• Auction 22028

    Tales of the City: New York Prints and Photographs of the Early 20th Century

    8 August 2023 - 18 August 2023, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 945,630 (USD)
104 Lots for Sale 22028
Lot 1
LOUIS LOZOWICK (1892-1973)
Through Brooklyn Bridge Cables
Image: 9 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (244 x 320 mm.)
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 16 in. (302 x 406 mm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,032
Lot 2
HOWARD COOK (1901-1980)
George Washington Bridge with B
Image: 13 ¾ x 9 7/8 in. (349 x 250 mm.)
Sheet: 19 ¼ x 13 ¼ in. (489 x 334 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$4,410
Lot 3
ARTHUR LEIPZIG (1918-2014)
Divers, East River, 1948
signed and dated in pencil and ink, stamped photographer's studio credit and reproduction limitation in ink (verso)
image: 15 x 19 1/8 in. (38.1 X 48.5 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 4
WALTER ROSENBLUM (1919-2006)
Boy on Roof, Pitt Street, New York, 1950
signed, titled, dated and annotated in pencil (flush mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat backing board)
image: 6 7/8 x 8 in. (17.4 x 20.3 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 7 1/8 x 8 ¼ in. (18 x 20.9 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$5,040
Lot 5
HOWARD COOK (1901-1980)
Manhattan Bridge
Image: 17 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (448 x 220 mm.)
Sheet: 20 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (530 x 276 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$2,772
Lot 6
WALTER ROSENBLUM (1919-2006)
Girl on a Swing, Pitt St., N.Y., 1938
signed, titled and dated in ink (flush mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed label (mat backing board)
image: 10 ½ x 13 ¼ in. (26.6 x 33.6 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 10 ¾ x 13 5/8 in. (27.3 x 34.6 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$4,788
Lot 7
JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)
Brooklyn Bridge No. 6 (Swaying), from Six American Etchings (Series I)
Image: 10 ¾ x 8 ¾ in. (273 x 222 mm.)
Sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 ¾ in. (352 x 273 mm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$9,450
Lot 8
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Six American Etchings (Series I)
Each Sheet: 11 x 14 in. (279 x 355 mm.)(6)
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$25,200
Lot 9
BRETT WESTON (1911–1993)
New York, 1951
signed in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 12 5/8 x 10 ½ in. (32 x 26.6 cm.)
mount: 17 7/8 x 15 in. (44.7 x 38.1 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$2,394
Lot 10
EDWARD HOPPER (1882-1967)
East Side Interior
Image: 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (200 x 251 mm.)
Sheet: 13 3/8 x 16 7/8 in. (340 x 429 mm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$37,800
Lot 11
ELLEN AUERBACH (1906-2004)
Renate Schottelius in New York, 1953
signed, titled, dated, stamped photographer's copyright credit and variously numbered in pencil and ink (verso)
image/sheet: 6 ½ x 4 ¾ in. (16.5 x 12 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

Lot 12
MARTIN LEWIS (1881-1962)
Glow of the City
Image: 11 3/8 x 14 3/8 in. (289 x 365 mm.)
Size: 15 ½ x 19 in. (394 x 483 mm.)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$32,760
Lot 13
ARMIN LANDECK (1905-1984)
Manhattan Nocturne
Image: 7 1/8 x 12 in. (181 x 305 mm.)
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 15 ½ in. (257 x 394 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,134
Lot 14
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
New York (View North East on South Street, 120 Wall Street building on...
signed in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 5 x 5 in. (12.7 x 12.7 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

Lot 15
JOHN SLOAN (1871-1951)
Night Windows
Image: 5 ¼ x 7 in. (135 x 176 mm.)
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (266 x 328 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$3,276
Lot 16
MARTIN LEWIS (1881-1962)
Tree, Manhattan
Image: 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (325 x 251 mm.)
Sheet: 16 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. (421 x 347 mm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,048
Lot 17
LEWIS WICKES HINE (1874–1940)
Slavic Mother and Child at Ellis Island, 1905
credited, titled and dated [with print date] on affixed gallery label (mat backing)
image: 13 ¼ x 8 ¼ in. (33.6 x 20.9 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 27.9 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$17,640
Lot 18
CLARE LEIGHTON (1898-1989)
Bread Line, New York
Image: 11 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (302 x 200 mm.)
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 ¾ in. (359 x 248 mm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$11,970
Lot 19
BEN SHAHN (1898-1969)
Boys Lying in Street, 1932-35
signed by Bernarda B. Shahn and annotated in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 6 ¼ x 9 ¼ in. (15.8 x 23.4 cm.)
mount: 6 ½ x 9 ½ in. (16.5 x 24.1 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

