfolio from the Creative Artists Public Service Program. Randall was cited for a CAPS fellowship in 1970-71, as were the other artists included in the set, which was created in an edition of 25.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
144
Emmet gowin.
Concerning America and Alfred Stieglitz, and Myself.
Self-published, 1963-64; printed 1965
With 14 (of 14) evocative photographs accompanied by text from the publication America and Alfred Stieglitz: A Collective Portrait. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 7x4½ inches (17.8x11.4 cm.), and the reverse, mounted recto only; three of the photographs have been removed and matted separately. 4to, flexible boards, with a drawing by Gowin printed on the front cover. ONE OF AN EDITION OF 100, THIS ONE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO KUHN CALDWELL, GOWIN’S ROOMMATE.
From Emmet Gowin to Kuhn Caldwell, his college roommate. The volume is accompanied by an emailed letter from Gowin to Richard Hartz, Caldwell's partner.
Estimate
$8,000 – $12,000
145
Mario de biasi (1923-2013)
New York.
Silver print, the image measuring 11⅞x9½ inches (30.1x24.1 cm.), with Biasi’s signature, title, stamp and date, in pencil, on recto. 1955
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
146
Lisette model (1901-1983)
Portfolio entitled Twelve Photographs.
Complete with 12 silver prints, the images measuring 19½x15¾ inches (49.5x40 cm.), and the reverse, each with Model’s signature and proof edition notation 11/15, in pencil, and her copyright stamp (with the date 1977), on verso. FROM AN EDITION OF 15 PROOFS. Folio-sized black cloth clamshell portfolio case with a black acrylic slipcase; the printed plate list with an introduction by Berenice Abbot and the colophon with the edition size of 75 with an additional 15 proofs. ONE OF FIFTEEN PROOF COPIES. Washington, D.C.: Lunn Gallery/Graphics International Ltd.,1937-46; printed 1977
Woman with veil, San Francisco * Woman with shawl, New York City * Woman in flowered dress, Promenade des Anglais, Riviera * French gambler, Promenade des Anglais, Riviera * Famous gambler, Monte Carlo * Fashion show, Hotel Pierre, New York City * Newspaper salesman, Paris * Woman at Coney Island, New York * Blind man, Paris * Singer at the Café Metropole, New York City * Little Man, Lower East Side, New York City * Window reflections, Fifth Avenue, New York City
Estimate
$12,000 – $18,000
147
Diane arbus (1923-1971)
Female impersonator with jewels, N.Y.C.
Silver print, the image measuring 9⅛x6 inches (23.2x15.2 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Arbus’ signature, in ink, and Doon Arbus’ signature, also in ink, and the Estate and copyright stamps with a numeric notation and copyright date, also in ink, on verso. 1958; printed 1958-60
Estimate
$25,000 – $35,000
148
(nasa–missions to the moon)
Group of 23 photographs from four of the Apollo missions, including Apollo 11, the first to land men on the moon.
The group includes nine photographs from Apollo 11, two from Apollo 15, eleven photographs from Apollo 16, and one from Apollo 17. Chromogenic (22) and silver (one) prints, the images measuring 7½ inches (19.1 cm.) square to 7½x9½ inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), the sheets 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), two with the red printed NASA credit and notations on recto, and the rest with printed NASA captions and notations on verso. 1969, 1971-72
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
149
Danny lyon (1942- )
March on Washington.
Silver print, the image measuring 13x8⅞ inches (33x22.5 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Lyon’s signature, title, and negative date, in pencil, and his Bleak Beauty stamp with the printer’s initials and dates, in pencil, on verso. 1963; printed 2009
From a Private Collection.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
150
Danny lyon (1942- )
James Baldwin Speaks at Freedom Day, Selma, Alabama.
Silver print, the image measuring 13x4⅜ inches (33x11.1 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Lyon’s signature, title, and negative date, in pencil, and his Bleak Beauty stamp with the printer’s initials and dates, in pencil, on verso. 1963; printed 2010
From a Private Collection.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
151
Danny lyon (1942- )
SNCC Staff Sit-In, Atlanta, John Lewis behind Mendy Samstein (+ the pastries), Stokely Carmichael standing at right * The Movement.
Together, 2 photographs. Silver prints, the first image measuring 9¼x13½ inches (23.5x34.3 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, and the second 6¼x9⅜ inches (15.9x23.8 cm.), the sheet 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), the first with Lyon’s signature and extended title, in pencil, and his Bleak Beauty stamp with his initials and dates, also in pencil, on verso, and the second with Lyon’s signature, two credit stamps, and additional notations, in pencil, on verso; the first with a Gavin Brown’s enterprise label on frame verso. 1963-64; 1969
SNCC Staff Sit-In from Gavin Brown enterprises; to the present Private Collection. This print was used to reproduce Danny Lyon: Photo Film (Editions Braus, 1989), p. 15 and is considered unique.
Estimate
$10,000 – $15,000
152
Danny lyon (1942- )
At Ole Miss (University of Mississippi) as James Meredith tried to enroll as first black student.
Silver print, the image measuring 6½x9½ inches (16.5x24.1 cm.), the sheet 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), with a numeric notation, in ink, on recto, and Lyon’s signature, Bleak Beauty stamp with his initials and date, in pencil, another Lyon stamp, and additional notations, in pencil and ink, on verso; with a Gavin Brown’s enterprise label on frame verso. 1962
From Gavin Brown enterprises; to the present Private Collection.
