• Auction 18987

    From Pictorialism into Modernism: 80 Years of Photography

    30 April 2020 - 13 May 2020, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 301,250 (USD)
84 Lots for Sale 18987
Lot 2
LOUIS-AUGUSTE BISSON AND AUGUSTE-ROSALIE BISSON (1814–1876 AND 1826–1900)
Palace with clock tower (from Architectural images, Europe),...
blindstamped photographers' monogram in red (recto); stamped photographers' credit in blue (mount, verso)
image: 14 x 18 in. (35.5 x 45.7 cm.)
mount: 18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.8 cm.)
estimate
$950 - $1,200

price realized
$625
Lot 4
A. BOULLAND
La Bourgogne Monumentale & Pittoresque
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$1,500
Lot 5
NIÉPCE DE SAINT-VICTOR (1805–1870) and MAYER FRÈRES (photography firm active
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor Napoleon III), early 1850s
signed and inscribed by Niépce de Saint-Victor in pencil (mount, recto); lithographed ‘heliographie sur acier / DE MR NIÉPCE DE ST. VICTOR’ and ‘Terminé par A. Riffaut’ and ‘Photographie Mayer Frères’ (margin)
image: approximately 7 ¼ x 5 ¾ in. (18.3 x 14.5 cm.)
sheet: 9 ¼ x 6 5/8 in. (23.5 x 16.8 cm.)
mount: approximately 18 ¾ x 13 ¾ in. (47.5 x 34.9 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $4,000

price realized
$1,000
Lot 6
NIÉPCE DE SAINT-VICTOR (1805–1870) and MAYER FRÈRES (photography firm active
Eugénie de Montijo (Empress Eugénie), early 1850s
signed and inscribed by Niépce de Saint-Victor in pencil (mount, recto); lithographed ‘heliographie sur acier / DE MR NIÉPCE DE ST. VICTOR’ and ‘Terminé par A. Riffaut’ (margin)
image: approximately 7 ¼ x 5 ¾ in. (18.3 x 14.5 cm.)
sheet: 9 ¼ x 6 5/8 in. (23.5 x 16.8 cm.)
mount: approximately 18 ¾ x 13 ¾ in. (47.5 x 34.9 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $4,000

price realized
$875
Lot 7
GERTRUDE KÄSEBIER (1852–1934)
Eulabee Dix Becker, 1906
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled, dated and numbered '6.SC' in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 8 x 6 in. (20.2 x 15.2 cm.)
mount: 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (24.1 x 17.1 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$625
Lot 8
ANNE BRIGMAN (1869–1950)
Untitled (Woman seated under tree), 1912
credited and annotated 'woman seated on/ rock under trees. Woman/ has boots on' in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamp (verso)
image/sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (18 x 24.4 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$625
Lot 9
ANNE BRIGMAN (1869–1950)
Untitled, c. 1910
signed 'Annie W. Brigman' in ink (recto); credited, titled '[woman standing in/ rocky glen drinking]' in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamp (verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (24 x 15.8 cm.)
mount: 10 x 6 3/4 in. (25.4 x 17.1 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$1,375
Lot 10
ANNE BRIGMAN (1869–1950)
Untitled (Woman sitting on rock), c. 1910
credited and titled in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamp (verso)
image/sheet: 4 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (11.4 x 15.5 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$625
Lot 11
ANNE BRIGMAN (1869–1950)
Untitled, c. 1910
titled 'woman seated on/ wool covered rock/ full figure profile' in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamp (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.5 x 15.2 cm.)
mount: 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (22.2 x 15.8 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$875
Lot 12
CLARENCE HUDSON WHITE (1871–1925)
The Pool, c. 1907
image/sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (23.8 x 18,4 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$1,875
Lot 13
CLARENCE HUDSON WHITE (1871–1925)
Untitled, c. 1919
signed in pencil (recto); credited in pencil, credited, titled '[Woman before Blinds]' and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp (verso); credited, titled and dated on second affixed Museum label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 in. (22.5 x 17.8 cm.)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$2,375
Lot 14
ALVIN LANGDON COBURN (1882–1966)
Gothic Cottage, Penn Road, London, 1907
credited, titled, dated and annotated in pencil (tertiary mount, recto); credited in pencil (tertiary mount, verso)
image/sheet: 4 x 3 in. (10.1 x 7.5 cm.)
