• Auction 19792

    Aperture

    19 October 2020 - 28 October 2020, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 233,125 (USD)
42 Lots for Sale 19792
Lot 2
DANNY LYON (B. 1942)
My Friend John (John Lewis), 1963
signed, dated and inscribed in ink (margin); stamped with photographer's 'Bleak Beauty' credit (verso)
image: 8 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (21.2 x 31.4 cm.)
sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 3
CATHERINE OPIE (B. 1961)
30 Minutes After Inauguration, 2009
signed, titled, dated and numbered '1/25' in ink (verso)
image: 12 ½ x 19 in. (31.7 x 48.2 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 4
ZANELE MUHOLI (B. 1972)
Mumu XV, Newington, London, 2016
signed in ink of affixed artist's label (verso)
image/sheet: 31 ½ x 23 ¾ in. (80 x 60.38 cm.)
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$15,000
Lot 5
STEPHEN TAYO (B. 1994)
Lagos, Nigeria, 2018
signed in ink (on accompanying label)
image/sheet: 36 x 27 in. (91.4 x 68.5 cm.)
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$3,750
Lot 6
HANK WILLIS THOMAS (B. 1976)
Black Power, 2006
initialed and numbered '2/30' in ink (verso)
image: 14 ¼ x 23 in. (36.1 x 58.4 cm.)
sheet: 15 ¾ x 24 in. (40 x 60.9 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 9
GRACIELA ITURBIDE (B.1942)
Jano, 1981
signed, titled and numbered '24/30' in pencil (margin)
image: 12 ¾ x 9 in. (32.3 x 22.8 cm.)
sheet: 29 ½ x 22 ¼ in. (74.9 x 56.5 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,750
Lot 10
LYNN DAVIS (B. 1944)
Iceberg #8, Disko Bay, Greenland, 1988
signed, dated and numbered 'AP 2/2' in ink, stamped with photographer's credit (verso); credited, titled, dated and numbered on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 28 x 27 ½ in. (71.1 x 69.8 cm.)
sheet: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm.)
overall: 42 x 41 in. (106.6 x 104.1 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$11,875
Lot 13
LUISA LAMBRI (B. 1969)
Untitled (Sheats-Goldstein House, #37), 2007
signed in ink (on accompanying label)
image: 22 ¾ x 18 ¾ in. (57.7 x 47.6 cm.)
sheet: 24 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. (63.1 x 53 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 14
ERWIN OLAF (B. 1959)
9.45 am from 'April Fool', 2020
signed and numbered '7/12' in ink and titled and dated in typed text (on accompanying artist's label)
image: 23 ¾ x 35 ½ in. (60.3 x 90.1 cm.)
sheet: 25 ¼ x 38 in. (64.1 x 96.5 cm.)
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 15
JAMES WELLING (B. 1951)
Untitled, 2009
signed and dated in pencil (verso)
image: 21 ¼ x 17 ¼ in. (53.9 x 43.8 cm.)
sheet: 23 ¾ x 19 ¾ in. (60.3 x 50.1 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 16
ALEX PRAGER (B. 1979)
Greed #2, 2005
signed in ink (on accompanying label)
image/sheet/flush mount: 23 ¾ x 21 ½ in. (60.3 x 54.6 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 20
DAVID BENJAMIN SHERRY (B. 1981)
Upward and Then Eternal Ends, 2009
signed in ink and credited, titled, dated and numbered '2 of 6' in typed text on affixed gallery labels (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$8,750
Lot 21
JUSTINE KURLAND (B. 1969)
I-20, California, 2000
signed in ink and credited, titled, dated and numbered in typed text on affixed gallery label (verso)
image/sheet: 12 ¾ x 19 in. (32.3 x 48.2 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,250
Lot 23
HORST P. HORST (1906–1999)
Coco Chanel, Paris, 1934
signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso); embossed photographer's credit (margin)
image: 11 ½ x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.8 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 27.9 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 25
NAN GOLDIN (B. 1953)
Simon on the Subway, New York , 1998
signed, titled, dated and numbered '8/150' in ink (verso)
image: 13 x 19 ¼ in. (33 x 48.8 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,750
Lot 26
NAN GOLDIN (B. 1953)
Cody at home, NYC, 1991
signed, titled, dated and numbered 'A.P. 2' in ink (verso)
image: 16 ½ x 14 in. (41.9 x 35.5 cm.)