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
153
Danny lyon (1942- )
Cal, Elkhorn, WI.
Silver print, the image measuring 9x13 inches (22.9x33 cm.), the sheet 11x14 inches (27.9x35.6 cm.), with Lyon’s signature, in pencil, and his Bleak Beauty stamp with the printer’s initials and dates, also in pencil, on verso. 1966; printed 2014
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
154
Lee friedlander (1934- )
Filling station, Hillcrest, New York.
Silver print, the image measuring 6⅝x10 inches (16.8x25.4 cm.), the mount15½x20 inches (39.3x50.8 cm.), with Friedlander’s signature and edition notation 71/75, in pencil, on mount recto. 1970; printed 1973
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
155
Dave heath (1931-2016)
Mike McLoughlin, Nebraska.
Silver print, the image measuring 9¼x13⅞ inches (23.5x35.2 cm.), the mount 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Heath’s signature, title, dates, and notation 1/1, in ink, on mount verso. 1967; printed 1968
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
156
Kenneth josephson (1932- )
Matthew.
Silver print, the image measuring 8x12 inches (20.3x30.5 cm.), the sheet 11x14 inches (27.9x35.6 cm.), with Josephson’s signature, title, dates, edition notation 33/50, and numeric notations, in pencil, on verso. 1965; printed 2001
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
157
Garry winogrand (1928-1984)
Centennial Ball, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Silver print, the image measuring 8¾x13⅛ inches (22.2x33.3 cm.), the sheet 11x14 inches (27.9x35.6 cm.), with Winogrand’s signature and edition notation 37/80, in pencil, on verso. 1969; printed circa 1981
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
158
Larry fink (1941- )
Referee, Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA * Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA.
Together, 2 silver prints, the images measuring 12¾x14⅝ inches (32.4x37.1 cm.) and 14 ⅜ inches (36.5 cm.) square, the sheets 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), each with Fink’s signature, title, date, and edition notation 10/20 and 17/20, in pencil, on verso. 1989 and 1991
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
159
Larry fink (1941- )
Self-portrait with Molly.
Silver print, the image measuring 14⅝ inches (37.1 cm.) square, the sheet 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Fink’s signature, in blue pencil, and the title, edition notation 7/20, and date, in pencil, on verso. 1982
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
160
Marion post wolcott (1910-1990)
Group of 15 photographs from Lahore, Pakistan.
Silver prints, the images measuring 4¼x6¼ inches (10.8x15.9 cm.), the sheets slightly larger, with Wolcott’s PIX Agency label and stamp, a library stamp, and her caption, in pencil, on verso. Circa 1962
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
161
Horace bristol (1908-1997)
Yakuza Public Baths, Japan.
Silver print, the image measuring 10½ inches (26.7 cm.) square, the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Bristol’s signature, in pencil, on print verso, his signature and a variant print date, also in pencil, on the overmat, and the photographer’s label with the printed information and his signature, in pencil, on mat verso. 1946; printed 1980s
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
162
Henri cartier-bresson (1908-2004)
Mexico (workers in field).
Silver print, the image measuring 9½x14 inches (24.1x35.6 cm.), the sheet 12x15¾ inches (30.5x40 cm.), with Cartier-Bresson’s signature, in ink, and his copyright blind stamp, on recto. 1934; printed 1990s
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
163
Marc riboud (1923-2016)
Beijing.
Silver print, the image measuring 7⅛x10⅝ inches (18x27 cm.), the sheet 10¾x13⅝ inches (27.3x34.6 cm.), with Riboud’s signature, title, and negative date, in pencil, on recto, and his stamp and the title and negative date again, in pencil, on verso. 1965; printed 2000s
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
164
Inge morath (1923-2002)
Young man, China.
Silver print, the image measuring 13⅞x9¼ inches (35.2x23.5 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Morath’s signature, in pencil, on verso. 1978
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
165
Henri cartier-bresson (1908-2004)
The ZIS Truck Assembly Line, Moscow.
Silver print, the image measuring 14x9½ inches (35.6x24.1 cm.), the sheet 16x12 inches (40.6x30.5 cm.), with Cartier-Bresson’s signature, in ink, and his copyright blind stamp, on recto. 1954; printed 1990s
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
166
Josef koudelka (1938- )
Rakusky.
Silver print, the image measuring 9x14 inches (22.9x35.6 cm.), the sheet 11¾x15⅝ inches (29.8x39.7 cm.), with Koudelka’s signature, in ink, on recto. 1964; printed 1980s
Estimate
$10,000 – $15,000
167
Minor white (1908-1976)
Carriage, Mendocino.
Silver print, the image measuring 4⅝x3⅝ inches (11.7x9.2 cm.), the mount 11x9 inches (27.9x22.9 cm.), with White’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto. 1949
From the Collection of Pat Harris, a student of Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts, 1949.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
168
Robert adams (1937- )
Entry, Methodist church, Calhan, Colorado.
Silver print, the image measuring 9½x7½ inches (24.1x19.1 cm.), the Bainbridge Board mount 15½x14 inches (39.4x35.6 cm.), with Adams’ signature and initialed print date, in pencil, and his title and negative date, in ink, on mount verso. 1966; printed circa late 1960s
Adams, Prairie (Denver Art Museum), pl. 33; Adams, White Churches of the Plains (Colorado Associated University Press), pl. 56; Adams, Buildings in Colorado 1964-1980 (Walther König), pl. 2
Estimate
$10,000 – $15,000
169
Harry callahan (1912-1999)
Weed, Aix-en-Provence.
