• Auction 12870

    European Modernism

    10 May 2016 - 19 May 2016, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 348,000 (USD)
117 Lots for Sale 12870
Lot 1
György Kepes (1906–2001)
Woman with Guitar, 1939
signed and dated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 28 in.)
estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 2
Lotte Jacobi (1896–1990)
Photogenic, 1946–1955
signed with stylus (recto)
image/sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.2 x 19.2 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$3,500
Lot 3
György Kepes (1906–2001)
Five photograms, late 1930s
1 signed and dated '1938' and 2 signed in pencil (verso)
each image/sheet approx.: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.) or inverse
(5)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$6,000
Lot 4
György Kepes (1906–2001)
Five photographs, c. 1940–1952
1 signed in pencil; 1 signed in pencil, and dated '1943', and numbered '12' in ink; 1 signed and annotated 'Cambridge' in pencil, and signed, dated '1949' and numbered '17' in ink; 1 signed, titled, and numbered '194' in pencil; and 1 signed, titled, and dated '1952' in pencil (verso)
each image approx.: 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (24.2 x 19.8 cm.)
each sheet approx.: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
(5)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$6,000
Lot 5
Jaroslav Rössler (1902-1990)
Untitled [Light study], 1947
signed and dated in pencil (margin)
image: 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (26.1 x 19.1 cm.)
sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (28.7 x 21 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$3,750
Lot 6
György Kepes (1906–2001)
Magnetic Fields, 1939
signed, dated, and numbered '2' in ink, signed and dated in pencil, and credited, titled, and dated in ink, with six exhibition stickers affixed (mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 19 x 15 1/2 in. (48.3 x 39.5 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$9,375
Lot 7
Christian Schad (1894-1982)
'Schadographie 18', 1960 and 'Schadographie 50a', 1962
Schadographie 18: printed credit, title, and date, and annotated in pencil (verso)
Schadographie 50a: signed, titled and dated in ink (verso)
each image/sheet approx.: 6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (15.5 x 11.5 cm.)
(2)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$625
Lot 8
André Kertész (1894–1985)
Untitled [Still life], 1979
signed, dated, and numbered '3/25' and 'Plate 13' in pencil (verso)
image: 4 x 4 in. (10.2 x 10.2 cm.)
sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.4 x 25.5 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$2,375
Lot 9
Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898–1983)
Untitled [Lichtgraphik], c. 1950
stamped photographer's copyright credit (verso)
image: 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 in. (21 x 14.4 cm.)
sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (21.3 x 14.7 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$3,500
Lot 10
Siegfried Lauterwasser (1913–2000)
Metall-Profile, c. 1950s
variously annotated and numbered in pencil/ink (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 15 1/4 x 11 1/2 in (38.8 x 29.3 cm.)
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$500
Lot 11
Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898–1983)
Mittagspause, 1932
signed and titled in ink, and stamped photographer's copyright credit and 'Galerie Wilde Köln' (verso)
image: 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (29.3 x 23.6 cm.)
sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (29.9 x 24.5 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$7,500
Lot 12
Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898–1983)
Three photographs, 1950s and various ephemera, c. 1950–1980s
each image signed, titled, and dated in ink or pencil, 2 stamped photographer's copyright credit and stamped 'Lichtgraphik' with numbers 'Fassung III/Auf. 2' and 'Fassung 2', respectively, in pencil, and 2 variously numbered in pencil (verso)
each image approx.: 15 x 11 1/2 in. (38.2 x 29.3 cm.)
each sheet approx.: 15 1/2 x 12 in. (39.5 x 30.5 cm.)
(4)
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$7,500
Lot 13
György Kepes (1906–2001)
Untitled, 1960
signed, dated and numbered 'V.P. 5' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 19 3/4 x 16 in. (50.2 x 40.7 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,125
Lot 14
György Kepes (1906–2001)
Untitled, c. 1939 and Mysterious Structure with Heart and Fetus, c. 1939
Untitled: signed in pencil and variously annotated in pencil/purple crayon, with Mills College Art Gallery typed exhibition label affixed (verso)
Mysterious Structure: variously annotated in pencil (verso)
Untitled:
image/sheet: 19 3/4 x 16 in. (50.3 x 40.7 cm.)