primary mount: 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (10.7 x 8.8 cm.)
secondary mount: 8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.5 x 15.2 cm.)
tertiary mount: 12 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (31.7 x 25 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$500
Lot 15
ALVIN LANGDON COBURN (1882–1966)
Beach Huts, c. 1905
image/sheet: 4 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (11 x 8.8 cm.)
primary mount: 4 3/4 x 4 in. (12 x 10.1 cm.)
secondary mount: 10 1/8 x 7 in. (25.7 x 17.7 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$875
Lot 16
CLARENCE HUDSON WHITE (1871–1925)
Portrait of a Woman (possibly Frances Bode), 1924
monogrammed in red ink (recto); signed and dated in pencil (overmat); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, verso)
image/sheet: 9 7/8 x 8 in. (25.1 x 20.3 cm.)
overmat: 19 x 14 1/4 in. (48.2 x 36.1 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$875
Lot 17
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Portrait of a Young Girl, Miss Bessie Woods, Paris, 1901
credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, interior)
image/sheet: 7 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. (20 x 13.6 cm.)
mount: 8 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. (20.6 x 14.2 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$1,000
Lot 18
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Portrait of Natica Nast, 1917
signed and dated in Roman numerals (in the negative)
image: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.4 x 19.3 cm.)
sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (29.2 x 24 cm.)
mount: approximately 20 1/4 x 15 in. (51.3 x 38 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 19
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Portrait of Natica Nast, 1917
signed and dated in Roman numerals (in the negative)
image: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.4 x 19.3 cm.)
sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (29.2 x 24 cm.)
mount: approximately 20 1/4 x 15 in. (51.3 x 38 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 20
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Portrait of Natica Nast, 1917
signed and dated in Roman numerals in pencil (recto)
image: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.4 x 19.3 cm.)
sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (29.2 x 24 cm.)
mount: approximately 20 1/4 x 15 in. (51.3 x 38 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$875
Lot 21
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Mrs. Condé Nast, c. 1907
credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, verso)
image: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (24.7 x 17.1 cm.)
sheet: 10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (26.3 x 19 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$9,375
Lot 22
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Isadora Duncan at the Portal of the Parthenon, 1921
titled and variously numbered in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (50 x 39.9 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 23
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)
Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France, 1914
signed and dated in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 7 x 8 3/4 in. (17.8 x 22.2 cm.)
mount: 13 5/8 x 16 3/4 in. (34.6 x 42.5 cm.)
estimate
$40,000 - $60,000

price realized
$27,500
Lot 24
GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907–1955)
Kate Lawson, 1935
image/sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.5 x 19.5 cm.)
mount: 18 x 14 in. (46 x 35.6 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$875
Lot 25
EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958)
Violet Romer, c. 1917
signed in ink [partially cropped out] (recto); stamped 'VIOLET ROMER/ COLLECTION', titled and variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. (23.4 x 15.5 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 26
RALPH STEINER (1899-1986)
Tree II, 1930
credited and variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$1,750
Lot 27
GERMAINE KRULL (1897–1985)
Untitled from Métal, Hamburg, c. 1925–1928
stamped photographer's copyright credit (verso, under drymount tissue)
image/sheet: 8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.5 x 15.2 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 28
ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1891–1956)
Wall of Brianskii Railway Station, Moscow, 1927
stamped photographer's credit and titled in Russian in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 x 4 3/4 in. (23 x 12.1 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 29
LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY–NAGY (1895–1946)
After the Bath, before 1931
stamped photographer's 'foto moholy-nagy' and 'moholy-nagy/ berlin-chbg.9/ frederieinstr.27 atelier' credits, titled and variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (28.5 x 20.6 cm.)