Lot 20
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
In the Park, Light
Image: 16 x 21 ¼ in. (406 x 540 mm.)
Sheet: 19 ¾ x 26 ¼ in. (502 x 667 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,386
Lot 21
EDWARD HOPPER (1882-1967)
Night in the Park
Image: 6 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (200 x 206 mm.)
Sheet: 9 ¾ x 11 1/8 in. (248 x 283 mm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$100,800
Lot 22
JOHN SLOAN (1871-1951)
Shine, Washington Square
Image:7 ¼ x 9 in. (186 x 229 mm.)
Sheet: 9 ¼ x 14 1/8 in. (234 x 359 mm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$1,764
Lot 23
JOSEPH PENNELL (1857-1926)
Flatiron Building
Image: 10 x 7 ½ in. (254 x 191 mm.)
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 10 ¼ in. (391 x 260 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

Lot 24
GUSTAVE BAUMANN (1881-1971)
Madison Square
Image: 13 ¼ x 11 in. (337 x 279 mm.)
Sheet: 17 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. (441 x 346 mm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,788
Lot 25
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
Training Quarters
Image: 15 3/8 x 17 3/8 in. (391 x 440 mm.)
Sheet: 16 3/8 x 20 5/8 in. (416 x 524 mm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

Lot 26
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
Between Rounds, Large, First Stone
Sheet: 20 ¾ x 16 ½ in. (527 x 419 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$3,024
Lot 27
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
Introducing John L. Sullivan
Image: 20 5/8 x 20 5/8 in. (524 x 524 mm.)
Sheet: 26 ¼ x 23 ¾ in. (667 x 591 mm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,788
Lot 28
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
A Stag at Sharkey's
Image: 18 3/8 x 23 ¾ in. (467 x 603 mm.)
Sheet: 22 5/8 x 27 ¾ in. (575 x 705 mm.)
estimate
$50,000 - $70,000

price realized
$138,600
Lot 29
LEWIS WICKES HINE (1874–1940)
Four men with hats, c. 1909
image: 4 ½ x 6 5/8 in. (11.4 x 16.8 cm.)
sheet: 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.7 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$3,276
Lot 30
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
Counted Out, First Stone
Image: 12 3/8 x 11 1/8 in. (316 x 285 mm.)
Sheet: 13 ¾ x 12 3/8 in. (349 x 314 mm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

Lot 31
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
Counted Out, Second Stone
Image: 15 ¼ x 11 ½ in. (391 x 292 mm.)
Sheet: 17 x 13 1/8 in. (432 x 333 mm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 32
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
The White Hope
Image: 14 5/8 x 18 ¾ in. (372 x 476 mm.)
Sheet: 16 ¾ x 20 ¾ in. (426 x 527 mm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

Lot 33
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
Introductions
Image: 8 ½ x 7 in. (218 x 177 mm.)
Sheet: 10 x 8 3/8 in. (254 x 213 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$4,032
Lot 34
GEORGE BELLOWS (1882-1925)
Introducing Georges Carpentier
Image: 14 ½ x 21 in. (368 x 533 mm.)
Sheet: 16 1/8 x 23 ¼ in. (410 x 591 mm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 35
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
Dempsey and Firpo
Image: 18 x 22 3/8 in. (459 x 568 mm.)
Sheet: 21 3/8 x 25 ¼ in. (543 x 641 mm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$81,900
Lot 36
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882–1925)
Indoor Athlete, First Stone
Image: 6 ½ x 9 ¾ in. (164 x 251 mm.)
Sheet: 7 ½ x 10 7/8 in. (191 x 276 mm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 37
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
The Pool-Player
Image: 5 1/8 x 10 in. (130 x 255 mm.)
Sheet: 6 ¾ x 12 3/8 in. (172 x 314 mm.)
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 38
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
Old Billiard Player
Image: 9 x 7 ½ in. (229 x 189 mm.)
Sheet: 10 ¼ x 8 ¾ in. (260 x 222 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,772
Lot 39
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
Business-Men's Class
Image: 11 5/8 x 17 1/8 in. (293 x 438 mm.)
Sheet: 16 ½ x 20 7/8 in. ( 419 x 530 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$10,080
Lot 40
EDWARD HOPPER (1882-1967)
The Locomotive
Image: 8 x 10 in. (203 x 254 mm.)
Sheet: 13 x 15 in. (330 x 381 mm.)
estimate
$25,000 - $35,000