Mysterious Structure:
image: 22 1/8 x 15 1/4 in. (57.7 x 38.8 cm.)
sheet: 23 3/8 x 16 3/8 in. (59.4 x 41.6 cm.)
(2)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$3,750
Lot 15
György Kepes (1906–2001)
Leaf, Book, Paper Page, c. 1940
variously numbered and annotated in pencil (mount, recto); stamped '7859B' (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.)
mount: 22 x 14 1/8 in. (56 x 36 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 16
György Kepes (1906–2001)
Five photographs, 1937–1943
1 signed in pencil; 1 signed, titled, and dated '1937' in ink; 1 signed and dated '1938' in ink; 1 signed, dated '1938', and numbered '20/20' in pencil; and 1 signed and dated '1942' in pencil (verso)
image sizes ranging from: 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (17.2 x 11.5 cm.) to 9 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (24.5 x 20.1 cm.)
each sheet approx.: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
(5)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 17
György Kepes (1906–2001)
Five photographs, 1939–1974
1 signed and dated '1939' in pencil; 1 signed, titled, and dated '1950' in pencil; 1 signed and dated '1972' in pencil, and credited, titled, and dated in ink; 2 signed in pencil (verso)
each image/sheet approx.: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
(5)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$3,500
Lot 18
György Kepes (1906–2001)
Five photographs, c. 1947–1960
1 signed, titled, and dated '1949' in ink; 1 signed and dated '1957' in ink; 1 signed, dated '1959', and inscribed 'Please return/to/György Kepes' in pencil; 1 signed, titled, and dated '1960' in pencil; 1 signed and dated '1971(?)' in ink (verso)
each image approx.: 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (24.2 x 19.8 cm.)
each sheet approx.: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
(5)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,375
Lot 19
Ilse Bing (1899–1998)
Street Cleaner's Broom, Paris, 1952
signed and dated in white ink (recto); signed and dated in ink, and titled and dated in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 15 3/5 x 18 3/4 in. (40.1 x 47.7 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$2,250
Lot 20
György Kepes (1906–2001)
Waterforms, 1950
image/sheet: 20 x 16 in. (50.9 x 40.7 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,375
Lot 21
Edmund Kesting (1892–1970)
Untitled [Toy ducks], c. 1930s
stamped photographer's credit and variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 5 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (15 x 22 cm.)
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$437
Lot 22
György Kepes (1906–2001)
Five photographs, c. 1938–1947
each image/sheet approx.: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.) or inverse
(5)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 23
Miroslav Hák (1911–1978)
Two untitled aerial views, 1940s–1950s
each stamped photographer's credit (verso)
each image/sheet approx.: 5 x 7 in. (12.8 x 17.8 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$437
Lot 24
Brassaï (1899–1984)
Arbre dans le brouillard, 1932
signed in ink (recto); signed, titled, dated, and variously numbered in pencil, titled and dated in ink, and stamped photographer's '81, Rue du Faub.St-Jacques' credit three times and 'Tirage de l'Auteur' (verso)
image/sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 3/4 in. (29.6 x 22.3 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,500
Lot 25
Edmund Kesting (1892–1970)
Untitled [Spider web], 1928
signed, dated, and annotated in German in ink, and variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (29.3 x 22.6 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$1,187
Lot 26
Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898–1983)
Der Gong, 1960
signed and dated in ink, stamped photographer's credit (verso)
image: 14 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (37.9 x 29 cm.)
sheet: 15 1/8 x 11 1/2 in. (38.5 x 29.3 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $1,800

price realized
$6,875
Lot 27
Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898–1983)
The Nightmare I, 1950s
signed in ink, stamped 'HHH INVENTAR' with number 'B3818' in pencil (verso)
image: 14 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (37.5 x 28.6 cm.)
sheet: 15 x 11 1/2 in. (38.2 x 29.3 cm.)
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$9,375
Lot 28
Herbert Bayer (1900–1985)
Hands Act, 1932
image: 4 x 3 in. (10.2 x 7.7 cm.)
sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (13.7 x 8.4 cm.)