sheet: 19 ¾ x 29 in. (50.1 x 73.6 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 27
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)
Chris Hoffman, 1984
signed, dated and numbered '3/10' in ink (margin); signed and dated in ink in photographer's copyright credit, titled, dated and numbered in ink (mount, verso)
image: 15 x 15 ¼ in. (38.1 x 38.7 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 19 ¾ x 16 in. (50.1 x 40.6 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 29
ALEC SOTH (B. 1969)
Kym, Polish Palace, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2000
signed, titled, dated and numbered '5/15' in ink (verso)
image: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
sheet: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.9 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 30
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)
Ken Moody, 1985
signed and numbered 'AP' in pencil (margin)
image: 21 ¾ x 17 ¾ in. (55.2 x 45.1 cm.)
sheet: 30 x 24 ¾ in. (76.2 x 62.8 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 32
HERB RITTS (1952–2002)
Male Nude with Tumbleweed, Paradise Cove, 1986
signed, titled, dated and numbered '25/25' in pencil (verso); embossed with photographer's copyright credit (margin)
image: 12 ¼ x 10 in. (31.1 x 25.4 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 27.9 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 34
STEPHEN SHORE (B. 1947)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 5, 1978
signed in ink (verso); blindstamped with 'L' (margin); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.)
sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 36
WOLFGANG TILLMANS (B. 1968)
Filled with Light, a, 2011
signed, titled, dated and numbered '8/10 +1' in pencil (verso); credited, titled, dated and numbered on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 10 ½ x 16 in. (26.6 x 40.5 cm.)
sheet: 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.5 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,625
Lot 39
ABELARDO MORELL (B. 1948)
Camera Obscura Image of Houses Across the Street from Our Livingroom, 1991
signed, titled and dated in ink (margin)
image: 31 ½ x 39 ¾ in. (80 x 100.9 cm.)
overall: 43 ½ x 51 ½ in. (110.4 x 130.8 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,750
Lot 40
EDWARD BURTYNSKY (B. 1955)
Oil Refineries no. 22, St. John, New Brunswick, 1999
signed in ink and credited, titled, dated and numbered '10/15' in typed text on affixed artist's label (verso)
image: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.4 cm.)
sheet: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 43
ROE ETHRIDGE (B. 1969)
Rockaway, Dawn Patrol, 2008
signed, titled, dated and numbered '8/15' in ink (verso)
image: 13 ½ x 9 in. (34.2 x 22.8 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 27.9 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 45
ARTHUR TRESS (B. 1940)
Flying Dream, Queens, N.Y., 1971
signed, titled, dated and numbered '10/50' in ink (margin)
image: 18 ¾ x 18 ¾ in. (47.6 x 47.6 cm.)
overall: 24 ½ x 24 in. (62.2 x 60.9 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,750
Lot 47
MICKALENE THOMAS (B. 1971)
Afro Muse, 2006
signed, titled, dated and numbered '2/10' in pencil (verso)
image: 10 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (25.7 x 37.7 cm.)
sheet: 11 ¼ x 16 in. (28.5 x 40.6 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$11,250
Lot 48
LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER (B. 1982)
Mom Relaxing My Hair, 2006
signed, titled, dated and numbered '11/15 + 2AP' in pencil (verso)
image: 10 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (25.7 x 30.7 cm.)
sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 49
LYLE ASHTON HARRIS (B. 1965)
Untitled (New York Times Pre-Election Self Portrait Commission), 2000
signed in ink (on accompanying label)
image: 22 7/8 in. x 18 ½ in. (58.1 x 46.9 cm.)