Silver print, the image measuring 12x9⅜ inches (30.5x23.8 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Callahan’s signature, in pencil, on recto, and his signature, again, in pencil, on verso. 1958; printed 1960s
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
170
Aaron siskind (1903-1991)
Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation #477.
Silver print, the image measuring 23⅞x19¾ inches (60.6x50.2 cm.), with Siskind’s signature, title, and negative date, in pencil, on verso. 1954; printed 1980s
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
171
Aaron siskind (1903-1991)
Abstraction.
Silver print, the image measuring 8x13⅜ inches (20.3x34 cm.), with Siskind’s credit and address and the Egan Gallery name and address, in ink, in Siskind’s hand, on verso. 1940s
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
172
Aaron siskind (1903-1991)
A suite of 10 abstract expressionist photographs.
Silver prints, the images measuring 9x9¾ to 10x12¾ inches (22.9x24.8 to 25.4x32.4 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets 14x11 inches (35.6x28 cm.), each with Siskind’s signature, title, and negative date, in pencil, on verso. 1949-80; printed circa 1980
Wickenburg, Ar. 2, 1949 * N.Y. 2, 1951 * Chicago 29, 1952 * M.V. (Martha’s Vineyard) 107, 1954 * Celaya I, 1955 * Chicago 7, 1960 * Chicago 27, 1960 * The Tree 2, 1972 * Providence, 1972 * Iquitos 139, 1980
Acquired directly from Aaron Siskind; to a Private New York Collector, 1980.
Estimate
$10,000 – $15,000
173
György kepes (1906-2001)
Abstraction.
Photogram, the image measuring 19¾x15¾ inches (50.1x40 cm.), with Kepes’ signature and date, in pencil, on verso. 1938
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
174
Brett weston (1911-1993)
Reflections.
Silver print, the image measuring 9⅜x7⅝ inches (23.8x19.4 cm.), the mount 15x13¼ inches (38.1x33.7 cm.), with Weston’s signature and negative date, in pencil, on mount recto. 1955; printed 1980s
From the Photographer; to the Present Owner.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
175
Brett weston (1911-1993)
Rocks on Merle Armitage Property in Yucca Valley, California.
Silver print on a later mount, the image measuring 7½x9⅜ inches (19x23.8 cm.), the later mount 13½x15 inches (34.2x38.1 cm.), with Weston’s signature and date, in pencil, on mount recto. 1955
This early print was originally acquired directly from Brett Weston by his longtime friend, photographer Robert Byers in the 1970s. At Byers' request, the print was placed on a modern mount and then signed and dated by Weston on its new mount. This print is accompanied by a sheet of paper with title and date in Byers' hand in pencil. The only other known print of this image is in the Whitney Museum collection and is not mounted.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
176
Brett weston (1911-1993)
Dunes.
Silver print, the image measuring 7½x9½ inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), the mount 13⅛x15 inches (33.3x38.1 cm.), with Weston’s signature and date, in pencil, on mount recto. 1968
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
177
Paul caponigro (1932- )
Sunflowers.
Silver print, the image measuring 7½x9 inches (19.1x22.9 cm.), the mount 14x17 inches (35.6x43.2 cm.), with Caponigro’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto. 1965; printed 1970s
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
178
Paul caponigro (1932- )
River Ice, Newton, Massachusetts.
Silver print, the image measuring 12⅛x7⅜ inches (30.8x18.7 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, the mount 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Caponigro’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto and again on the overmat. 1960; printed 1998
Gifted by the Photographer to the Present Owner.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
179
George a. tice (1938- )
Oak Tree, Holmdel, New Jersey.
Toned silver print, the image measuring 15¼x19¼ inches (38.7x49 cm.), the mount 22x26½ inches (55.9x67.3 cm.), with Tice’s block-lettered signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and his title and negative date, in pencil, on mount verso. 1970; printed 1980s
Estimate
$1,400 – $1,800
180
George a. tice (1938- )
Two Amish Boys, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Selenium-toned silver print, the image measuring 9½x7½ inches (24.1x19.1 cm.), the mount 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Tice’s cursive signature, in pencil, on recto, and his title, dates, and printing notations, in pencil, on verso. 1962; printed 2003
Acquired from the Photographer by the Present Owner.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
181
George a. tice (1938- )
Petit’s Mobil Station and Watertower, Cherry Hill, N.J.
Silver print, the image measuring 15½x19½ inches (39.4x49.5 cm.), the mount 22x27¾ inches (55.9x70.5 cm.), with Tice’s block-lettered signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and his title and date, in pencil, on mount verso. 1974
Acquired from the Photographer by the Present Owner in the 1970s.
Estimate
$8,000 – $12,000
182
William clift (1944- )
Portfolio entitled County Courthouses.
