• Auction 12866

    America the Beautiful

    8 March 2016 - 17 March 2016, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 140,250 (USD)
56 Lots for Sale 12866
Lot 1
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Zabriskie Point, 1938
dated and numbered 'DV-Z-25' in pencil, with annotation 'Page 11' and other various annotations in pencil/blue crayon (verso)
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 2
Brett Weston (1911-1993)
Dunes, Oceano, c. 1950s
signed and dated by Christian Keesee in pencil in Brett Weston Estate/Archive stamp (verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$1,375
Lot 3
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Red Rock Canyon, Point Lobos, 1935-38
titled, dated and numbered 'PL-R-5G' by photographer and 'LB2028 Book 14 p. 3' in an unknown hand in pencil (verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$1,625
Lot 4
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Granite Cliff, Point Lobos, 1946
credited to Edward Weston by both Brett Weston and Dody Weston Thompson in pencil (mount, verso)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$1,625
Lot 5
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
North Dome (Cliff with seagull), Point Lobos, 1946
initialed and dated in pencil (mount, recto); numbered 'PL46-L-2' in pencil (mount, verso)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$1,875
Lot 6
Brett Weston (1911-1993)
Ice & Rock, 1950
signed and titled in ink/pencil, 'Gamma' picture agency stamp, printer's notations in unknown hands in waxed pencil (verso)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,625
Lot 8
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Dry Kelp with Pebbles, Point Lobos, 1934
credited and titled by Dody Weston Thompson in pencil (mount, verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 9
Brett Weston (1911-1993)
Tidal Pool, Point Lobos, 1975
signed and dated in pencil (mount, recto)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,500
Lot 10
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Sandstone Erosion, Point Lobos, 1942
numbered 'PL-42-R-3' in wax pencil (verso)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$2,000
Lot 11
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Tracks on Sand, Oceano, 1935
annotated and dated in unknown hand in pencil (verso)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,125
Lot 12
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Untitled (Sand and Rock Landscape), 1937
variously annotated and numbered 'RRC-2g' and dated in pencil (verso)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,500
Lot 13
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Old Tub, Humboldt Redwoods, 1939
signed and dated in pencil (mount, recto); titled and numbered in pencil (mount, verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 15
Weston, Brett (1911-1993)
Holland Canal, 1971
signed and titled in pencil (mount, recto)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 16
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Bird, Penguin, Palma, 1926
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$2,125
Lot 17
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Basket Market, Oaxaca, 1926
titled by Anita Brenner in Spanish in ink (verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$1,625
Lot 18
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Toadstool, 1934
signed, titled, dated and numbered by Cole Weston in pencil in Edward Weston credit stamp (mount, verso)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$1,875
Lot 19
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Eroded Rock, 1929
initialed and dated in pencil (mount, recto)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 20
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Power-Line Tower in Owens Valley, California, 1937
credited and titled with printer's notations in ink/pencil in unknown hands, 'TIME' and 'LIFE' stamps (verso)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$1,500
Lot 21
Charles Sheeler (1883-1965)
Copper Beech, 1948-52
signed in pencil (mount, recto); typed credit and title on copyright credit label (mount, verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$2,000
Lot 22
Wynn Bullock (1902-1975)
Death Valley, 1940
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled, dated and numbered in pencil (mount, verso)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,250
Lot 25
Doris Ulmann (1882-1934)
Stalactites, c. 1925-30
signed in pencil (mount, recto)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$750
Lot 26
Karl Struss (1886-1981)
Grand Canyon views, 1919
Three signed and dated (mount, recto); Others variously annotated, and some with estate credit stamp (verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$2,125
Lot 27
Dorothy Norman (1905-1997)
Church Steeple, Trees and Sky, Falmouth, 1937
annotated 'Dorothy Normal Estate' in an unknown hand in pencil (verso)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$1,375
Lot 28
Henry E. Gilpin (1922-2011)
Highway 1, 1963
signed in pencil (mount, recto); numbered '2-38' in ink in copyright credit date stamp (mount, verso)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 29
Henry Gilpin (1922-2011)
Dark Clouds, Dark Mountain Snow, 1980
signed in pencil (mount, recto); numbered in copyright credit date stamp (mount, verso)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,625
Lot 30
Wynn Bullock (1902-1975)
Erosion, 1959
