• Auction 14946

    Photographs: The Classics

    30 March 2017 - 11 April 2017, ECommerce

    SALE TOTAL: 204,625 (USD)
35 Lots for Sale 14946
Lot 2
ELLIOTT ERWITT (B. 1928)
Paris, 1989
signed in ink (margin); signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image: 12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.8 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.9 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 4
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954
signed in ink and embossed photographer's copyright credit (margin); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (35.9 x 24.1 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 12 in. (40.7 x 30.5 cm.)
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$20,000
Lot 6
IMRE KINSZKI (1901–1945)
Untitled (Train and tracks), c. 1930
credited in pencil and variously stamped and annotated in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 in. (29.8 x 20.4 cm.)
mount: 17 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (43.9 x 33.6 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 7
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Evening Clouds, East Side of the Sierra Nevada, California, c. 1962
signed in ink (mount, recto); titled in ink in photographer's Carmel credits [BMFA 7 and 8] and stamped 'Property of Polaroid' and 'Photograph by Photographic Service Group' (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. (50.2 x 38.8 cm.)
mount: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$8,125
Lot 8
ÉDOUARD BOUBAT (1923-1999)
Le pont de Brooklyn, New York, 1982
signed in ink (margin); titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image: 9 ½ x 14 1/8 in. (24 x 36 cm.)
sheet: 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.5 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $4,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 11
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
Nightview, New York at Night, Empire State Building, 1932
signed in pencil (mount, recto); stamped photographer's credit (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 13 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. (33.4 x 26.8 cm.)
mount: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.7 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 13
WILLIAM KLEIN (B. 1928)
Broadway and 103rd Street, New York, 1954–1955
signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image: 12 x 8 3/4 in. (30.5 x 22.3 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 12 in. (40.7 x 30.5 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 14
WILLIAM KLEIN (B. 1928)
St. Patrick's Day, Fifth Avenue, New York, 1954-1955
signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image: 8 1/8 x 12 in. (20.6 x 30.5 cm.)
sheet: 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.7 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 15
LEONARD FREED (1929–2006)
Harlem, New York, 1963
signed, titled, dated and annotated 'vintage print', 'this size = unique' in pencil, stamped 'Freed-Magnum' copyright credit and 'vintage print', printer's notations in pencil/ink (verso)
image: 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (24.2 x 16.2 cm.)
sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 17
WILLIAM KLEIN (B. 1928)
Blacks horsing around + Pepsi, Harlem, New York, 1955
signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image: 12 1/2 x 18 in. (31.8 x 45.8 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.9 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 19
HELEN LEVITT (1913–2009)
New York, c. 1940
signed, titled, dated and annotated 'toned' in pencil (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (18.1 x 25.7 cm.)
sheet: 11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.7 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 22
GEORGE TICE (B. 1938)
Strand Theater, Keyport, New Jersey, 1973
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled, date of image and of print, and annotated 'selenium' in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 15 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. (39.4 x 48.9 cm.)
mount: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,250
Lot 25
IRVING PENN (1917–2009)
Aaron Copland, 1946
signed, titled, dated, numbered '13054 P-29' and inscribed 'For RR with [heart symbol]' in ink and stamped photographer's copyright credits (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (36.2 x 29.9 cm.)
mount: 19 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. (50.1 x 39.4 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$11,250
Lot 27
ARNOLD NEWMAN (1918-2006)
Igor Stravinsky, 1946
signed, titled and dated in pencil (margin)
image: 9 ½ x 18 5/8 in. (24.1 x 47.3 cm.)
sheet: 15 ¾ x 20 in. (40 x 50.8 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 28
ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894–1985)
Chez Mondrian, Paris, 1926
stamped photographer's Estate copyright credit (verso)
image: 9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (24.8 x 18.9 cm.)
sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 29
HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)
David Hockney, piscine royale, from the series 'Private Property, Suite I',...
signed in pencil and copyright stamp from the portfolio ‘Helmut Newton Private Property’ numbered 'print 14, suite I, edition n° 20' in pencil (verso)
image: 14 ¼ x 9 ½ in. (36.3 x 24 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.3 cm.)
estimate
$4,500 - $5,500

price realized
$6,875
Lot 30
MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Paul Éluard, 1930s
signed in ink (margin); inscribed 'to Rosamond/ for/ nothing/ et for all/ Paul' in ink (recto)
image: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (13.4 x 8.9 cm.)
sheet: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (14 x 8.9 cm.)
mount: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.2 x 19.1 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 31
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Henri Matisse, Vence, France, 1944
signed in ink and embossed photographer's copyright credit (margin)
image: 11 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (29.9 x 45.1 cm.)
sheet: 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (40.4 x 50.5 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$8,750
Lot 32
BRASSAÏ (1899-1984)
L'atelier de Picasso, Paris, 1932
dated and inscribed in ink, photographer's stamp 'Rue du Faubourg St Jacques' (verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/8 x 7 in. (23.3 x 18 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $4,000