With 6 (of 6) masterfully printed photographs depicting interiors and exteriors of six courthouses across the United States. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 13x16½ inches (33x41.9 cm.), and one smaller, and the reverse, the mounts 22x27 inches (55.9x68.6 cm.), each with Clift’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto. Elephant folio-sized gray clamshell box with a gilt-lettered leather spine; the colophon with Clift’s signature and the edition notation 3, in ink; contents loose as issued. ONE OF 60 NUMBERED PORTFOLIOS. William Clift, 1975-78
Rotunda, Old St. Louis County Courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri * Knox County Courthouse, Vincennes, Indiana * Reflection, Old St. Louis County Courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri * Law Books, Hinsdale County Courthouse, Lake City, Colorado * Judge’s Bench, Old Cochise County Courthouse, Tombstone, Arizona * Jury Chairs, Warren County, Courthouse, Warrenton, Missouri
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
183
Paul caponigro (1932- )
Shoreline, Montauk Point, Long Island, NY.
Silver print, the image measuring 11¾x9 inches (29.8x22.9 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, the mount 17x13 inches (43.2x33 cm.), with Caponigro’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto. 1972; printed 1998
Gifted by the Photographer to the Present Owner. This is an alternate view to the more commonly seen negative to result from this day at Montauk. Less contrasty, interpreted in a range of soft gray tones, we have not seen this capture of the tip of Long Island at auction.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
184
Paul caponigro (1932- )
Monument Valley.
Silver print, the image measuring 6¾x8½ inches (17.1x21.6 cm.), the mount 15x18 inches (38.1x45.7 cm.), with Caponigro’s signature, in pencil, and his credit, title, and date, also in pencil, in an unknown hand, on mount recto. 1970
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
185
O. winston link (1914-2001)
Maude Bows to the Virginia Creeper.
Silver print, the image measuring 15⅜x19½ inches (39.1x49.5 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Link’s signature, print date, negative notation NW 1230, and additional printing notations, in pencil, and his copyright stamp, also with the negative notation, in ink, on verso. 1958; printed 1995
From the Collection of Thomas H. Garver.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
186
O. winston link (1914-2001)
Train 16 Leaves Williamson.
Silver print, the image measuring 19⅜x15½ inches (49.2x39.4 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Link’s signature, print date, negative notation NW 2024, and additional printing notations, in pencil, his copyright stamp, also with the negative notation, in ink, and the THG stamp with an inventory notation, in pencil, on verso. 1958; printed 1991
From the Collection of Thomas H. Garver.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
187
O. winston link (1914-2001)
Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia.
Silver print, the image measuring 15½x19¼ inches (39.4x48.9 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Link’s signature, date, negative notation NW 1103, and additional printing notations, in pencil, and his copyright stamp, also with the negative notation, in pencil, and the THG stamp with an inventory notation, in pencil, on verso. 1957; printed 1987
From the Collection of Thomas H. Garver.
Estimate
$7,000 – $10,000
188
Ralston crawford (1906-1978)
Boulder Dam * Steel Plates, Coulee Dame, Washington.
Together, 2 silver prints, the images measuring 10⅝ inches square and 15⅛x17⅝ inches (27 and 38.4x44.8 cm.), the sheets 14x11 and 16x20 inches (35.6x27.9 and 40.6x50.8 cm.), each with Crawford’s Estate stamp with a reference number, in ink, and a numeric notation, in pencil, the first with the title and numeric notation, again, in ink, on verso. 1971-72
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
189
Ezra stoller (1915-2004)
Hirshhorn Museum, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Washington, D.C.
Silver print, the image measuring 12½x17¾ inches (31.7x45.1 cm.), the sheet 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Stoller’s signature, in pencil, on verso. 1974; printed circa 2000
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
190
Harry callahan (1912-1999)
New York.
Silver print, the image measuring 10½x10⅜ inches (26.7x26.3 cm.), the sheet 12½x11 inches (31.7x27.9 cm.), with Callahan’s signature, in pencil, on recto. 1974; printed 1970s-80s
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
191
John szarkowski (1925-2007)
House, Monticello, Minnesota.
Silver print, the image measuring 10x12½ inches (25.4x31.8 cm.), the mount 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Szarkowski’s signature, in pencil, and his credit, title, and date, in pencil, on mount verso. 1956
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
192
John sexton (1953-)
Group of 7 photographs, comprising of 3 landscapes, 2 time exposures, one interior, and one facade.
Silver prints, the images measuring 5¼x9 to 10⅛x12½ inches (13.3x22.9 to 25.7x31.7 cm.), the mounts 13x16 to 16x20 inches (33x40.6 to 40.6x50.8 cm.), each with Sexton’s signature and negative date, in pencil, on mount recto, and his stamp, with the title, location, and dates, in pencil, on mount verso. 1973-89; printed 1979-91
Aspen Dusk, Conway Summit, California, 1978; 1980 * Black and White Windows, Cannery Row, Monterey California, 1974; 1981 * Merced River, Happy Isles, Yosemite Valley, California, 1973; 1979 * Roaring River Detail, Missouri, 1978; 1980 * Spring Foliage, Yosemite Valley, California, 1989; 1991 * Trees, Valley Rog, Dusk, Yosemite Valley, California, 1980; 1991 * Two Chairs, Bodie, California, 1977; 1981
Estimate
$3,500 – $4,500
193
William garnett (1916-2006)
Fog #4, Sonoma County, California.
Silver print, the image measuring 10¾x13¾ inches (27.3x34.9 cm.), the mount 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Garnett’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and his copyright stamp with his signature and date, in pencil, and the title, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on mount verso. 1980
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
194
Ernst haas (1921-1986)
Windmill, Greece.
