30 Lots for Sale 15578
Lot 101
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
The Steerage, 1907
titled in pencil (margin); credited, titled and annotated 'vellum paper appeared in "291" regular edition' and 'purchased from O'Keeffe Oct. 1948/ American Place' in pencil (verso)
image: 13 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. (33.2 x 26.6 cm.)
sheet: 18 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (46.3 x 32 cm.)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$18,750
Lot 103
ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984)
Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California,...
signed in pencil (mount, recto); signed in ink, stamped photographer's San Francisco credit [BMFA 4] with title and date '1926' in ink, and credited, titled on affixed Museum of Modern Art exhibition label (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.2 cm.)
mount: 18 x 14 in. (45.8 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$40,000
Lot 105
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
The Letter Box, 1894
printed copyright credit with date '1895' (margin); annotated 'gift of Dorothy Norman, 1963' with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamp (verso)
image: 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (19.6 x 14.5 cm.)
sheet: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.7 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,375
Lot 106
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Greta Garbo, 1928
variously numbered in pencil/red pencil/black ink (flush mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 16 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (42.5 x 34.2 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$8,125
Lot 107
MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Lilies, 1925
annotated 'negatif' in red ink (recto); titled, dated, annotated 'use negative' and variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29 x 22.9 cm)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$22,500
Lot 108
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Empire State Building, 1936
signed and dated in white ink (recto)
image/sheet: 7 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. (19.6 x 28.3 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,500
Lot 109
CONSTANTIN BRÂNCUȘI (1876–1957)
Princesse X, 1916
blindstamped photographer's credit (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 8 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. (22.5 x 17.2 cm.)
mount: 18 1/2 x 15 in. (47 x 38 cm.)
estimate
$60,000 - $80,000

price realized
$100,000
Lot 110
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Rodin – Le Penseur, 1902
signed and dated in Roman numerals (in the negative); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (flush mount, verso)
image: 10 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. (27.2 x 32.7 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 11 x 13 in. (27.8 x 33 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$18,750
Lot 112
PAUL STRAND (1890–1976)
Photographs of Mexico
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$25,000
Lot 114
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
E. Gordon Craig, 1913
credited, titled and dated in pencil (paper backing, recto); credited, titled and dated on affixed Witkin Gallery label (mat, verso)
image: 8 x 6 3/8 in. (20.3 x 16.2 cm.)
sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (30 x 21.5 cm.)
backing: 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (29.8 x 20.9 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,500
Lot 116
ANNE BRIGMAN (1869–1950)
Untitled, c. 1910
signed 'Annie W. Brigman' in ink (recto); signed 'Annie W. Brigman' in pencil (margin); credited, titled 'rocks, surf, with/ woman at right/ sitting on rocks' in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamp (verso)
image: 6 1/8 x 8 in. (15.5 x 20.2 cm.)
sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (16.5 x 21.5 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 121
ALVIN LANGDON COBURN (1882–1966)
Notre Dame, 1906
credited, titled and numbered '#21' in pencil (secondary mount, verso)
image: 8 x 6 3/8 in. (20.3 x 16.1 cm.)
sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (20.9 x 17.1 cm.)
mounts: 11 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (28.9 x 20 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,500
Lot 126
EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)
Violet Romer, 1915
signed 'Weston' in ink (recto); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 in. (24.1 x 17.8 cm.)
primary mount: 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (26.6 x 19 cm.)
secondary mount: 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.5 x 24.1 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 128
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
Three images from Picturesque Bits of New York And Other Studies,...
On the Seine, Near Paris, 1894
credited, titled and annotated in an unknown hand in pencil (verso)
image: 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (12.4 x 19.9 cm.)
sheet: 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (57 x 44.4 cm.)

A Wet Day on the Boulevard, Paris, 1894
printed copyright credit with date '1897' (margin); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, verso)
image: 6 x 11 1/4 in. (15.2 x 28.5 cm.)
sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 1/2 in. (22.5 x 34.2 cm.)

Scurrying Home, 1896
printed copyright credit with date '1897' (margin)
image: 7 x 5 7/8 in. (17.8 x 14.9 cm.)
sheet: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.7 cm.)

The portfolio Picturesque Bits of New York and Other Studies is an edition of twenty-five.

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estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$5,625
Lot 129
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
Winter, Fifth Avenue, 1893
printed copyright credit with date '1897' (margin)
image: 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (29.8 x 22.2 cm.)
sheet: 17 x 14 in. (43 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$22,500
Lot 132
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Bee on a Sunflower, from Sunflowers Seed to Seed,...
variously numbered in ink/pencil (flush mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, verso)
image: 13 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (33.9 x 26.9 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 13 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. (35.2 x 27.3 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 134
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
Equivalent [26 E], 1930
annotated in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (19.3 x 24 cm.)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$15,000
Lot 136
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
Abraham Walkowitz, Lake George, 1916
credited and variously numbered in pencil (verso); credited, titled and dated 'c. 1915' on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, inside)
image: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.4 x 19.3 cm.)
sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (24.7 x 19.6 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 138
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Charlie Chaplin, New York, 1925
credited, titled, dated and annotated 'Please return to the Dept. of/ Photography/ The Museum of Modern Art, /New York' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (23.5 x 18.7 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 139
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Self Portrait with Photographic Paraphernalia, 1929
image: 13 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (34.7 x 23.5 cm.)
sheet: 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (35 x 24.2 cm.)
mount: 18 5/8 x 13 1/2 in. (47.4 x 34.3 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 143
ANTON BRUEHL (1900–1982)
Young Girls of the Pueblo, 1932
credited and annotated '[gift of Samuel Kootz, 1942]' in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp (mount, verso); credited, titled, dated in pencil with a second Permanent Collection stamp (mat, verso)
image: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.4 x 19.3 cm.)
sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
mount: 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (26.6 x 21.5 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,875
Lot 146
EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)
Rock Erosion, Point Lobos, 1935
credited, titled, dated, variously numbered and annotated 'Gift of Albert M. Bender' in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (24.1 x 19.3 cm.)
mount: 16 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. (41.3 x 34.2 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$13,750
Lot 148
CHARLES SHEELER (1883–1965)
Six West African Figures, c. 1917
credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (19 x 23.5 cm.)
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 149
WALKER EVANS (1903–1975)
Truck and Sign, 1930
image: 5 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (13 x 24.1 cm.)
sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.4 x 25.5 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 151
WALKER EVANS (1903–1975)
Main Street, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1931
variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (20.9 x 16.5 cm.)
sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$9,375
Lot 152
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
Grand Ticino interior, Thompson Street, 1940s
stamped photographer's Commerce Street credit and credited, titled and dated 'N.D.' in an unknown hand in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (24 x 18.7 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 155
ALVIN LANGDON COBURN (1882–1966)
Vortograph, c. 1917
credited, titled '"Vortograph" [Abstraction] #2', dated and variously numbered in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 7 7/8 x 6 in. (19.9 x 15.2 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$43,750
Lot 156
ALVIN LANGDON COBURN (1882–1966)
Vortograph, 1917
credited, titled and variously annotated/numbered in pencil (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art labels (mat, interior and verso)
image/sheet: 8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.2 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$23,750
Lot 157
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Chrysler and Daily News from Rockefeller Center, 1936
signed and dated in ink (recto); signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image: 13 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (33.6 x 49.5 cm.)
sheet: 15 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (40 x 49.5 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 158
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
View from Rockefeller Center, 1936
signed and dated in ink (recto); signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image: 13 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (34.9 x 49.5 cm.)
sheet: 15 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (40 x 49.5 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,750
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