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New York's auctions: Swann Galleries
Lot No. 158: TINA BARNEY, TINA , "Beverly, Jill and Polly." Estimate:$6,000-9,000
Lot No. 58: ALEXEY BRODOVITCH, Untitled (from the Ballet series, Les Sylphides). Estimate:$4,000-6,000
Lot No. 86 HELEN LEVITT, "New York." Estimate:$14,000-18,000
Lot No. 97: HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON, Alfred Stieglitz. Estimate:$5,000-7,500
Lot No. 94: AARON SISKIND, From "Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 63." Estimate:$5,000-7,500
Lot No. 54: IRVING PENN, "Alexandra Beller, New York" (from the "Dancer" series). Estimate:$18,000-22,000
Lot No. 146: SUSAN DERGES, "The Observer and the Observed #6." Estimate:$9,000-12,000
Lot No. 47: RUTH BERNHARD, "Abstract Torso." Estimate:$3,500-4,500
Lot No. 113: RENÉ BURRI, "Ernesto Che Guevara, Havana, Cuba." Estimate:$2,000-3,000
Lot No. 135: ALFRED EISENSTAEDT, "Children at Puppet Theatre, Paris." Estimate:$25,000-35,000
Lot No. 60: HERB RITTS, "Stephanie with Flower, Los Angeles." Estimate:$7,000-10,000
Lot No. 140: ROBERT & SHANA PARKEHARRISON, Listening to the Earth. Estimate:$12,000-18,000
Lot No. 144: MAN RAY (1890-1976) Pair of vibrant studies from "Electricité." Estimate:$3,000-4,500
Lot No. 121: ROY DECARAVA, "Man in Striped Shirt at the Piano". Estimate:$10,000-15,000
Lot No. 124: ROBERT FRANK, "From the Bus." Estimate:$8,000-12,000
Lot No. 107: O. WINSTON LINK, "Hot Shot, Eastbound at the Iaeger Drive-In, West Virginia." Estimate:$9,000-12,000
Lot No. 118: MARIO GIACOMELLI, "Pretini." Estimate:$3,500-4,500
Lot No. 133: WALKER EVANS, "Allie Mae Burroughs, Wife of a Cotton Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama." Estimate:$10,000-15,000
Lot No. 115: HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON, "Ireland." Estimate:$10,000-15,000
Lot No. 49: EDWARD WESTON/COLE WESTON, "Nude" (Charis on dunes). Estimate:$5,000-7,500
Lot No. 158: TINA BARNEY, TINA , "Beverly, Jill and Polly." Estimate:$6,000-9,000
It is a New York tradition that Swann Galleries kicks off the photography auction season. Among the 167 lots You will find pieces ranging from early Japanese photographs to contemporary work by Tina Barney. Henry Cartier-Bresson’s portrait of Stieglitz along with two of the Dancers series by Irving Penn as well as works by Bernhard, Evans and Weston are always lovely finds.
Enjoy a quick glimpse at our favorite choices.
Swann Galleries was founded in 1941 as an auction house specializing in Rare Books. Today Swann has separate departments devoted to Photographs, Posters and Prints & Drawings, in addition to Books, Maps & Atlases and Autographs.
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