• Auction 11783

    Photographs: The Classics

    1 December 2015 - 10 December 2015, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 204,625 (USD)
34 Lots for Sale 11783
Lot 2
Horst P. Horst (1906-1999)
Mainbocher Corset, Paris, 1939
credit blindstamp (margin); signed, title and date in pencil (verso)
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 3
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)
Lisa Lyon, Joshua Tree, 1980
signed by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, title, date, print date, number '6/15' in ink and Estate copyright credit stamp (mount verso)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 4
Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006)
Sand Dune, 1967
signed in pencil (mount); signed, titled, dated, with copyright credit stamp (verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 5
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014)
Nu zébré, NYC, 1998
signed in ink (margin); signed, titled, dated, inscribed 'AP for Liz', with Photographer's copyright credit in ink, annotated in pencil (verso)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$2,375
Lot 6
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014)
Nu zébré, NYC, 1998
signed in ink (margin); signed and inscribed 'AP for Liz' in ink, titled, dated, with Photographer's copyright credit in pencil (verso)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$3,750
Lot 7
Bert Stern (1939-2013)
Marilyn with Two Roses (From the Last Sitting), 1962
titled in pencil (image); signed, titled, dated, numbered '10/36' and annotated in pencil (verso)
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

price realized
$10,625
Lot 8
David \"Chim\" Seymour (1911-1956)
Bernard Berenson, Rome, 1955
Estate credit stamp embossed (margin)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,750
Lot 10
Andre de Dienes (1913-1985)
Marilyn Monroe, Tobey Beach, 1949
Photographer's credit, date and Camera Press copyright credit stamped with various annotations in red crayon (verso)
estimate
$2,500 - $3,000

price realized
$8,125
Lot 16
Steve McCurry (b. 1950)
Afghan Girl, 1984
signed in ink (margin)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 17
Herb Ritts (1952-2002)
Darati, Profile, Africa, 1993
blindstamped and copyright credit stamp (margin); signed, titled, dated, and numbered '13/25' in pencil (verso)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,500
Lot 18
Herb Ritts (1952-2002)
Loriki with Spear, Africa, 1993
signed, number '23/25' in pencil (verso)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 19
PETER BEARD (b. 1938)
Francis Bacon, March 1972
dated and inscribed 'To Andy with warmest from Montauk and 11 Narrow Street N.W. 8' in ink (margin)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 20
Lynn Davis (b. 1944)
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 1998
signed and dated 2000 in ink, stamped with edition number, date, with photographer's credit stamp (mount, verso); title and edition number on typed gallery label affixed (tertiary mount, verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 21
George Tice (b. 1938)
Oak Tree, Holmdel, N.J., 1970
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled and dated in pencil (mount, verso)
estimate
$1,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,625
Lot 27
Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
Leaf, Ocean Bay National Monument, Alaska, 1948
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled and dated in Photographer's credit stamp (mount, verso)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,000
Lot 29
Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite National Park, 1927
signed in ink (margin); title in ink and stamped 'Special edition of fine prints, photographs of Yosemite by Ansel Adams, this is print 231 of S.E.Y. No. 2' (mount, verso)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 30
Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, 1960
signed in ink (margin); title in ink and stamped 'Special edition of fine prints, photographs of Yosemite by Ansel Adams, this is print 204 of S.E.Y. No. 12' (mount, verso)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 31
Brett Weston (1911-1993)
Glen Canyon, Tree and Wall, 1959
signed and dated in pencil (mount, recto)
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$2,500
Lot 32
Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976)
Snake, 1929
signed and dated in pencil (mount, recto); typed credit, title and date on an Imogen Cunningham Trust label affixed (mount, verso)
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$1,875
Lot 35
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Shell, 1927
signed, titled, dated, annotated by Cole Weston in pencil and credit stamp (mount, verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$6,000
Lot 38
Manuel Alvarez Bravo (1902-2002)
Frida Kahlo, 1930-1939
signed in pencil (verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 39
Diego Rivera (1886-1957)
Emmy Lou Packard and Frida Kahlo, Coyoacan, 1941
title, date, annotation and edition number in pencil (verso)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$8,125
Lot 40
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)
Sienna, Italy, 1933
signed in ink and copyright credit blindstamp (margin)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 43
Edward Steichen (1879-1973)
Late Afternoon, Venice, 1907
signed (image)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,375
Lot 48
André Kertész (1894-1985)
Chez Mondrian, Paris, 1926
signed in pencil, with Photographer's copyright credit stamp (verso)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 51
Berenice Abbott (1898-1991)
Pennsylvania Station, Interior #1, 1934
signed in pencil (mount); with Photographer's copyright credit stamp (mount, verso)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$8,125
Lot 53
Berenice Abbott (1898-1991)
Court of the 1st Model Tenement House in New York, 72nd Street and First...
title and date in ink, annotation in pencil, the Photographer's '50 Commerce St., New York City' studio label and credit stamp (verso)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,750
Lot 54
Aaron Siskind (1903-1991)
New York (Bronx I), 1950
signed, titled, dated in blue ink (margin); signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 55
Helen Levitt (1913-2009)
New York, c. 1938
signed, titled 'N.Y.' and dated in pencil (mount, verso)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 58
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946)
The Hand of Man, 1902
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 65
Edward Pfizenmaier (b. 1926)
Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York, 1954
signed, titled, dated, numbered '23/50' in pencil with Photographer's copyright credit stamp (verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$9,375
Lot 72
Louis Faurer (1916-2001)
Orchard Street, NYC, c. 1948
signed, titled, dated, annotated, with copyright credit in pencil (verso)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,000
Lot 76
Nat Finkelstein (1933-2009)
Dylan, Warhol, and Elvis, 1965
date, number '15/20', with annotation 'Finkelstein' in ink, Estate stamp; title, date, number on gallery label affixed (verso)

estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,000
Lot 79
Edward Pfizenmaier (b. 1926)
Salvador Dalí with Ocelot, St. Regis, NY, 1964
signed, titled, and dated in pencil and copyright credit stamp (verso)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,000
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