price realized
$47,880
Lot 41
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
In the New York Central Yards, 1903
credited, titled and dated [with print date] on affixed gallery label (mat backing board)
image: 7 5/8 x 6 ¼ in. (19.3 x 15.8 cm.)
sheet: 11 ¼ x 8 in. (28.5 x 20.3 cm.)
mount: 11.7/ x 8 ¼ in. (30.1 x 20.9 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$8,820
Lot 42
REGINALD MARSH (1898-1954)
Switch Engines, Erie Yards, Jersey City (Stone No. 3)
Image: 9 x 13 3/8 in. (229 x 340 mm.)
Sheet: 12 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. (237 x 429 mm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

Lot 43
LOUIS STETTNER (1922-2016)
Penn Station, NYC, 1958
embossed photographer's credit (margin); signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso); credited, tiled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat backing board)
image: 11 ½ x 17 in. (29.2 x 43.1 cm.)
sheet: 15 x 19 ½ in. (38.1 x 49.5 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$3,276
Lot 44
JOHN SLOAN (1871-1951)
Reading in the Subway
etching, on laid paper, 1926, Morse's third (final) state, signed and titled in pencil, inscribed "Her feet beneath her petticoat / Like little mice peeped in and out / As if they feared the light" / (Sir John Suckling 1620)', from the intended edition of 100 (Morse notes that 85 were printed), with margins, framed
Image: 5 x 4 in. (128 x 101 mm.)
Sheet: 10 ¾ x 7 ½ in. (273 x 191 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,394
Lot 45
BENTON M. SPRUANCE (1904-1967)
The People Work - Morning, Noon, Evening, Night
Each Image: 13 ¾ x 19 in. (349 x 483 mm.)
Each Sheet: 16 x 22 7/8 in. (406 x 581 mm.)(4)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$35,280
Lot 46
LOUIS STETTNER (1922-2016)
Man Near Manhole, Broadway, NYC, 1954
signed and numbered '5/30' in pencil (mount, recto); credited, titled, dated [with print date] on affixed gallery label (mat backing board)
image/sheet: 18 x 12 in. (45.7 x 30.4 cm.)
mount: 26 1/2 x 20 in. (67.3 x 50.8 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$1,512
Lot 47
RALSTON CRAWFORD (1906-1978)
Third Avenue Elevated #1
Image: 10 ½ x 17 3/8 in. (267 x 441 mm.)
Sheet: 13 x 19 7/8 in. (330 x 505 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$2,016
Lot 48
RALSTON CRAWFORD (1906-1978)
Freight Cars #2
Image: 9 ¾ x 14 ¼ in. (248 x 362 mm.)
Sheet: 13 1/8 x 20 in. (333 x 508 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

Lot 49
WALTER ROSENBLUM (1919-2006)
Flea Market, Pitt Street Series, N.Y., 1938
signed, titled and dated in ink (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed artist's label (mat backing)
image: 10 x 13 ½ in. (25.4 x 34.2 cm.)
sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. (27.6 x 35.2 cm.)
mount: 11 ¼ x 14 ¼ in. (28.5 x 36.1 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,386
Lot 50
EDWARD HOPPER (1882-1967)
Night Shadows, from Six American Etchings (Series I)
Image: 7 x 8 3/8 in. (178 x 213 mm.)
Sheet: 10 ¾ x 14 3/8 in. (273 x 365 mm.)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$37,800
Lot 51
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
Untitled New York, 1935
signed in pencil (mount, recto); stamped photographer's credit in ink (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 ¼ x 7 ¼ in. (23.4 x 18.4 cm.)
mount: 17 x 13 7/8 in. (43.1 x 35.2 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $4,000