price realized
$3,500
Lot 33
BRASSAÏ (1899-1984)
L'atelier de Picasso, portraits de Dora Maar, Paris, 1943
dated and inscribed in ink, photographer's stamp 'Rue du Faubourg St Jacques' (verso)
image/sheet: 9 ¼ x 7 in. (23.5 x 17.7 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $4,000

price realized
$2,750
Lot 37
BILL BRANDT (1904–1983)
Horsefair at Galway, 1950
titled in ink (margin); stamped photographer's credit and '00491', annotated 'photography year book' and printer's notations in pencil (verso)
image: 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (21 x 18.5 cm.)
sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (23.5 x 18.5 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 39
ELLIOTT ERWITT (B. 1928)
Florida Keys, 1968
signed in ink (margin)
image: 22 x 14 3/4 in. (55.9 x 37.5 cm.)
sheet: 23 7/8 x 20 in. (60.6 x 50.6 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,500
Lot 43
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Paris, 1932
signed in ink and embossed photographer's copyright credit (margin); credited, titled 'Budapest' and dated '1932' on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (35.9 x 24.5 cm.)
sheet: 15 7/8 x 12 in. (40.3 x 30.5 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 45
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Calle Cuauhtemoctzin, Mexico City, 1934-1935
signed in ink and embossed photographer's copyright credit (margin); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (35.9 x 24.2 cm.)
sheet: 15 7/8 x 12 in. (40.4 x 30.5 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 46
LEON LEVINSTEIN (1910–1988)
Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1975
stamped photographer's credit and titled 'A Homosexual at the Mardi Gras New Orleans' in ink (verso)
image: 13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (33.7 x 24.9 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 47
LEON LEVINSTEIN (1910–1988)
Untitled, 1960s–1970s
stamped photographer's credits (verso)
image/sheet: 13 x 8 5/8 in. (33.1 x 21.9 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 49
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON(1908–2004)
Jerusalem, 1967
signed in ink and embossed photographer's copyright credit (margin)
image: 9 1/2 x 14 in. (24.1 x 35.5 cm.)
sheet: 12 x 15 3/4 in. (30.5 x 40 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 52
ALLEN GINSBERG (1926–1997)
Peter Orlovsky, Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, Tangier,...
signed in pencil by Bob Rosenthal, Trustee, in photographer's Trust credit with 'this photograph was printed before 4/5/97 under the supervision of Allen Ginsberg', stamped photographer's copyright credit and 'PHOTO INFORMATION' with date and various numbers in pencil and numbered '14/14' in pencil (verso)
image: 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (19.1 x 29.2 cm.)
sheet: 11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.7 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 55
LILLIAN BASSMAN (1917-2012)
Barbara Mullen, Ritz Hotel, Paris, Harpers Bazaar, April, 1949
signed, titled, date of image and of print, numbered '3/25' with copyright credit in pencil (verso)
image: 14 ¼ x 18 ½ in. (36.2 x 47 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.6 x 50.5 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$5,625
Lot 56
RUTH BERNHARD (1905-2006)
Abstract Torso, 1947
signed in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ in. (24.7 x 19.7 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 59
ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)
Underwater Swimmer, Esztergom, 1917
signed in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 7 x 9 5/8 in. (17.8 x 24.4 cm.)
mount: 13 ¼ x 16 5/8 in. (33.7 x 39.6 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 60
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
The Atlantic, Schoodic Point, Acadia National Park, Maine, 1949–1950
signed in pencil (mount, recto); stamped Portfolio Two credit with number '14 of Set No. 55' in red pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (18.1 x 24.1 cm.)
mount: 13 7/8 x 18 in. (35.3 x 45.8 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 62
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Trailside, near Juneau, Alaska, 1947
signed in ink (mount, recto); stamped photographer's Carmel credits [BMFA 7 and 8] with title in ink, date and number '97' in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 16 1/8 x 12 in. (41 x 30.5 cm.)
mount: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 63
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite National Park, California,...
signed in ink (mount, recto); stamped Special Edition credit with title and print number '1013' of S.E.Y. number '5' in ink (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (19.7 x 24.8 cm.)
mount: 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (34.3 x 42 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 64
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
In Mono Creek Canyon, 1929
signed 'Ansel E. Adams' and numbered '7' in pencil (margin)
image: 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (14 x 19.7 cm.)
sheet: 9 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (24.8 x 30.2 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$3,750
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