mount: 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$8,750
Lot 30
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
Portrait of Dorothy Norman, 1930s
annotated 'MoMA' and variously numbered in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: approx. 4 x 3 in. (10.1 x 7.6 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$1,125
Lot 31
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
Portrait of Dorothy Norman, 1930s
annotated 'MoMA' and variously numbered in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: approx. 4 x 3 in. (10.1 x 7.6 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$875
Lot 32
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
Portrait of Dorothy Norman, 1930s
annotated 'MoMA' and variously numbered in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: approx. 4 x 3 in. (10.1 x 7.6 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$750
Lot 33
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
Portrait of Dorothy Norman, 1930s
annotated 'MoMA' and variously numbered in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: approx. 4 x 3 in. (10.1 x 7.6 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$2,250
Lot 34
IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883–1976)
Shen Yao, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii, 1938
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled, dated and annotated 'contact' in pencil on photographer's Oakland credit label, credited, titled on affixed 'San Francisco Society of Women Artists Thirteenth Annual Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art' label and credited, titled on Museum of Modern Art label (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (24.1 x 19.6 cm.)
mount: 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,250
Lot 36
IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883–1976)
Jules Romains, 1936
signed and dated in pencil, titled in ink (mount, recto); titled, dated on photographer's Oakland credit label and credited, titled on Museum of Modern Art label (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (23.8 x 18.7 cm.)
mount: 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$750
Lot 37
BEN SHAHN (1898–1969)
Side Show at the Ashville, Ohio July 4th Celebration, 1938
credited, titled, dated and variously numbered in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamp (verso)
image: 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (16.5 x 24.7 cm.)
sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.4 x 25.5 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$875
Lot 38
BEN SHAHN (1898–1969)
Sunday Morning in Linworth, Ohio, 1938
stamped 'REPRODUCED FROM THE COLLECTIONS/ OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS', credited and variously numbered in unknown hands in pencil (verso)
image: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (16.5 x 24.1 cm.)
sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.4 x 25.5 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$625
Lot 41
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Leaves behind fence, 1929
initialed, dated and annotated 'FFM' in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 4 5/8 x 7 in. (11.7 x 17.7 cm.)
mount: 10 x 11 3/4 in. (25.3 x 29.8 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$1,125
Lot 42
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Fence, 1929
signed, dated and annotated 'FFM' in pencil (mount, recto)
image: 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (22.2 x 16.8 cm.)
sheet: 16 5/8 x 14 in. (42.2 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$875
Lot 43
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Operating Room, 1932
initialed and dated in ink (recto); stamped photographer's credit and date (mount, recto); stamped photographer's credit and date (verso); Estate number '[2086-249-D22]' in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 8 x 11 1/8 in. (20.4 x 28.2 cm.)
mount: 13 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (34.9 x 41.8 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$1,875
Lot 44
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Hellerhof-Siedlung, 1930
signed and dated in ink (recto); signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 11 1/8 x 7 3/8 in. (28.2 x 18.7 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$750
Lot 45
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Graveyard, Frankfurt, 1932
initialed and dated '32' in ink (recto); stamped photographer's credit and date, annotated 'Frankfurt' in ink (mount, recto); stamped photographer's credit and date (verso); Estate number '[2140-272-D24]' in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. (22.2 x 28.2 cm.)
mount: 13 7/8 x 16 1/2 in. (35.2 x 41.8 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$375
Lot 46
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Battery Park, 1936
signed and dated in white ink (recto); Estate number '[249-95-C7]' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 8 x 11 1/8 in. (20.3 x 28.2 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,750
Lot 47
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
New York Skyline, 1936
signed and dated in white ink (recto); Estate number '[201-73-C6]' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 7 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (19 x 28.2 cm.)
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 48
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Boat with Statue of Liberty, N.Y., 1936
signed and dated in ink (recto); signed, titled and dated by the artist and Estate number '[1148-81-E20]', all in pencil (verso)
image: 13 7/8 x 19 3/4 in. (35.3 x 50 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.9 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$8,750
Lot 49
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Rockefeller Center above houses, 1936
signed and dated in white ink (recto); titled and dated by the artist in pencil and Estate number '[192-69-D2]' in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. (22.2 x 28.2 cm.)
mount: 14 x 16 3/4 in. (35.5 x 42.5 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,625
Lot 50
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Eiffel Tower, 1952
signed and dated by the artist in pencil and Estate number '[511-212-E3]' in pencil (verso)
image: 19 3/4 x 16 in. (50.1 x 40.5 cm.)