Silver print, the image measuring 14¼x14 inches (36.2x35.6 cm.), the sheet 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with the Haas Studio stamp with Alexander Haas’ signature, the title, dates, edition notation 5/30, and printing notations, in pencil, and a printer’s stamp, on verso. 1952; printed later
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
195
Mario giacomelli (1925-2000)
La Gente del Sud: Scanno.
Silver print, the image measuring 11½x15⅛ inches (29.2x38.4 cm.), with Giacomelli’s copyright and Scanno stamps, and the dates and lengthy notations about the success of this image, in ink, on verso. 1959; printed 1970s
From the Photographer to the Present Owner in 1992. The lengthy inscription reads: This is the image that the curator of the L’Elysée Museum in Lausanne, Charles-Henri Favrod, saw it sold for 10,000 dollars, about 15 million And that Stefano Brigidi has sold to several American museums for over 3 million lire The most requested and the highest paid It is exhibited and sold more or less in all the countries of the world, so to speak, because I don't remember where and when (…) It is part of the collection of the director of the New York Museum of Art, John Szarkowski, the only Italian chosen - the most (...) of the joys lived so great and so true
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
196
Mario giacomelli (1925-2000)
Presa di Coscienza Sulla Natura [Epiphany about Nature], no. 403.
Silver print, the image measuring 11½x15¾ inches (29.2x40 cm.), with Giacomelli’s signature, in ink, on recto, and his credit and series stamps, and the numeric notation 403, in pencil, on verso. 1976-80
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
197
Jack welpott (1923-2007)
Sabine, Arles.
Silver print, the image measuring 9⅞x7⅞ inches (25.1x20 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Welpott’s signature, title, negative date, and edition notation 47/100, in pencil, on mount recto. 1973; printed 1980s
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
198
André kertész (1894-1985)
Distortion No. 91 (with self-portrait).
Silver print, the image measuring 9¾x13¾ inches (24.8x35 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Kertész’s signature, title, negative date, and notation Paris, in pencil, on verso. 1933; printed 1970s
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
199
Lucien clergue (1934-2014)
Nude in window, from the series Primavera in New York.
Silver print, the image measuring 14½x9¾ inches (36.8x24.8 cm.), the sheet 15¾x12 inches (40x30.5 cm.), with Clergue’s signature and edition notation 11/20, in ink, on recto, and his copyright stamp with the title, dates, and edition notation 11/20, in ink, on verso. 1976; printed 1977
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
200
Ruth bernhard (1905-2006)
Classic Torso.
Silver print, the image measuring 13⅜x9⅞ inches (34x25.1 cm.), the mount 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Bernhard’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and her signature, title, and negative date, also in pencil, and her copyright stamp, on mount verso. 1952; printed 1990s
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
201
Ruth bernhard (1905-2006)
Sand Dune.
Platinum print, the image measuring 8½x15¼ inches (21.6x38.7 cm.), the sheet 14x20 inches (35.6x50.8 cm.), with Bernhard’s signature, in pencil, on recto, and her copyright credit, title, dates, printer’s credit, and edition notation 5/25, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso. 1967; printed 1998
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
202
Ruth bernhard (1905-2006)
Draped Torso.
Silver print, the image measuring 13⅜x8⅜ inches (34x21.3 cm.), the mount 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Bernhard’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and her signature, title, and negative date, also in pencil, and her copyright stamp, on mount verso. 1962; printed 1990s
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
203
Leonard nimoy (1931-2015)
Untitled #89-5, from Shekhina.
Silver print, the image measuring 8½x10½ inches (21.6x26.7 cm.), the sheet 11x14 inches (27.9x35.6 cm.), with Nimoy’s signature, numeric notation, date, and edition notation 3/50, in pencil, on verso; with a glassine cover sheet with Nimoy’s printed credit, title, and print date, and the edition notation, in pencil. 2000; printed 2002
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
204
William helburn (1924-)
Simone d’Aillencourt with Whippet.
Silver print, the image measuring 36x28¾ inches (91x73 cm.), the sheet 39¾x30 inches (101x76 cm.), flush mounted, with Helburn’s signature and edition notation 9/15, in ink, on mount verso. 1956; printed later
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
205
William helburn (1924- )
Dovima Under the El, Dior Creates Cosmopolitan Drama, Under 3rd Avenue elevated train, New York, NY.
Archival pigment print, the image measuring 40x31½ inches (101.6x80 cm.), the sheet 44x36 inches (111.8x91.4 cm.), flush mounted, the artist’s label with Helburn’s signature and edition notation 11/50, in ink, on mount verso. 1956; printed later
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
206
Helmut newton (1920-2004)
Andy Warhol, Paris, from Private Property Suite III.
Silver print, the image measuring 14¼x9½ inches (36.2x24.1 cm.), the sheet 16x12 inches (40.6x30.5 cm.), with Newton’s signature, in pencil, and his copyright stamp with the print number, suite number, and edition notation B, in ink, on verso. 1975; printed 1984
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
207
Robert mapplethorpe (1946-1989)
Leigh Lee, from the Z Portfolio.
Silver print, the image measuring 7½x7⅜ inches (190.5x187.3 cm.), the mount 13½x12¾ inches (342.9x323.9 cm.), with Mapplethorpe’s signature and edition notation 19/25, in ink, and the plate number blind stamp, on mount recto. 1980
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
208
Jim french (1932-2017)
Figure with outstretched arm.