Lot 52
ARNOLD EAGLE (1909-1992)
Chatham Square Station, 1941
signed, titled and dated in ink, inscribed 'To George with affection / From A Eagle' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 10 ½ x 13 in. (26.6 x 33 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$2,016
Lot 53
MARK FREEMAN (1908-2003)
Second Avenue El
Image: 10 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (257 x 359 mm.)
Sheet: 12 5/8 x 19 7/8 in. (321 x 505 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$2,142
Lot 54
REBECCA LEPKOFF (B. 1916-2014)
Under the 3rd Avenue 'El', c. 1947
signed, titled, dated and annotated in pencil, stamped photographer's studio credit in in ink (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 8 7/8 x 7 5/8 in. (22.5 x 19.3 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,016
Lot 55
MARK FREEMAN (1908-2003)
Manhattan Construction
Image: 16 3/8 x 11 ¼ in. (416 x 286 mm.)
Sheet: 19 7/8 x 14 3/8 in. (505 x 378 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,638
Lot 56
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
Old and New New York, 1910
credited, titled and dated [with print date] on affixed gallery label (mat backing board)
image: 8 x 6 1/8 in. (20.3 x 15.5 cm.)
sheet: 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm.)
mount: 12 x 8 1/8 in. (30.4 x 20.6 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$8,820
Lot 57
CLARE LEIGHTON (1898-1989)
Skyscrapers
Image: 5 ¾ x 4 3/8 in. (144 x 109 mm.)
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 5 ¾ in. (181 x 146 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$3,024
Lot 58
JAMES E. ALLEN (1894-1964)
Two Prints by the Artist
Largest Sheet: 15 ½ x 11 in. (394 x 279 mm.)(2)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$3,024
Lot 59
JAMES E. ALLEN (1894-1964)
Standing Pipe
Image: 15 ¼ x 10 in. (387 x 254 mm.)
Sheet: 19 x 13 1/8 in. (483 x 333 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

Lot 60
ARTHUR LEIPZIG (1918-2014)
Window Washer, Empire State Building, 1948
signed in pencil, stamped photographer's studio credit (twice) and reproduction limitation in ink (verso)
image: 19 x 15 in. (48.2 x 38.1 cm.)
sheet: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$3,780
Lot 61
SAMUEL MARGOLIES (1897-1974)
Men of Steel
Image: 14 ¾ x 11 5/8 in. (375 x 295 mm.)
Sheet: 17 ¾ x 15 1/8 in. ( 451 x 384 mm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,300
Lot 62
MARTIN LEWIS (1881-1962)
Building a Babylon, Tudor City, N.Y.C.
Image: 13 x 8 in. (330 x 204 mm.)
Sheet: 16 ¾ x 11 ¾ in. (426 x 299 mm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,670
Lot 63
LOUIS LOZOWICK (1892-1973)
Corner of Steel Plant
Image: 11 3/8 x 7 ¾ in. (289 x 197 mm.)
Sheet: 15 7/8 x 11 ¼ in. (403 x 286 mm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$882
Lot 64
LOUIS LOZOWICK (1892-1973)
Tanks #1
Image: 13 7/8 x 8 in. (352 x 203 mm.)
Sheet: 15 ¾ x 11 3/8 in. (400 x 289 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,512
Lot 65
LOUIS LOZOWICK (1892-1973)
Tanks #2 (Steel Plant)
Image: 14 ¾ x 9 in. (375 x 229 mm.)
Sheet: 21 7/8 x 15 in. (556 x 381 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

Lot 66
PAUL LANDACRE (1893-1963)
The Press
Image: 8 ¼ x 8 ¼ in. (210 x 210 mm.)
Sheet: 14 ½ x 10 5/8 in. (368 x 270 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$25,200
Lot 67
FRED ZINNEMANN (1907-1997)
131 Wall St. Church, New York, Nov. 31, 1931
signed, titled, dated and annotated with estate credit in pencil (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat backing board)
image: 4 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. (10.4 x 5.3 cm.)
sheet: 4 ¼ x 2 ¼ in. (10.7 x 5.7 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,500

price realized
$1,008
Lot 68
MARTIN LEWIS (1881-1962)
Passing Storm
Image: 10 3/8 x 13 7/8 in. (264 x 352 mm.)
Sheet: 14 ¼ x 18 1/8 in. (362 x 460 mm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$11,340
Lot 69
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
City of Ambition, 1910
credited, titled and dated [with print date] on affixed gallery label (mat backing board)
image: 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. (21.9 x 16.8 cm.)
sheet: 11 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (29.5 x 19.3 cm.)
mount: 11 ¾ x 8 in. (29.8 x 20.3 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $2,500

price realized
$5,292
Lot 70
MARGARET BOURKE–WHITE (1904–1971)
Exterior view of the Aquarium in Battery Park, NYC, 1939
stamped photographer's credit and Time Inc. copyright credit, two descriptive titles in pencil (verso)
image/sheet; 9 ¼ x 13 in. (23.4 x 33 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