sheet: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.7 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 51
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Orgue de Barbarie, Foire aux Pains d’epices, 1933
signed and dated in ink (recto); Estate number ‘[1505-570-D13]’ in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 8 7/8 x 11 1/8 in. (22.5 x 28.2 cm.)
mount: 13 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (34.9 x 41.8 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,000
Lot 52
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Ram Statue, 1936
signed and dated in white ink (recto); Estate number '[88-27-C3]' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 7 3/8 x 11 1/8 in. (18.7 x 28.2 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,000
Lot 53
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Ram Statue, 1936
signed and dated in ink (recto); Estate number '[91-28-C3]' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 8 3/8 x 11 1/8 in. (21.2 x 28.2 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$625
Lot 54
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Flowers, 1953
signed twice and dated by the artist in pencil and Estate number '[778-264-E10]' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.9 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,125
Lot 55
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
New York, 1936
signed and dated in ink (recto); signed, titled and dated by the artist and Estate number '[169-60-C5]', all in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 11 x 7 3/4 in. (27.9 x 19.6 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 56
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
Gay Street's Twisting Block, c. 1937
stamped photographer's '50 COMMERCE STREET' credit with credit and title in an unknown hand in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 6 3/4 x 5 in. (17.1 x 12.7 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 57
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
111 Bedford Street, One of New York's Oldest Dwellings, c. 1936
stamped photographer's '50 COMMERCE STREET' credit [partially trimmed] with credit and title in an unknown hand in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 6 x 4 1/2 in. (15.2 x 11.4 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,500
Lot 58
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
Wisteria House at 43 King Street, 1940s
stamped photographer's Commerce Street credit, annotated 'no. side, King St./ near 7th Ave/ between 7th and 6th Ave' in pencil and credited, titled and dated 'N.D.' in an unknown hand in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 in. (19.6 x 12.7 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$1,375
Lot 59
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
Rhinelander Row, 112-114 West 11th Street, 1937
stamped photographer's '50 COMMERCE STREET' credit with credit and title in an unknown hand in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 7 3/8 x 9 ½ in. (18.7 x 24 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$1,250
Lot 60
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
Muller Antique Shop and New Greenwich Bookshop, Greenwich Avenue and West...
stamped photographer's '50 COMMERCE STREET' credit, annotated in pencil and credited, titled in an unknown hand in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 8 3/8 x 6 in. (21.2 x 15.2 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,250
Lot 61
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
47 King Street, c. 1935
stamped photographer's '50 COMMERCE STREET' credit with credit and title in an unknown hand in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (22.5 x 18 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$875
Lot 62
HOMER PAGE (1918–1985)
Sleeping Negro, c. 1949
credited and dated in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamp (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. (25 x 16.2 cm.)
mount: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,250
Lot 63
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Mississippi, 1938
numbered '82' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 15 x 18 1/4 in. (38 x 46.3 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$875
Lot 64
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Oakland, California (Couple in front of movie posters), 1942
variously numbered in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (19 x 19 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 65
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Richmond, California (Whitewashed housed, 'Bop City'), 1942
image/sheet/flush mount: 7 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (18.7 x 19.3 cm.)
mount: 10 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (26.6 x 27.2 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 66
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Richmond, California ('Drunk Drivers go to Jail'), c.1950
image/sheet/flush mount: 7 3/8 x 6 3/4 in. (18.7 x 17.1 cm.)
secondary mount: 16 1/8 x 12 1/2 in. (40.9 x 31.7 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,750
Lot 67
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Along the highway near Bakersfield, California, Dust bowl refugees, November...
credited and numbered '963E' in ink with typed credit, title, date and number '963-E' on affixed label (flush-mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 10 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (27.2 x 34.5 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$11,875
Lot 68
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Texas, c. 1938
numbered '120' and '210' in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 5 x 5 1/2 in. (12.7 x 14 cm.)
mount: 13 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (34.9 x 27.3 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,500
Lot 69
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Rebecca Chambers, Sausalito, California, 1954
stamped Museum of Modern Art Department of Photography Permanent Collection and numbered '2' and '21' in pencil (mount, verso)
image: 13 x 18 3/4 in. (33 x 47.5 cm.)
sheet: 13 7/8 x 19 1/8 in. (35.2 x 48.5 cm.)