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$3,500
Lot 29
Herbert Bayer (1900–1985)
Monument, 1932
image: 5 1/8 x 3 in. (13.1 x 7.7 cm.)
sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (13.7 x 8.4 cm.)
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$4,750
Lot 30
Herbert Bayer (1900–1985)
Good Night, Marie, 1932
image: 4 1/8 x 3 in. (10.6 x 7.7 cm.)
sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (13.7 x 8.4 cm.)
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$6,875
Lot 31
Herbert Bayer (1900–1985)
Bone Breaker, 1931, and Creation, 1932
each signed and dated (in the negative)
each image: 4 x 3 in. (10.2 x 7.7 cm.)
each sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (13.7 x 8.3 cm.)

(2)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$3,000
Lot 32
Herbert Bayer (1900–1985)
Four Fotoplastiken images, 1936
3 signed (in the negative)
each image approx.: 3 x 4 in. (7.7 x 10.2 cm.) or inverse
each sheet: 3 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (8.3 x 13.7 cm.) or inverse
(4)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$8,125
Lot 33
Herbert Bayer (1900–1985)
Three Fotoplastiken images, 1936
each image approx.: 3 x 4 in. (7.7 x 10.2 cm.)
each sheet: 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (8.3 x 13.4 cm.)
(3)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$5,250
Lot 34
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Méret Oppenheim, Louis Marcoussis, 1933
stamped 'MAN RAY/31 bis RUE/CAMPAGNE/PREMIÈRE/PARIS XVIe' credit [Manford M28] (verso)
image/sheet: 5 x 6 3/4 in. (12.8 x 17.2 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$4,750
Lot 35
Various Artists
Images from the portfolio, 'Fotografie 1928–58', 1932–1958
each with typed credit, title, and date (verso)
image sizes ranging from 6 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. (17.5 x 29.9 cm.) to 11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (29.9 x 25.2 cm.) or inverse
each sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (29.9 x 25.2 cm.) or inverse
(14)
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 36
Jaromír Funke (1896–1945)
Z cyklu Cas trvá (from the portfolio, 'Fotografie 1928–58'), 1932
typed credit, title and date (verso)
image: 11 3/4 x 9 in. (29.9 x 23 cm.)
sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (29.9 x 24.8 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$687
Lot 37
Alexander Rodchenko (1891–1956)
Mena Vsekh [Change all], 1924
stamped photographer's credit, 'EDITION/ARKANA/GÖTTINGEN/1989', and edition stamped 'NO 48 VON 50', and titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (30.2 x 23.9 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$1,125
Lot 38
Jaromír Funke (1896–1945)
Homage to Matisse, 1924
signed and dated by Anna Funková, the artist's wife, in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (10.8 x 14 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$27,500
Lot 39
Adolf Lazi (1884–1955)
The Alarm Clock, c. 1934
stamped photographer's credit and annotated, variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image: 9 x 6 1/2 in. (23 x 16.6 cm.)
sheet: 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (23.6 x 16.6 cm.)
(5)
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$312
Lot 40
Herbert Bayer (1900–1985)
Arm of the Mannequin, 1928, Radpanne, 1928, and Town Hall, Aspen, Colorado,...
Radpanne signed and Town Hall signed and dated (in the negative); each signed in pencil/ink, and numbered '15/20', '15/40', and '12/20', respectively, in pencil (verso)
each image/sheet approx.: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.)
(3)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$1,375
Lot 41
Man Ray (1890–1976)
Galerie de Beaune, 1938
stamped 'PHOTOGRAPH/MAN RAY' credit [Manford M25], titled, dated, and annotated 'Coll. J. M. R.' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16.6 x 11.5 cm.)