sheet: 27 ¾ x 22 ½ in. (70.4 x 57.1 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$4,750
Lot 51
MARK MCKNIGHT (B. 1984)
Untitled, 2018
signed in ink and credited, titled, dated and numbered '2/3' in typed text (on accompanying label)
image: 14 ½ x 18 ½ in. (36.8 x 46.9 cm.)
sheet: 15 ¾ x 19 ¾ in. (40 x 50.1 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$1,625
Lot 52
DOUG & MIKE STARN (B. 1961)
Black Pulse 17, 2000-2003
signed, dated and numbered '2/5' in ink (frame backing board)
each image/sheet: 19 x 18 in. (48.2 x 45.7 cm.)
overall image/sheet: 19 x 36 in. (48.2 x 91.4 cm.)
overall: 27 ½ x 43 in. (69.8 x 109.2 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 54
BRETT WESTON (1911–1993)
Untitled, 1973
signed and dated in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 9 ½ x 7 ¾ in. (24.1 x 19.6 cm.)
mount: 15 x 13 ¼ in. (38.1 x 33.6 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$2,500
Lot 55
ILSE BING (1899–1998)
Place de la Concorde, Paris, 1947
signed and dated in ink (recto); signed, dated and inscribed in pencil (verso)
image: 13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. (33.9 x 26.3 cm.)
sheet: 13 ¾ x 10 7/8 in. (34.9 x 27.6 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,500
Lot 56
BRUCE DAVIDSON (B. 1933)
England/Scotland, 1960
signed and variously annotated in pencil, stamped with photographer's/Magnum credit (verso)
image: 7 ¼ x 11 in. (18.4 x 27.9 cm.)
sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,625
Lot 57
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
El, Second and Third Avenue Lines, 1936
signed and numbered '24/40' in pencil (mount, verso); dated in typed text in Parasol Press copyright credit (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 23 x 18 ¼ in. (58.4 x 46.3 cm.)
mount: 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 58
DAVID WOJNAROWICZ (1954–1992)
Arthur Rimbaud in New York (Motorcycle, Pride 79), 1978
stamped with photographer's estate credit and numbered '2/6' in ink (verso)
image: 9 ¾ x 13 in. (24.7 x 33 cm.)
sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$21,250
Lot 59
DIANE ARBUS (1923–1971)
Man and a Boy on a Bench in Central Park, New York City, 1962
stamped 'A Diane Arbus photograph', signed, titled, numbered '17/75' and annotated 'Neil Selkirk' by Doon Arbus, Administrator, in ink and stamped Estate copyright credit (verso)
image: 14 ½ x 14 ½ in. (36.8 x 36.8 cm.)
sheet: 19 ½ x 16 in. (49.5 x 40.6 cm.)
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 61
WOLFGANG TILLMANS (B. 1968)
Portishead (seagull), 1993
signed, titled, dated, and numbered '3/3 + 1' in ink (verso)
image: 14 ½ x 22 in. (36.8 x 55.8 cm.)
sheet: 22 x 28 ¼ in. (55.8 x 71.7 cm.)
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 63
SHARON CORE (B. 1965)
1866 (from the 1606-1907 series), 2012
signed, titled, dated and editioned on affixed artist's label (verso)
image/sheet: 32 x 26 ½ in. (81.2 x 67.3 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$11,250
Lot 64
NAN GOLDIN (B. 1953)
Self-portrait by the lake, Skowhegan, Maine, 1996
signed, titled, dated and numbered 'A.P. 3' in ink on affixed artist's label (frame backing board)
image: 19 ½ x 19 ½ in. (49.5 x 49.5 cm.)
sheet: 24 x 20 in. (60.9 x 50.8 cm.)
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 66
WERNER BISCHOF (1916–1954)
Vultures of the Battlefields, Kaesong, Korea, 1952
stamped with photographer's estate credit (verso)
image: 12 x 18 in. (30.4 x 45.7 cm.)
sheet: 15 ¾ x 19 ¾ in. (40 x 50.1 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,250
Lot 67
ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894–1985)
Arm and Ventilator, New York, 1937
signed and variously inscribed in pencil (verso)
image: 9 ¼ x 7 ¼ in. (23.4 x 18.4 cm.)
sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.)
estimate

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