mount: 14 1/8 x 19 1/4 in. (35.8 x 48.9 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 70
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
County Clare, Ireland, 1954
titled, dated, numbered '5P-20' and annotated 'dodged by D.L.' in pencil (verso)
image: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34.2 x 26.6 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 71
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Republican National Convention, San Francisco, 1956
numbered '55' and '118' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 10 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. (27.2 x 36.1 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,000
Lot 72
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Gunlock, Washington County, Utah, 1953
numbered '6a' in pencil (mount, verso)
image: 12 3/8 x 12 in. (31.4 x 30.4 cm.)
sheet: 13 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (34.2 x 31.7 cm.)
mount: 13 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (34.9 x 32.3 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 73
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Oakland, California ('Strike Headquarters'), 1952
variously numbered in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 7 1/2 x 7 in. (19 x 17.7 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 74
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Burma, 1958
numbered '135' and '187' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 11 7/8 x 11 in. (30.1 x 27.9 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 75
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Nile Delta, Egypt, 1963
stamped Museum of Modern Art Department of Photography Permanent Collection, numbered '203' in pencil/red pencil and variously otherwise numbered in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 23 3/4 x 20 in. (60.2 x 50.8 cm.)
mount: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 76
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Vietnam, c. 1958
numbered '20' in pencil (mount, recto); numbered '16' in pencil (mount, verso)
image: 14 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. (36.8 x 32 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 12 5/8 in. (40.6 x 32 cm.)
mount: 16 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (42.5 x 33.6 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 77
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Bananas, Indonesia, 1958
numbered '169', '124' and '145' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (23.4 x 33.6 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 78
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Indonesia, 1958
numbered '133' and '188' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (30 x 24.4 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 79
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
Street in Southeast Asia, 1958
numbered '187' in pencil (mount, verso)
image: 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (36.8 x 28.5 cm.)
sheet: 15 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (38.7 x 29.5 cm.)
mount: 15 1/4 x 12 in. (38.7 x 30.4 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,625
Lot 80
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Madrid, 1933
credited, titled, dated and numbered 'checklist #142' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 23 1/4 x 35 1/2 in. (59 x 90 cm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$27,500
Lot 81
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Cordoba, Spain, 1933
stamped photographer's/Magnum copyright credit with 'Single 5D' in pencil (verso)
image: 14 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (36.2 x 23.4 cm.)
sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (40 x 30.1 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

price realized
$5,625
Lot 82
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Tivoli, Lazio, Italy, 1933
stamped photographer's/Magnum copyright credit with 'DM 17' and 'Sauvette 17' in pencil, Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp and titled, dated, variously numbered in pencil (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, verso)
image: 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.5 x 24 cm.)
sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (39.9 x 30 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$6,000
Lot 83
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Valencia, Spain, 1933
credited, titled, dated and numbered 'checklist #130' and 'Sau 12' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (26 x 38.7 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$11,875
Lot 84
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
During the Visit of George VI of England to Versailles, 1938
stamped photographer's/Magnum credit and Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp, titled and dated in pencil (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, inside); second Museum Permanent Collection stamp (mat, verso)
image: 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.5 x 24.1 cm.)
sheet: 15 3/4 x 12 in. (40 x 30.4 cm.)
estimate
$25,000 - $35,000

price realized
$9,375
Lot 85
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Irène Joliot-Curie, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Paris, 1945
credited, titled, dated and numbered 'checklist #144' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (38.7 x 26 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 86
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Alfred Stieglitz, 1946
titled in ink and dated 'C/E 64' in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamp (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 9 3/8 x 13 7/8 in. (23.8 x 35.2 cm.)
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 87
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
A. J. Liebling, New York City, 1959
credited, titled, dated and numbered 'checklist #110' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (26 x 38.7 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,500
Lot 88
ANTON BRUEHL (1900–1982)
Portrait of My Father, 1915–1942
credited and variously annotated in pencil (mount, verso)
image: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (21 x 16.6 cm.)
sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
mount: 11 x 9 in. (28 x 23 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,250
Lot 89
MARTIN BRUEHL (1895–1980)
Anton Bruehl, c. 1937
credited in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 10 1/8 x 8 in. (25.8 x 20.4 cm.)
mount: 10 7/8 x 8 3/4 in. (27.7 x 22.3 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,125
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