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$2,000
Lot 42
André Kertész (1894–1985)
This first radio, invented by Branly and used by Marconi for his invention, c....
stamped photographer's 'Rue du Cotentin' copyright credit, titled in pencil in an unknown hand, and inscribed in German in pencil in another unknown hand (verso)
image/sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 in. (23.9 x 17.8 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$1,000
Lot 43
André Kertész (1894–1985)
Thomas Jefferson, Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum, 1961
typed credit and title on Art Lending Service, Museum of Modern Art label affixed (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (34.3 x 42 cm.)
mount: 20 x 24 in. (50.9 x 61 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 44
Vilem Kriz (1921–1994)
Six Surrealist images, 1946–1978
photographs: each signed and dated in ink (recto); each stamped photographer's credit with copyright date in ink, 2 dated and annotated 'Paris' in pencil (verso)
photogravure: signed, dated, and inscribed, 'To Mr. D.C. Ruttenberg,/With all my best wishes for 1983/Most Sincerely' in pencil (margin)
photographs:
each image: 13 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (34 x 26.7 cm.)
each sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.)

photogravure:
image: 13 x 10 in. (33.1 x 25.5 cm.)
sheet: 20 x 15 1/4 in. (50.9 x 38.8 cm.)
(6)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,000
Lot 45
André Kertész (1894–1985)
Wooden Horses, variation, Paris, 1929
image/sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 in. (23.9 x 17.8 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,750
Lot 46
Brassaï (1899–1984)
Une maison close, 'La Japonaises', Chez Suzy, c. 1932
image/sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 in. (22 x 15.3 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,250
Lot 47
André Kertész (1894–1985)
Distortion #61 [variant], 1933 and Distortion #124, 1933
each numbered in pencil (verso)
each image: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11.5 x 9 cm.)
each sheet approx.: 5 x 4 in. (12.8 x 10.2 cm.)
(2)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,500
Lot 48
Brassaï (1899–1984)
Two views of 'La fontaine des Quatre-Fleuves', Rome, 1950s
1 signed in pencil, stamped photographer's '81, Rue du Faub.St-Jacques' credit and copyright credit, and variously annotated in pencil; 1 stamped photographer's '81, Rue du Faub.St-Jacques' credit (verso)
each image/sheet approx.: 15 x 11 in. (38.2 x 28 cm.)
(2)
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$1,500
Lot 49
Brassaï (1899–1984)
Un costume pour deux, Bal Magic City, c. 1931
signed and dated in ink, dated and annotated, 'jeune couple amoureux, Paris' in pencil, and stamped photographer's '81, Rue du Faub.St-Jacques' credit, 'Tirage de l'Auteur', 'Photographie Originale', and copyright credit (verso)
image/sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.3 x 22.9 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$2,375
Lot 50
Brassaï (1899–1984)
Woman dressing in front of mirror, c. 1935–1939
stamped photographer's '81, Rue du Faub.St-Jacques' credit twice, variously numbered and annotated in pencil/ink (verso)
image/sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 in. (29 x 23 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$10,000
Lot 51
Miroslav Hák (1911–1978)
Various images on carte-postale, c. 1940s–1960s
each with printed credit and title, and 2 with date (verso)
each image/sheet: 5 x 7 in. (12.8 x 17.8 cm.) or inverse
(4)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$375
Lot 52
Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898–1983)
Untitled [Nude study], 1930–1936
signed in ink, stamped photographer's credit and stamped 'HHH INVENTAR' with numbers 'B6214' and 'F227675' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. (22 x 16.9 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$10,000
Lot 54
Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898–1983)
Aktmodell, 1934
signed, titled, dated in ink, and typed title, date and 'Relief-Foto/3 Negative/Auflage: 3 Exemplare' on label affixed (verso)
image: 15 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (38.8 x 29.3 cm.)
sheet: 15 5/8 x 11 3/4 in. (39.8 x 29.9 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$2,000
Lot 55
František Drtikol (1883–1961)
Untitled [Gymnast], 1920s
stamped 'DRTIKOL - PRAGUE BROMOGRAFIA PODĚBRADY' credit (recto); numbered '2' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (23.2 x 17.5 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$750
Lot 57
Herbert List (1903–1975)
Mise en scène with George Hoyningen–Huene, Glyfada, Greece, 1939
Estate stamped, signed by Peer-Olaf Richter, Executor, and numbered 'S-GR-GLY-0001B' in pencil (verso)
image: 11 1/4 x 9 in. (28.6 x 23 cm.)
sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (29.6 x 23.6 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$1,375
Lot 58
Brassaï (1899–1984)
L'union des artistes au Cirque d'Hiver, c. 1938
signed, titled, dated, and variously numbered in pencil, and stamped photographer's '81, Rue du Faub.St-Jacques' credit (verso)
image/sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 in. (22.6 x 17.8 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$1,750
Lot 59
František Drtikol (1883–1961)
Five portraits of actors, c. 1920s
1 credited '2 DRTIKOL - PRAGUE BROMOGRAFIA PODĚBRADY' and titled 'O. Scheinpflugová' (in the negative); 3 blindstamped photographer's copyright credit (recto); 1 signed, dated '1923' in pencil and annotated in Czech, titled 'Ervina Kupferova' in ink (mount, recto); 1 credited and annotated in pencil (verso)
overall dimensions range from 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (14.7 x 21.7 cm.) to 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (29.9 x 21 cm.)
(5)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,500
Lot 60
André Kertész (1894–1985)
Colette, Paris, 1930 and Colette, Nuits St. George, Bourgogne, 1930
Colette, Paris titled and dated ink and Colette, Nuits St. George, Bourgogne titled and dated in pencil, with 'ANDRE KERTESZ' credit stamp (verso)
Colette, Paris:
image/sheet: 3 3/4 x 4 3/8 in. (9.6 x 11.2 cm.)

Colette, Nuits St. George, Bourgogne:
image: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.2 x 19.1 cm.)
sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (24.8 x 19.8 cm.)
(2)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,500
Lot 61
André Kertész (1894–1985
Comtesse de Noailles, c. 1930
titled and dated '1920s' in an unknown hand in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (24.8 x 18.8 cm.)
mount: 12 3/4 x 10 in. (32.5 x 25.5 cm.)
(3)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,375
Lot 63
Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898–1983)
Risa Sattler, 1928–1930
signed and titled in ink, stamped photographer's credit, copyright, and 'HHH INVENTAR' with number 'B22317' in pencil (verso)
image: 9 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (23.9 x 17.5 cm.)
sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (24.5 x 18.2 cm.)
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$12,500
Lot 64
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
Mayfair nursery; child with nanny, 1936
image/sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (24.8 x 19.8 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$1,875
Lot 65
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
The Women, c. 1936
stamped photographer's credit, titled and variously numbered in green pencil, and annotated 'The English at Home' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (24.5 x 19.8 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$1,625
Lot 66
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
Chambermaid, c. 1935
stamped photographer's credit, titled in ink, reproduction limitation on typed label affixed, and 'PHOTO RESEARCHERS, INC.' on typed label affixed (verso)
image/sheet: 9 x 7 3/4 in. (22.9 x 19.8 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$1,375
Lot 67
Man Ray (1890-1976)
Juliet outdoors, c. 1940
annotated 'Juliet Studio' and numbered 'p. 476' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 2 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (7 x 10.5 cm.)
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$1,625
Lot 68
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
Mayfair, 1938
stamped photographer's credit (verso)
image/sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (24.5 x 19.8 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$1,875
Lot 69
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
York Villa, Bath, c. 1935
stamped photographer's credit and titled in ink (verso)
image/sheet: 7 3/4 x 9 in. (19.8 x 23 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$2,000
Lot 70
Brassaï (1899–1984)
Parade d'un spectacle de danse Foraine avec Conchita devant ses admirateurs,...
stamped photographer's '81, Rue du Faub.St-Jacques' credit, and titled, dated, and variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 3/8 in. (23.2 x 29 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$3,000
Lot 71
Brassaï (1899–1984)
Café entrance, c. 1932
stamped photographer's 'Photo Brassaï/Copyright By/Gyula Halasz/74, rue de la Glacière' copyright credit (verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (23.2 x 17.5 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,875
Lot 72
Brassaï (1899–1984)
Orchestre Noir, Bal Nègre, Rue Blomet, c. 1932
stamped photographer's '81, Rue du Faub.St-Jacques' credit twice, and titled and inscribed with credit and print date authentication by Gilberte Brassaï, the artist's wife, in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 in. (16.6 x 23 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$3,000
Lot 73
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
Harrow Garden Party, 1928
stamped photographer's credit (verso)
image/sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$2,375
Lot 74
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
In a Kensington drawing-room after dinner, 1937
credited in pencil, stamped 'from RAPHO GUILLUMETTE PICTURES', and variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image: 9 x 7 3/4 in. (22.9 x 19.8 cm.)