Lot 71
MARTIN LEWIS (1881-1962)
Corner Shadows
Image: 8 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (213 x 225 mm.)
Sheet: 11 x 12 ¼ in. (279 x 311 mm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 72
MARTIN LEWIS (1881-1962)
Spring Night, Greenwich Village
Image: 9 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. (250 x 314 mm.)
Sheet: 13 3/8 x 15 ¾ in. (340 x 400 mm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$10,710
Lot 73
MARTIN LEWIS (1881-1962)
Two A.M.
Image: 8 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (227 x 377 mm.)
Sheet: 13 3/8 x 18 5/8 in. (340 x 473 mm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$21,420
Lot 74
PETER SEKAER (1901-1950)
Election Posters, 10th Avenue, New York, c. 1935
signed by Edmund Yankov and Christina Sekaer, dated and annotated in pencil (verso)
image: 7 x 9 in. (17.7 x 22.8 cm.)
sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

Lot 75
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS (1887-1953)
West Forty-Second Street
Image: 13 1/8 x 10 ½ in. (333 x 267 mm.)
Sheet: 19 ½ x 16 in. (495 x 406 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$4,032
Lot 76
ALFRED EISENSTAEDT (1898–1995)
Pedestrians in midtown seen through window of Fifth Avenue department store,...
signed in pencil, stamped PIX Incorporated, Fifth Avenue Essay X/42 and TIME Inc. copyright credit in ink and variously annotated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 13 ½ x 10 7/8 in. (34.2 x 27.6 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,788
Lot 77
ALFRED EISENSTAEDT (1898–1995)
Chauffeur holding door for matronly woman stepping on to sidewalk on Fifth...
signed in pencil, stamped PIX Incorporated, Fifth Avenue Essay and TIME Inc. copyright credit in ink (verso)
image/sheet: 8 x 9 5/8 in. (20.3 x 24.4 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

Lot 78
ARMIN LANDECK (1905-1984)
Manhattan Canyon
Image: 13 ¾ x 6 ¾ in. (349 x 172 mm.)
Sheet: 17 7/8 x 10 ½ in. (454 x 267 mm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$2,772
Lot 79
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
Nightview, New York at Night, Empire State Building, 1932
numbered '27/125' in pencil and embossed with publisher's credit (margin)
image: 12 ½ x 9 7/8 in. (31.7 x 25 cm.)
sheet: 19 x 15 in. (48.2 x 38.1 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,268
Lot 80
JAN MATULKA (1890-1972)
Arrangement - New York
Image: 16 3/8 x 12 5/8 in. (416 x 320 mm.)
Sheet: 20 1/8 x 14 ¾ in. (512 x 374 mm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

price realized
$40,320
Lot 81
CHARLES SHEELER (1883-1965)
The Delmonico Building
Image: 9 ¾ x 6 ¾ in. (248 x 172 mm.)
Sheet:16 x 11 ½ in. (406 x 292 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$4,410
Lot 82
HOMER PAGE (1918-1985)
Untitled, July 13, 1949
stamped photographer's credit and date in ink (verso)
image: 12 ½ x 10 ¼ in. (31.7 X 26 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 27.9 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

Lot 83
HOWARD COOK (1901-1980)
The New Yorker
Image: 17 ½ x 8 5/8 in. (445 x 217 mm.)
Sheet: 20 ¾ x 11 5/8 in. (527 x 296 mm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$9,450
Lot 84
SID GROSSMAN (1913-1955)
Lower Harlem, c. 1939
titled in ink and annotated in ink and pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 7 5/8 x 9 ¼ in. (19.3 x 24.7 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