Silver print, the image measuring 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with French’s signature, in pencil, on verso. 1986; printed circa 1992
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
209
Nan goldin (1953- )
On the beach, Boston.
Silver print, the image measuring 10½x7⅜ inches (26.7x18.7 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), flush mounted, with Goldin’s early signature, in pencil, on recto. 1973
Acquired from the photographer Allen Frame.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
210
Vito acconci (1940-2017)
A pair of photographs, each titled Combination.
Silver prints, the images measuring 9½x7¾ and 6½x4½ inches (24.1x17.1 and 16.5x11.4 cm.), each with Acconci’s title and date, in pencil, and his Pearl Street stamp, and the smaller with a numeric stamp, on verso. 1971
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
211
Jerry uelsmann (1934- )
Untitled (nude figure and hands).
Silver print, the image measuring 13¼x9¾ inches (33.7x24.8 cm.), the mount 19¾x15¾ inches (50.2x40 cm.), with Uelsmann’s initials and date, in pencil, on mount recto, and his signature and date, in ink, and his address label, on mount verso. 1976
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
212
Jerry uelsmann (1934- )
Untitled (doves escaping attache case).
Silver print, the image measuring 13¾x10½ inches (34.9x26.7 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Uelsmann’s signature and date, in ink, and copyright stamp with the date, in ink, on print verso and again on mat verso, and his initials and date, in pencil, on the overmat. 1984
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
Color & Contemporary Photography
213
Barbara kasten (1936- )
Construct LB/3.
Polaroid, the image measuring 9⅜x7½ inches (23.8x19.1 cm.), the sheet 10¾x8½ inches (27.3x21.6 cm.), with Kasten’s signature, title, edition notation 7/10, and date, in ink, on recto; her address stamp appears on mat verso. 1982
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
214
Barbara kasten (1936- )
Construction 33.
Cibachrome print, the image measuring 29½x37 inches (74.9x94 cm.), the sheet 30x40 inches (76.2x101.6 cm.), with Kasten’s signature, title, date, and edition notation 5/10, in pencil, on verso. 1986
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
WITH A POLAROID BY WALKER EVANS
215
Bobbi carrey (1946- )
My Summer With Walker, 48 portraits of Walker Evans as well as interior views and studies of his house in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
This is one of only three existing sets. Chromogenic prints from SX-70 Polaroids, the images measuring 3⅛ inches (7.9 cm.) square, the sheets 4¼x3½ inches (10.8x8.9 cm.), one with Carrey’s signature and title, and the rest with her sequential numbers, in ink, on verso; enclosed in a custom black clamshell box with the printed title and introductory pages. Summer 1974
This set is accompanied by a Polaroid portrait of Carrey by Walker Evans. Polaroid, the image measuring3⅛ inches (7.9 cm.) square, the sheet 4¼x3½ inches (10.7x8.8 cm.). 1974
The set offered here is one of three existing examples, one of which is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The last set (the original Polaroids) remains in the collection of the artist. Walker Evans’ portrait of Carrey is also in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.
In the summer of 1974, Evans was working to finish a book on Main Street, USA as seen through vintage postcards. Carrey, a photographer herself, had become known as someone who could wrangle artists and get results. Carrey’s introductory text and the photographs document their time together, including trips to the beach, meals, everyday details of Evans’ home and life (including his bills, matches, clothing, and more), and their encounters as they lived and worked side by side.
The images are an intimate portrait of one of the most influential photographers of the century and are delightful and revealing in their detail. Their articulate, descriptive qualities nod to Evans’ own elegant and direct style, and the portraits of the photographer offer a rare glimpse of the charismatic and elusive man himself.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
216
Walker evans (1903-1975)
Pair of photographs of abandoned trucks, auto graveyard, Old Lyme, Connecticut.
Chromogenic prints from SX-70 Polaroids, the images measuring 4¾ inches (12.1 cm.) square, the sheets slightly larger, cornered to mounts measuring 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), each with Evans’ stamp, on mount recto. 1973-74
From the Collection of Bobbi Carrey, friend, fellow photographer, and Evans' assistant from 1973-74.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
217
Max yavno (1911-1985)
Gleaming Cans.
Chromogenic print, the image measuring 13⅞x10⅞ inches (35.2x27.6 cm.), the mount 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Yavno’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto. 1962
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
218
Ernst haas (1921-1986)
Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Chromogenic print, the image measuring 12x18 inches (30.5x45.7 cm.), the sheet 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.); accompanied by the Haas Studio label with Alexander Haas’ signature, the title, dates, edition notation 33/100, and printing notations, in ink. 1969; printed later
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
219
Stephen shore (1947- )
Deerfield St., Greenfield, Massachusetts.
Chromogenic print, the image measuring 14¼x18 inches (36.2x45.7 cm.), the sheet 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Shore’s signature, title, and date, in ink, on verso. 1974
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
220
Stephen shore (1947- )
Fifth street & Broadway, Eureka, California.
Chromogenic print, the image measuring 8⅝x11 inches (21.9x28 cm.), the sheet 11x13 inches (27.9x33 cm.), with Shore’s signature and edition notation 31/50, in ink, on verso. 1974; printed 2003
Estimate
$7,000 – $10,000
221
Stephen shore (1947- )
2nd Ave., Tucson, AZ.