signed and dated in ink (mount, recto); signed with address, titled, dated and numbered in ink (mount, verso)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$2,375
Lot 33
Wynn Bullock (1902-1975)
The Meadow, 1953
signed and dated in ink (mount, recto); titled, dated, numbered and inscribed 'To Chuck Peterson/Good wishes/Wynn Bullock 10/1/72'
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,187
Lot 34
Paul Strand (1890-1976)
Mullen, Georgetown, Maine, 1928
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,125
Lot 35
Paul Strand (1890-1976)
Rhododendron Hollow - Wellesley, c. 1912
signed and titled in pencil (mount, recto)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$2,500
Lot 36
Paul Strand (1890-1976)
Driftwood #1, Maine, 1928
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,500
Lot 37
Paul Strand (1890-1976)
St. Francis Church, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, 1931
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 38
Paul Strand (1890-1976)
Paul Strand: Portfolio Three
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 39
Doris Ulmann (1992-1934)
Harbor Scene, Gloucester, Massachusetts, c. 1925
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$687
Lot 40
Doris Ulmann (1882-1934)
Wooden pier (with rowboat), c. 1925-30
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$562
Lot 41
Doris Ulmann (1882-1934)
Outdoor art display, NYC, c. 1925-30
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$500
Lot 42
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Neil Asleep, 1925
signed by Cara Weston in pencil in credit/Private Collection of Cole Weston stamp (mount, verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$1,875
Lot 43
Doris Ulmann (1882-1934)
Ship Abstraction (with boy), c. 1925-30
signed in pencil (recto)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$562
Lot 44
William F. Simpson (1903-1986)
Lake Miraflores, 1935
signed in pencil (mount, recto); credit stamp (mount, verso)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$250
Lot 45
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Woodlawn Plantation House, Louisiana, 1941
signed, titled, dated and numbered by Cole Weston in pencil in Edward Weston credit stamp (mount, verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$2,750
Lot 46
John Vachon (1914-1975)
Yates Center Kansas, 1938
titled in unknown hand in pencil, F.S.A. credit stamps (verso)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$937
Lot 47
Brett Weston (1911-1993)
Clapboards and Black Windows, c. 1940s
signed and dated by Christian Keesee in pencil in Brett Weston Estate/Archive stamp (verso)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$1,375
Lot 49
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Barn and Silo, 1941
initialed and dated in pencil (mount, recto)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$2,750
Lot 50
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
False-Front House in an Abandoned Lumber Camp, Happy Valley, Albion,...
numbered 'No. B-5-' by the artist, credited, titled with printer's notations in unknown hands in ink/pencil, 'LIFE' stamp (verso)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$1,125
Lot 51
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
David McAlpin on his Estate in Princeton, New Jersey, 1941
initialed and dated in pencil (mount, recto)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 52
Paul J. Woolf (1899-1985)
Courtyard in Winter, New York City, c. 1936
credit stamp (verso)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$562
Lot 53
Minor White (1908-1976)
Cobblestone House, Avon, NY, 1958
signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,500
Lot 54
Max Yavno (1911-1985)
The City, 1947
signed in pencil (mount, recto)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$2,750
Lot 55
William E. Dassonville (1879-1957)
San Francisco views, 1910s and 1920s
one with estate stamp, others variously annotated and numbered in ink/pencil (margins, recto/verso)
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$625
Lot 56
Michael Kenna (b. 1953)
Golden Gate Bridge, Study 2, San Francisco, 1988
signed, dated and numbered '17/45' in pencil (mount, recto); signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil in copyright credit stamp (mount, verso)
estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$812
Lot 57
Robert Frank (b. 1924)
Untitled, c. 1960
signed in ink, copyright credit stamps (verso)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 58
Paul J. Woolf (1899-1985)
New York Skyline, c. 1936
credit stamp (verso)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$625
Lot 59
Paul J. Woolf (1899-1985)
New York Skyline, c. 1936
credit stamp (verso)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$500
Lot 60
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946)
Old and New New York, from Camera Work, 1910
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$1,375
Lot 61
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946)
Going to the Start from Camera Work, 1904
signed and dated in pencil (margin, recto)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$875
Lot 62
Paul Strand (1890-1976)
New York from Camera Work, 1915
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$1,062
Lot 63
Paul Strand (1890-1976)
Wall Street and five others from Camera Work no. 48, 1919
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$15,000
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