sheet: 9 1/4 x 8 in. (23.5 x 20.4 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$1,875
Lot 75
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
Race-goers, 1931
stamped photographer's credit, and titled, dated, and numbered 'P. 65' in pencil (verso)
image: 9 x 7 3/4 in. (22.9 x 19.8 cm.)
sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$2,000
Lot 76
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
Alec Guinness, 1952
titled in pencil (recto); stamped photographer's credit, titled in pencil (verso)
image: 9 x 7 3/4 in. (23 x 19.8 cm.)
sheet: 10 1/8 x 8 in. (25.8 x 20.4 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$1,125
Lot 77
Man Ray (1890–1976)
Portrait of Russell H. Greeley, 1922
initialed, dated, and annotated 'Paris' in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 3 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (9 x 11.8 cm.)
mount: 13 3/8 x 10 in. (34 x 25.5 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$687
Lot 78
František Drtikol (1883–1961) and company
Five portraits, c. 1910–1930
1 credited '31 DRTIKOL - PRAGUE BROMOGRAFIA PODĚBRADY' and titled 'E. Vojan', and 1 credited '29 DRTIKOL - PRAGUE BROMOGRAFIA PODĚBRADY' and titled 'J. Suk' (in the negative); 1 blindstamped 'DRTIKOL & POL PRAHA 1919' (margin); 1 signed and dated '1911' in ink (recto); 2 variously annotated, numbered in pencil (verso)
each image/sheet approx.: 9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 27.9 cm.)
(5)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$2,375
Lot 79
André Kertész (1894–1985)
Futurist Ballet Company, 1928, André Lhote, 1928, and Mme Jean Hugo, 1930
each titled and dated in ink (verso)
each image/sheet approx.: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (9 x 11.5 cm)
(3)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$937
Lot 80
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
Osbert and Edith Sitwell at Renishaw [under the Sargent painting of the...
stamped photographer's credit, and titled in ink (verso)
image: 9 x 7 3/8 in. (22.9 x 18.8 cm.)
sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (25.6 x 19.8 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$3,750
Lot 81
Brassaï (1899–1984)
Fête Foraine - un couple, 1932–1933
signed, titled, and dated in pencil, stamped photographer's '81, Rue du Faub. St-Jacques' credit twice, and variously annotated and numbered with copyright insignia in ink (verso)
image/sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 in. (23.9 x 17.9 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$625
Lot 82
Brassaï (1899–1984)
Colloque à Madrid, 1952–1953
signed and titled in pencil, and stamped photographer's '81, Rue du Faub.-St-Jacques' credit, copyright credit, and 'Tirage de l'Auteur' (verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/4 x 6 7/8 in. (23.5 x 17.5 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$5,000
Lot 83
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
Malcolm Muggeridge, 1966
stamped photographer's credit, and titled, variously numbered and annotated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 x 7 3/4 in. (23 x 19.8 cm.)

estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$437
Lot 84
László Moholy–Nagy (1895–1946)
Salmon Fisher, Finland, 1930
signed, titled in German, and numbered '70h' in pencil, and stamped photographer's credit (verso)
image/sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 in. (23.9 x 17.9 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,500
Lot 85
Rudolf Koppitz (1884–1936)
Four images on carte-postale, 1930s
each blindstamped photographer's credit and 2 titled in pencil (margin); each stamped photographer's 'Prof. R. Koppitz, Photo-Werkstätte' address credit and copyright, and each numbered in pencil (verso)
each image: approx. 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (10.9 x 9.6 cm.)
each sheet: 6 x 3 7/8 in. (15.3 x 9.9 cm.)
(4)
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$687
Lot 86
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
Pimlico, Victoria bus station [shelter], November 1940
stamped photographer's credit, and titled, dated, and variously numbered in ink (verso)
image: 9 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (23.2 x 19.5 cm.)
sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 5/8 in. (25.6 x 19.5 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$3,000
Lot 87
Gianni Berengo Gardin (b. 1930)
Espagne, c. 1960
stamped photographer's copyright credit, and titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 3/4 in. (23.2 x 29.9 cm.)