Chromogenic print, the image measuring 14¼x18 inches (36.2x45.7 cm.), the sheet 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Shore’s signature, title, and date, in ink, on verso. 1976
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
222
Richard misrach (1949- )
Ocotillo, Arizona.
Split-toned silver print, the image measuring 9⅞ inches (25.1 cm.) square, the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Misrach’s signature, title, date, and notations, in ink, and a credit label, on verso. 1975
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
223
Richard misrach (1949- )
Golden Gate Bridge, 2.24.00, 6:50 A.M.
Oversize chromogenic print, the image measuring 38x48 inches (96.5x121.9 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, flush mounted, with Misrach’s signature, title, date, time, and edition notation 1/3, in ink, on recto; framed. 2000
Estimate
$12,000 – $18,000
224
Harry callahan (1912-1999)
Light abstraction.
Dye transfer print, the image measuring 9x13½ inches (22.9x34.3 cm.), the sheet 11x14 inches (27.9x35.6 cm.), with Callahan’s signature, in pencil, on recto. 1970s
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
225
William christenberry (1936-2016)
Door of Auto Repair Shop, Near Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dye transfer print, the image measuring 14¾x19 inches (37.5x48.3 cm.), the sheet 18¾x22¾ inches (47.6x57.8 cm.), with Christenberry’s signature, title, date, and edition notation 1/25, in ink, and his credit and print date stamps, on verso. 1981
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
226
Joel sternfeld (1944- )
Coeburn, Virginia.
Chromogenic print, the image measuring 13½x17 inches (34.3x43.2 cm.), the sheet 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Sternfeld’s signature, title, dates, and edition notation 8/100, in ink, on verso. 1981; printed 1983
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
227
Eliot porter (1901-1990)
All Under Heaven, China.
Chromogenic print, the image measuring 9¾x7½ inches (24.8x19.1 cm.), the mount 12 inches (30.5 cm.) square, with Porter’s signature, in pencil, on mount recto. 1983
Estimate
$1,000 – $2,000
228
Martin parr (1952- )
Huddersfield Rugby League Ground.
Silver print, the image measuring 6>AF3/8>x9½ inches (16.2x24.1 cm.), the sheet 15½x12 inches (39.4x30.5 cm.), with Parr’s signature, title, and date, in pencil, on recto. 1980
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
229
Martin parr (1952- )
The Last Resort.
Chromogenic print, the image measuring 10½x13 inches (26.7x33 cm.), the sheet 12x16 inches (30.5x40.6 cm.), with Parr’s signature, title, and dates, in ink, on verso. 1983
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
230
Malick sidibé (1935-2016)
Sur ma Moto MZ.
Silver print, the image measuring 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Sidibé’s signature, title, date, and edition notation 2/5, in ink, and his Studio Malick stamp, on verso. 1970; printed later
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
231
Malick sidibé (1935-2016)
A nous trois avec radio, malette et montre [The three of us with radio, briefcase and watch].
Silver print, the image measuring 6¾x6¼ inches (17.1x15.9 cm.), the sheet 9⅜x7¼ inches (23.8x18.4 cm.), with Sidibé’s signature, title, and negative date, in ink, on recto, and his Studio Malick stamp, on verso. 1982; printed 2000s
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,500
232
Masahisa fukase (1934-2012)
Nayoro, from The Solitude of Ravens.
Silver print, the image measuring 11x16⅞ inches (27.9x42.9 cm.), the sheet 13x19 inches (33x48.3 cm.), with Fukase’s signature, in pencil, on verso. 1977; printed later
Estimate
$10,000 – $15,000
233
Graciela iturbide (1942- )
La Niña del Peine.
Silver print, the image measuring 12x8 inches (30.5x20.3 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Iturbide’s signature, title, and date, in pencil, on verso. 1979
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
234
Graciela iturbide (1942- )
Cementerio, Juchitan, Oaxaca.
Silver print, the image measuring 18x13¼ inches (45.7x33.7 cm.), the sheet 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Iturbide’s signature, in ink, on recto, and the edition notation 33/150, in pencil, on verso; housed in a paper folder with a title page. 1988; printed 1996
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
235
Mario cravo neto (1947-2009)
Woman from Cachoeira.
Silver print, image measuring 19 ⅝x13⅛ inches (49.8x33.3 cm.), the sheet 22⅜x18⅜ inches (56.8x46.7 cm.), with Neto’s signature, negative date, and edition notation 1/25, in pencil, on recto, and the title, negative date, and edition notation again, in pencil, on verso. 1967; printed 1997
From the Estate of Evelyne Z. Daitz, New York.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
236
Luis gonzález palma (1957- )
El Ciervo [The Deer].
Hand-painted silver print, the image measuring 19¼ inches (48.9 cm.) square, with Palma’s signature, on verso; with a Witkin Gallery label on frame verso. 1991
From the Estate of Evelyne Z. Daitz, New York.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
237
Sebastião salgado (1944- )
Brasil (three communion girls).
Silver print, the image measuring 12x17½ inches (30.5x44.5 cm.), the sheet 16x19¾ inches (40.6x50.2 cm.), with Salgado’s copyright blind stamp on recto, and his signature, partial title, and negative date, in pencil, on verso. 1981; printed 1980s
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
238
Evelyn hofer (1922-2009)
Two Chairs, London.