Lot 85
MARTIN LEWIS (1881-1962)
Trumbull Street
Image: 10 7/8 x 13 in. (275 x 330 mm.)
Sheet: 13 5/8 x 16 ¼ in. (346 x 413 mm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 86
HAROLD ROTH (1918-2001)
Forest Avenue at 166th Street, The Bronx, 1939
signed, titled and dated in pencil, stamped photographer's copyright credit and reproduction limitation in ink (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (mat backing board)
image: 13 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (34.6 x 23.1 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 10 7/8 in. (35.5 x 27.6 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$5,670
Lot 87
MARTIN LEWIS (1881-1962)
Break in the Thunderstorm
Image: 12 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (315 x 252 mm.)
Sheet: 16 x 13 ¼ in. (406 x 337 mm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$11,970
Lot 88
ARMIN LANDECK (1905-1984)
Pop's Tavern
Image: 6 ¼ x 10 1/8 in. (159 x 257 mm.)
Sheet: 9 ¾ x 13 ¾ in. (248 x 349 mm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$6,048
Lot 89
DAVID VESTAL (1924-2013)
West 22nd St., New York, N.Y., 1958
signed, titled, dated and variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image: 11 ½ x 7 7/8 in. (29.2 x 20 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 10 in. (35.5 x 25.4 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,008
Lot 90
LOUIS LOZOWICK (1892-1973)
Still Life #2 (Still Life with Apples)
Image: 10 3/8 x 13 ¼ in. (264 x 337 mm.)
Sheet: 14 3/8 x 18 1/8 in. (365 x 460 mm.)
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

Lot 91
WEEGEE (1899–1968)
Couple in a Bowery Bar, c. 1945
stamped 'Weegee The Famous' and 'Weegee/Photo Representatives' credits in ink (verso)
image: 7 ¼ x 9 1/8 in. (18.4 x 23.1 cm.)
sheet: 9 ½ x 10 7/8 in. (24.1 x 27.6 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,008
Lot 92
PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999)
Stewart's
Image: 7 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (200 x 302 mm.)
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 7/8 in. (225 x 327 mm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$2,142
Lot 93
JESSIE TARBOX BEALS (1870-1942)
Black Parrot Tea Room, Greenwich Village, NYC, c. 1910-1917
titled and annotated in ink (verso); stamped photographer's credit, reproduction limitation, collection and loan information in ink (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/8 x 7 in. (23.1 x 17.7 cm.)
mount: 9 ¼ x 7 1/8 in. (23.4 x 18 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

Lot 94
JOHN SLOAN (1871-1951)
Hell Hole
Image: 7 5/8 x 9 ½ in. (194 x 241 mm.)
Sheet: 12 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. (321 x 346 mm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$882
Lot 95
HELEN LEVITT (1913–2009)
New York City (woman with cat and dog), 1940
signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 7 ½ x 6 ¼ in. (19 x 15.8 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$6,048
Lot 96
PEGGY BACON (1895-1987)
A Few Ideas
Image: 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (200 x 251 mm.)
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 15 3/8 in. (314 x 391 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$3,528
Lot 97
JOHN SLOAN (1871-1951)
Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum
Image: 7 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (187 x 225 mm.)
Sheet: 13 ½ x 18 in. (343 x 457 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,134
Lot 98
JOHN SLOAN (1871-1951)
The Picture Buyer
Image: 5 ¼ x 7 in. (135 x 177 mm.)
Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (230 x 308 mm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,260
Lot 99
JOHN SLOAN (1871-1951)
Anshutz on Anatomy
Image: 7 ½ x 9 ¾ in. (191 x 248 mm.)
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 12 ½ in. (283 x 318 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,134
Lot 100
MABEL DWIGHT (1875-1955)
Houston Street Burlesque
Image: 9 ¾ x 8 in. (248 x 203 mm.)
Sheet: 16 x 11 ½ in. (406 x 292 mm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$882
Lot 101
REGINALD MARSH (1898-1954)
Striptease at New Gotham
Image: 12 x 9 in. (305 x 230 mm.)
Sheet: 14 ¼ x 10 5/8 in. (362 x 270 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,764
Lot 102
REGINALD MARSH (1898-1954)
Merry Go-Round
Image: 6 7/8 x 9 ¾ in. (175 x 248 mm.)
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 11 7/8 in. (213 x 302 mm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,764
Lot 103
MORRIS ENGEL (1918-2005)
Photo Booth, Coney Island (Fred Wagner - Shoeshine boy), 1947
signed, titled and dated in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 13 ¼ x 10 ¼ in. (33.6 x 26 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$2,268
Lot 104
ANGELO PINTO (1908-1994)
Shooting Gallery
Image: 6 ¾ x 8 ½ in. (172 x 216 mm.)
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 12 in. (245 x 305 mm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$882
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