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$687
Lot 88
Josef Bartuska (1898–1963)
Untitled [scarecrow, gas mask], c. 1938
image: 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (18.2 x 12.1 cm.)
sheet: 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (21 x 13.8 cm.)
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$562
Lot 89
Lotte Jacobi (1896–1990)
Berlin, the Wall, 1927–1935
signed with stylus (recto); titled in ink (mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (25.2 x 19.8 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,125
Lot 90
Brassaï (1899–1984)
L'Enfant le Plus Gros du Monde, c. 1932
image/sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 in. (17.2 x 23 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$2,500
Lot 91
Ilse Bing (1899–1998)
Patrice devant une colonne Morris, Paris, 1952
signed and dated in ink (verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 19 3/4 x 15 3/5 in. (50.2 x 40.1 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,750
Lot 92
Brassaï (1899–1984)
Le Professeur D. sur les quais de la Seine, 1930s
stamped photographer's '81, Rue du Faub.St-Jacques' credit, and titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 x 6 7/8 in. (23 x 17.5 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$812
Lot 94
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
London, 1936
stamped photographer's credit (verso)
image: 9 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (23.6 x 19.8 cm.)
sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$1,750
Lot 95
Sabine Weiss (B. 1924)
Untitled [Lyon], c. 1950
signed and variously numbered in pencil, stamped photographers credit (verso)
image/sheet: 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (39.5 x 29.9 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$1,625
Lot 96
André Kertész (1894–1985)
Vacance en Bretagne, 1927
image: 3 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. (8 x 10.8 cm.)
sheet: 3 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. (8.7 x 13.1 cm.)
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$3,500
Lot 97
André Kertész (1894–1985)
Untitled [Children at play on rooftops, Paris], late 1920s
stamped photographer's 'Rue du Cotentin' copyright credit (verso)
image/sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (22.3 x 17.2 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,875
Lot 98
Miroslav Hák (1911–1978)
Pasáž, 1966
signed in pencil, stamped photographer's credit, titled in Czech and dated in ink (verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 in. (23.6 x 17.8 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$375
Lot 99
Josef Bartuska (1898–1963)
Untitled [flying kites], 1930s
image/sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 in. (23.9 x 17.9 cm.)
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$375
Lot 100
Ilse Bing (1899–1998)
Tour Eiffel, vue du pont de Bir-Hakeim, Paris, 1932
stamped photographer's credit and date (mount, recto); stamped photographer's credit and date (verso)
image/sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 in. (22.3 x 28 cm.)
mount: 13 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (35 x 42 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$6,250
Lot 101
Paul Wolff (1887–1951)
Untitled [Winter Olympics, Garmisch-Partenkirchen], 1936
stamped photographer's credit and numbered '1207/45' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (23.6 x 16.6 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$812
Lot 102
Brassaï (1899–1984)
Le Baiser, c. 1935-1937
signed and dated in ink in Société Paris-Publications press stamp, stamped photographer's '81, Rue du Faub.St-Jacques' credit, and numbered 'No 3' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 x 7 in. (23 x 17.9 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$1,875
Lot 103
Herbert Bayer (1900–1985)
Ober Bayern, 1931, and Contact #31, 1935
Ober Bayern: signed in ink, numbered '15/20' and variously otherwise numbered in pencil (verso)
Contact #31: signed, dated, numbered '31' and variously otherwise numbered in pencil (flush mount, verso)
Ober Bayern:
image/sheet: 10 x 15 in. (25.5 x 38.2 cm.)

Contact #31:
image/sheet/flush mount: 8 3/8 x 7 in. (21.3 x 17.8 cm.)