Platinum print, the image measuring 16¾x13⅜ inches (42.5x34 cm.), the sheet 22x18½ inches (55.9x47 cm.), with Hofer’s signature, title, negative date, medium, and edition notation 1/25, in pencil, on verso. 1977; printed 1990s
From the Estate of Evelyne Z. Daitz, New York.
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
239
John dugdale (1960- )
Three White Peaches.
Cyanotype, the image measuring 11x14 inches (27.9x35.6 cm.), the artist’s frame 20x23 inches (50.8x58.4 cm.); with Dugdale’s letterpress studio label with his signature, in ink, and the typed title, date, and edition notation Artist’s Proof #1 of 3, on frame verso. 1999
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
240
Cindy sherman (1954- )
Ice skater.
Silver print, the image measuring 7x4¾ inches (17.8x12.1 cm.), the sheet 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), with Sherman’s signature and edition notation 2/100, in pencil, on verso. 1979
From the Artist; to Metro Pictures, New York; to a Private Collection.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,500
241
Cindy sherman (1954- )
Pregnant woman.
Chromogenic print, the image measuring 17x11 inches (43.2x27.9 cm.), the sheet 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Sherman’s signature, date, and edition notation AP, in ink, on verso. 1990-91
From the Artist; to Metro Pictures, New York; to a Private Collection.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
242
Daido moriyama (1938- )
Lips.
Silver print, the image measuring 11x8⅛ inches (27.9x20.6 cm.), the sheet 12x10 inches (30.5x25.4 cm.), with Moriyama’s signature in Japanese and English, and the date, in pencil, on verso. 2001; printed later
Estimate
$2,000 – $3,000
243
Abelardo morell (1948- )
Book of Astronomy.
Silver print, the image and sheet measuring 30x40 inches (76.2x101.6 cm.) overall, with Morell’s signature, date, and edition notation 1/15, on verso; with a Bonni Benrubi Gallery label on frame verso. 1995
A Book of Books: Photographs by Abelardo Morell (Bulfinch Press), p. 23 (another example illustrated)
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
244
Abelardo morell (1948- )
Camera Obscura Image of the Hotel del Coronado in Room.
Silver print, the image measuring 18x22½ inches (45.7x57.2 cm.), the sheet 20x24 inches (50.8x61 cm.), with Morell’s signature, title, and date, in pencil, on verso. 1998
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
245
Gregory crewdson (1962- )
Untitled (balloons in backyard) from the series Hover.
Silver print, the image measuring 18x22½ inches (45.7x57.1 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, flush mounted; with Crewdson’s signature, in ink, and the title, date, and edition notation 3/6, printed on a Luhring Augustine label accompanying the print. 1997
Acquired from an auction for the International Studio & Curatorial Program in Brooklyn in 2019.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
246
Sandy skoglund (1946- )
The Red Foxes (Fox Games).
Cibachrome print, the image measuring 9¾x13 inches (24.8x33 cm.), the sheet 11x14 inches (27.9x35.6 cm.), with Skoglund’s signature and date, in ink, on recto. 1991
Acquired directly from the artist, 1991. The work was made in conjunction with the installation Fox Games at the Denver Art Museum in 1991.
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
247
Katy grannan (1969- )
Mike, Hearthstone Motel, Upper Red Hook, New York.
Silver print, the image measuring 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, the mount 24x20 inches (61x50.8 cm.), with a Greenberg Van Doren Gallery label with Grannan’s signature, on mount verso, and a gallery label with the title, date, and edition notation 4/6+2 AP, on mat verso. 2004
Acquired from an Aperture Gala auction.
Estimate
$4,000 – $6,000
248
Herb ritts (1952-2002)
Winona Ryder, Los Angeles.
Silver print, the image measuring 12x8⅜ inches (30.5x21.3 cm.), the sheet 13¾x10¾ inches (34.9x27.3 cm.), the mount 15x12 inches (38.1x30.5 cm.), with a Herb Ritts Foundation lifetime print copyright stamp, with Mark McKenna’s (Executive Director) signature, title, date, and edition notation 2 of 2 known, in pencil, on mount verso. 1991
Estimate
$2,500 – $3,500
249
Carrie mae weems (1953- )
May Flowers.
C-print, the image measuring 18 inches (45.7 cm.) in diameter; with the P.P.O.W. label on the original frame verso. 2002
Kathryn E. Delmez, Carrie Mae Weems, Three Decades of Photography and Video (Frist Center for the Visual Arts/Yale University Press), p. 196, fig. 21.1
Estimate
$6,000 – $9,000
250
Sally mann (1951- )
Untitled (Self-portraits).
A triptych of three unique ambrotypes on black glass, the plates each measuring 15x13½ inches (38.1x34.3 cm.), the second dated “Summer 2011” in red crayon on verso and the third with Mann’s etched signature and copyright, on verso. 2011
Acquired from Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, in 2012.
Estimate
$30,000 – $45,000
251
Marco breuer (1966- )
Untitled.
Unique sanded chromogenic print, the image measuring 13¼x10⅝ inches (33.7x27 cm.), with Breuer's signature, title, and date, in pencil, on verso; and a Pierogi Gallery label with the photographer's signature, in ink, on frame verso. 2002.
Acquired by the Present Owner from Peirogi Gallery, New York.