Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2703, New York

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Auction Report
Auction Date
May 08, 2025 - May 08, 2025
Page Size: 311 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
176 MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO

El Trapo Negro [The Black Cloth].

1986 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,000.00
177 LAURA AGUILAR

Nature Self-Portrait #4.

1996 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,500.00
178 ALBERT WATSON

Adriana Lima.

1998 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,500.00
179 MARGRETHE MATHER

Wig of the Chinese Impersonator Chew Li Hong.

Circa 1922. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
180 ALFRED EISENSTAEDT

First Lesson at the Truempy Ballet School, Berlin.

1930; printed 1995. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
181 BARBARA MORGAN

Two photographs of jumping dancers.

1940 and 1942; printed early 1980s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,500.00
182 HORST P. HORST

Model with feathered hat (fashion campaign).

1942 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
183 RICHARD AVEDON

Dovima, Evening Dress by Givenchy, Paris.

1955 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,000.00
184 HAROLD EDGERTON

A selection of 3 athletic photographs.

1940-60; printed Circa 1980. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,625.00
185 LILLIAN BASSMAN

Mesh Hat, California.

1961; printed 1990s. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
186 BERT STERN

Dancers in Balanchine's Bugaku.

1963; printed 1990s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,125.00
187 MELVIN SOKOLSKY

Bubble Bouquet, Paris, for Harper's Bazaar.

1963; printed 2011. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,500.00
188 DEBORAH TURBEVILLE

Untitled (fashion study for Xavier's hair salon).

Circa 1975. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,750.00
189 KARL LAGERFELD

Self-portrait with model.

Circa 1987. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
190 RICHARD AVEDON

Butterfly Eye Makeup, designed by Sant Angelo, for McCalls.

1968 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
191 ANDY WARHOL

Tina Chow.

Circa 1985. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,250.00
192 CATHLEEN NAUNDORF

La Fille en Platre VIII - Fashion shot for Galiano Haute Couture, Summer 2007.

2009; printed 2010. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
193 FRANCIS FRITH

The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx.

1858 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,500.00
194 FELICE BEATO /PETER E. BERGHEIM

An album of 27 photographs of Upper Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, including 21 attributed to Beato and 6 to Bergheim.

1862-75. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
195 WALKER EVANS

Suku Dance Mask, BaYaka, Belgian Congo.

1935 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,000.00
196 GEORGE RODGER

Emmanuel, son of the chief drummer of the Bunyaro Tribe, Uganda.

1954 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 688.00
197 SEBASTIAO SALGADO

Children's Ward in the Korem Refugee Camp, Ethiopia [mother & child].

1984; printed 2006. USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 4,500.00
198 SEBASTIAO SALGADO

Mata tea plantation worker, Rwanda [girl with head scarf].

1991; printed 2007. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,750.00
199 SAMUEL BOURNE

A suite of 15 photographs depicting historical landmarks in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

1866-70. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,000.00
200 IRVING PENN

Group portrait of the Dhaka Nawab Family with Vogue editor Allene Talmay Plaut, Dhaka, Bangladesh (formerly Eastern Pakistan).

1947 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
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    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
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