(2)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$1,062
Lot 104
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
Early morning in Piccadilly Circus, 1930s
stamped photographer's credit, and titled, annotated 'Shadow of Light/London before the war' and variously numbered in ink (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (22 x 18.8 cm.)
mount: 9 x 7 5/8 in. (22.9 x 19.4 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$1,750
Lot 105
Ilse Bing (1899–1998)
Photographie et Pianos, Paris, 1952
signed twice and dated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.7 x 50.5 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,500
Lot 106
Herbert Matter (1907-1984)
Untitled photomontage, c. 1938
image/sheet: 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (37.5 x 29.3 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$3,500
Lot 107
Václav Chochola (1923–2005)
Housle [Violin], 1956
signed, titled, and dated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 12 x 9 3/8 in. (30.6 x 23.9 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$625
Lot 108
André Kertész (1894–1985)
Stairs with Children, Paris, 1933
stamped photographer's 'Rue du Cotentin' copyright credit (verso)
image/sheet: 7 x 9 3/8 in. (17.9 x 23.9 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$3,500
Lot 109
Jaromír Funke (1896–1945)
Reflections, 1931
stamped credit, title, date and 'UPM' [Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague], 'Press CTK Foto' (verso)
image: 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (26.7 x 19.8 cm.)
sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (29.3 x 20.7 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$2,750
Lot 110
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
Untitled [Auto repair shop], late 1950s
stamped photographer's credit and numbered '35' in pencil, with affixed 'Michel Tournier' collection label (verso)
image/sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (22.6 x 19.8 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$250
Lot 111
Miroslav Hák (1911–1978)
Plynojem, 1945
stamped photographer's credit, titled and dated in ink (verso)
image: 3 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. (9 x 12.5 cm.)
sheet: 3 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (9 x 16.3 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$250
Lot 112
André Kertész (1894–1985)
Canal de la Villette, late 1920s
stamped photographer's 'Rue du Cotentin' copyright credit and titled in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (17.5 x 23.9 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,875
Lot 113
Ilse Bing (1899–1998)
Flaque d'eau, rue de Vaurigard, Paris, 1952
signed and dated in ink (recto); signed and dated in ink twice (mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 17 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (44.9 x 40.1 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$2,250
Lot 114
Ilse Bing (1899–1998)
All of Paris in a Box, 1952
signed, titled, and dated in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 15 3/4 x 19 in. (40.1 x 48.4 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$1,875
Lot 115
Brassaï (1899–1984)
Les balayeurs au jardin du Luxembourg, 1930s
stamped photographer's '81, Rue du Faub.St-Jacques' credit twice, and titled, dated, and variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.7 x 28 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$2,375
Lot 117
Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897-1966)
Esche an einem Bayerischen See, 1959
stamped photographer's credit, and titled, dated, and numbered '27' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 14 3/4 x 11 in. (37.5 x 28 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$812
Lot 118
Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897–1966)
Gymnocalycium sutterianum, c. 1924
stamped copyright and 'Folkwang-Auriga Verlag', titled and variously annotated in pencil, annotated 'Aus Haage, Die Welt der Pflanze, Band III' ['For Haage, The World of plants, Volume III'] in ink (verso)
image: 9 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (23.3 x 16.9 cm.)
sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 in. (24.2 x 17.9 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$687
Lot 119
Josef Ehm (1909-1989)
Kaktusy [Cacti], c. 1935
signed in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 15 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (38.8 x 28.7 cm.)
mount: 19 x 13 1/2 in. (48.3 x 34.4 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$500
Lot 120
Jaroslav Krupka (1884-1947)
Water Lily Pads, 1920s
variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image: 11 x 14 7/8 in. (28 x 38 cm.)
sheet: 11 1/8 x 15 in. (28.4 x 38.2 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$312
Lot 121
Ilse Bing (1899–1998)
Views of Germany, Switzerland, and Lake Victoria, 1929-1930
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 122
Bill Brandt (1904–1983)
Oakworth Moor, Yorkshire, 1944
stamped photographer's credit, and variously numbered in pencil/ink (verso)
image: 9 x 7 7/8 in. (22.9 x 20.1 cm.)
sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$2,250
The currency conversion rates on Christies.com are updated daily. Any conversion of a pre-sale estimate or price realized into a currency different from that of the saleroom site is solely for your convenience. Errors may occur in such conversion and currencies fluctuate. We do not accept liability for such errors or fluctuations or for any reliance you or others may have on the converted currency amounts. All purchase must be made in the currency of the country where the saleroom is located.