Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2694, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 13, 2025 - February 13, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978) | Backstage dressing room at The Met ( the chorus playing cards). |
1953 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 52 | ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) | Hallway, New York. |
1953 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 | |
| 53 | W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978) | Empire State Building, New York City. |
Circa 1955-58. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,750.00 | |
| 54 | WILLIAM KLEIN (1926-2022) | Dance in Bensonhurst, NY. |
1955; printed 1977. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,250.00 | |
| 55 | LOUIS STETTNER (1922-2016) | Windshield, Saratoga Springs, New York. |
1957; printed 1970s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,375.00 | |
| 56 | WILLIAM KLEIN (1928-2022) | Moved Across the Street, New York. |
1955; printed 1980s. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 57 | ROBERT FRANK (1924-2019) | Couple, from New York Is. |
1959 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 4,750.00 | |
| 58 | RALPH STEINER (1899-1986) | Fire escape. |
1965; printed 1980. | USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,750.00 | |
| 59 | BRUCE DAVIDSON (1933- ) | East 100th Street (child on fire escape). |
1967-68; printed 1970s. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 60 | DIANE ARBUS (1923-1971) | Photographer Posing Communion Boy, N.Y.C. |
1968; printed 2003 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 4,750.00 | |
| 61 | ELLIOTT ERWITT (1928-2023) | New York City (dog legs). |
1974; printed 1980s. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 | |
| 62 | LEE FRIEDLANDER (1934- ) | New York City (Father Duffy, Times Square). |
1974; printed 1980s. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,750.00 | |
| 63 | LOUIS STETTNER (1922-2016) | Women from Texas, Fifth Avenue, New York. |
1976 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,250.00 | |
| 64 | DANNY LYON (1942- ) | IRT #2, New York. |
1979; printed 1981. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,125.00 | |
| 65 | RUTH ORKIN (1921-1985) | Rainbow over the Carlyle. |
1980 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 66 | HEINRICH KUHN (1866-1944) | The Hay Harvest. |
Circa 1925. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 67 | AUGUST SANDER (1876-1964) | Handlanger [Bricklayer]. |
1928; printed 1976 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
| 68 | TOM HOWARD (1894-1961) | Execution of Ruth Snyder (the first woman to be executed and first photo of execution by electric chair). |
1928; printed before 1936. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,000.00 | |
| 69 | MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE (1904-1971) | Niagara Falls Power Corp. (metal worker). |
1930 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 4,000.00 | |
| 70 | DORIS ULMANN (1882-1934) | Spinner. |
1932-34. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 | |
| 71 | LISETTE MODEL (1901-1983) | A selection of 6 photographs from Model's portfolio Twelve Photographs. |
1937-46; printed 1976. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 | |
| 72 | CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN (1905-1985) | The Closed Door, from the Images of the Lost. |
1939; printed 1954. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 938.00 | |
| 73 | W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978) | Saipan (two soldiers). |
1944; printed 1970s. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 6,250.00 | |
| 74 | ROBERT CAPA (1913-1954) | Immigrant Tent Camp, near Jaifa, Israel. |
1948 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 75 | W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978) | Hear No Evil, from the Life Magazine photo essay "A Man of Mercy." |
1954; printed 1960s. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,000.00 |