• Auction 3815

    April in Paris: Photographs

    28 March 2014 - 10 April 2014, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 202,500 (USD)
26 Lots for Sale 3815
Lot 2
WILLY RONIS (1910-2009)
Pluie, place Vendome, 1947
signed in ink (in the margin); titled, dated in pencil and copyright credit limitation stamp (on the verso)

image: 13 3/8 x 10 1/8in. (34 x 25.7cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 3
ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912-1994)
La dernière valse du 14 juillet, 1949
signed in ink (in the margin); initialed, titled and dated in ink (on the verso)

image: 11 7/8 x 9½in. (30.2 x 24.1cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 4
ELLIOTT ERWITT (B. 1928)
Paris, 1989
signed in ink (in the margin); signed, titled and dated in pencil (on the verso)

image: 11¾ x 17 5/8in. (29.8 x 44.7cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 5
ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912-1994)
Un fox-terrier au Pont des Arts, 1953
signed in ink (in the margin); initialed, titled and dated in ink (on the verso)

image: 11 3/8 x 9 3/8in. (28.9 x 23.8cm)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 6
RENÉ-JACQUES (1908-2003)
Pont de la Tournelle, Paris, 1948
signed in ink, titled and dated in pencil (on the verso)

image: 14¼ x 10 5/8in. (36.2 x 27cm.)
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$3,000
Lot 8
MARCEL BOVIS (B. 1904)
Paris, la Seine, c. 1940s
credit blindstamp (in the margin); signed in pencil (on the verso)

image: 11¼ x 10 5/8in. (28.5 x 27cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,500
Lot 10
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)
Rue Mouffetard, 1954
signed in ink and copyright blindstamp (in the margin)

image: 17½ x 11¾in. (44.5 x 29.8cm.)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$30,000
Lot 11
ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912-1994)
Les Enfants de la Place Hébert, 1957
credit in ink, title, date in pencil, Doisneau/Rapho copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps and title label affixed (on the verso)

image: 8 5/8 x 6¾in. (22 x 17.2cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$2,750
Lot 12
WILLY RONIS (1910-2009)
Le Petit Parisien, 1952
signed in ink (in the margin); initialed, titled, dated in pencil/ink and copyright credit stamp (on the verso)

image: 12¾ x 10in. (32.4 x 25.4cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 13
ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912-1994)
L'Enfer, 1952
signed in ink (in the margin); initialed, tiled and dated in ink (on the verso)

image: 15 5/8 x 11¾in. (39.6 x 30.5cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 19
RENÉ-JACQUES (1908-2003)
Montmartre, Paris, 1950
signed in ink (in the margin); titled and dated in pencil (on the verso)

image: 13 3/8 x 10¾in. (34 x 27.3cm.)
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$3,000
Lot 22
BRASSAÏ (1899-1984)
Lamplighter at the corner of rue Émile-Richard and boulevard Edgar-Quinet, 1931...
signed in pencil, stamped 'Tirage de l'Auteur' and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp (on the verso)

image/sheet: 8 5/8 x 11in. (21.8 x 28cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 25
BRASSAÏ (1899-1984)
La Bastoche, rue de Lappe, c. 1932
signed in pencil and copyright credit stamp (on the verso)

image: 11 7/8 x 8½in. (31 x 26cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 28
WILLY RONIS (1910-2009)
Rue Muller, Montmartre, 1934
signed in ink (in the margin); titled and dated in pencil (on the verso)

image: 17¾ x 13 3/8in. (45 x 34cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 30
GORDON PARKS (1912-2006)
Place de la Concorde, Paris, France, 1950
signed and notation '5/99' in white ink (on the recto)

image: 16 x 16in. (41.2 x 41.2cm.)
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$8,750
Lot 31
ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)
Broken Plate, 1929
signed in pencil (on the mount)

7¾ x 9¾in. (19.5 x 24.7cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 34
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)
Behind the Gare St. Lazare, 1932
signed in ink and copyright credit blindstamp (in the margin)

image: 14 1/8 x 9½in. (35.9 x 24.1cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$16,250
Lot 35
MARC RIBOUD (B. 1923)
The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1953
signed in ink, dated and annotated 'Paris' in pencil (in the margin)

image: 17½ 11 3/8in. (44.3 x 29cm.)
sheet: 20 x 16in. (50.8 x 40.5cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 39
RENÉ-JACQUES (1908-2003)
Quai du Louvre, Paris, 1950
signed in ink, titled and dated in pencil (on the verso)

image: 12¾ x 10½in. (32.4 x 26.8cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,500
Lot 41
ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912-1994)
Le Manège de Monsieur Barré, Paris, 1955
signed in ink (in the margin); initialed, titled and dated in ink (on the verso)

image: 11¾ x 9½in. (30.3 x 24.5cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$6,000
Lot 45
EDOUARD BOUBAT (1923-1999)
Cérisiers Japonais, 1983
signed in ink (in the margin); titled and dated in pencil (on the verso)

image: 14 3/8 x 9 5/8in. (36.5 x 24.4cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,000
Lot 46
ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)
Chez Mondrian, 1926
signed and dated in pencil (on the verso)

image: 13 5/8 x 10¼in. (35 x 26.5cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$35,000
Lot 47
ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)
Melancholic Tulip, 1939
signed and numbered '63/150' in ink (in the margin); titled and dated in ink (on the verso)

image: 9¾ x 7in. (24.8 x 17.8cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$11,875
Lot 48
EDOUARD BOUBAT (1923-1999)
Lella, Bretagne, France, 1948
signed in ink (in the margin); signed, titled and dated in pencil (on the verso)

image: 14¼ x 10 5/8in. (36.3 x 27cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 56
ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912-1994)
La Concierge aux Lunettes, 1945
signed in ink (in the margin); initialed, tiled and dated in ink (on the verso)

image: 12½ x 9 5/8in. (31.7 x 24.5cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$3,250
Lot 58
WILLY RONIS (1910-2009)
Fondamenta Nuove, Venise, 1959
signed in ink (in the margin)

image: 12 1/8 x 8in. (31 x 20.2cm.)
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$4,750
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