Auction
New York, Photographers for Friends
BENSIMON, Gilles - "Giselle Bundchen" - Date of image: 2003 Date of printing: 2011 - Pigmented ink jet, Color - 63.789 X 48 - Signed and dated at bottom of print - OPENING BID: $3,000 - A CURATED SELECTION: Reality according to Charles Churchward
ARBUS, Diane - "Transvestite at her birthday party, N.Y.C" - Date of image: 1969 Date of printing: printed later - Edition: 58/75 - Estate stamp verso in ink; signed in ink by Doon Arbus for the Estate of Diane Arbus; OPENING BID: $6,000
VERGLAS, Antoine - "Aurora" - Date of image: 2000 Date of printing: April 2011 - 30 X 40 - Direct to aluminum, color - Signed on front - OPENING BID: $1,500
DAHL-WOLFE, Louise - Untitled - Date of image: c.1940 - Vintage gelatin silver print - 9.5 X 8.75 - OPENING BID: $1,000 -
ERWITT, Elliot - "Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California. 1962." - Date of image: 1962 - Gelatin silver print - 14 X 11 - Signed, dated and inscribed verso - OPENING BID: $1,000
HUJAR, Peter - "Bouche Walker (Reggie's Dog)" - Vintage gelatin-silver print - 20 X 16 - OPENING BID: $9,000
VAN LAMSWEERDE, Inez & MATADIN, Vinoodh - "Lady Gaga - V Magazine, 2011" - Date of image: March 2011 - Date of printing: May 2011 - Pigment print, color - 11 X 11 - Signed and dated on front - OPENING BID: $5,000
MAPPLETHORPE, Robert - "Lisa Lyon" - © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission. - OPENING BID: $5,100
MASER, Wayne - "Untitled Nude" - Date of image: 2011 - Black & White photo printed on butcher paper - 34 X 64 - OPENING BID: $500
PALUMBO, Tom - "Miles Davis" - Date of image: circa 1957 - Date of printing: November 2007 - Archival light jet print, BW - 40 X 40 - Signed, date and inscribed - Print and story published in Vanity Fair, December 2007 - OPENING BID: $5,000
RITTS, Herb - "Tony and Brian, Los Angeles 1986" - Date of image: 1986 - Gelatin silver print - 16 X 20 - Edition: 21/25 (plus three artist proofs) - OPENING BID: $3,250 - A CURATED SELECTION: Reality according to Charles Churchward
SAAR, Martin - "Morning" from Bubbles Series - Date of image: 2007 Date of printing: 2007 - 30 X 30 - Signed and dated on back - OPENING BID: $2,000
SCAVULLO, Francesco - "Liza Minnelli, 1967" - Date of image: 1967 - Date of printing: 2007 - Silver-gelatin - 20 X 24 - Trial proof, Hollywood Women Portfolio - OPENING BID: $1,000 - A CURATED SELECTION: Reality according to Charles Churchward
SOKOLSKY, Melvin - "Pont Alexander III at night, Paris 1963" - Date of image: 1963 Date of printing: 1999 - 11 X 14 - Edition: 10/20 - Signed - OPENING BID: $1,000
VON UNWERTH, Ellen - Untitled - Date of printing: 2011 - Fiber print, BW - 23 5/8 (aprox) X 20 (aprox) - Signed and dated back, left corner - OPENING BID: $2,000
BENSIMON, Gilles - "Giselle Bundchen" - Date of image: 2003 Date of printing: 2011 - Pigmented ink jet, Color - 63.789 X 48 - Signed and dated at bottom of print - OPENING BID: $3,000 - A CURATED SELECTION: Reality according to Charles Churchward
Photographers For Friends, an event benefiting Friends In Deed, a not-for- profit whose mission is to provide pragmatic, emotional and spiritual support for those affected by life threatening illness. Friends in Deed, a crisis center founded by Mike Nichols and which has been putting on stellar photo auctions since 1991, when Richard Avedon acted as their first chairman.
The event coincides with the 20th anniversary of Friends In Deed, and consists of a live and silent auction of photographic works by some of the genre’s most celebrated and admired names such as Patrick DeMarchelier, Todd Eberle, Ron Galella, Bobby Grossman, Justen Ladda, Annie Leibowitz, Wayne Maser, Craig McDean, McDermott & McGough, Marilyn Minter, James Nares, Jack Pierson, Kate Simon, Kiki Smith, Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Ellen Von Unwerth, Bruce Weber, Christopher Wool, Herb Ritts and more. Photographers For Friends 2011 will also feature photographs by Diane Arbus, Elliott Erwitt, Robert Mapplethorpe, Steven Meisel, Francesco Scavullo, Bert Stern, and Billy Sullivan. Contributions will be curated by Charles Churchward, Charles Cowles, Beth de Woody, Stephen Frailey, Philip Gefter, and Jane Holzer. The 2011 Photographers For Friends event, will take place at Phillips de Pury & Company auction house on Wednesday, June 1, 2011/ 6:30pm and will be the first outside event to take place at their new 57th Street location. Simon de Pury will be the auctioneer.
Friends In Deed – The Crisis Center for Life-Threatening Illness – was founded in 1991 by Mike Nichols and Cynthia O’Neal because of an urgent need. The epidemics of AIDS and cancer were raging – and overwhelmed doctors did not have any time for the emotional and spiritual needs of their patients. Friends In Deed was created to fill this void. Since that time thousands and thousands have come to Friends In Deed newly diagnosed with a life-threatening illness… exhausted from care-giving… and heartbroken over the death of someone they loved. They arrive frightened, powerless, overwhelmed and alone. Friends In Deed provides a safe space where they can ease the fear and reconnect to their own resources and to a sense of possibility. All services are provided free of charge.
Tickets: $100. Contact: 1-800-996-5433 or mcohen@friendsindeed.org
Cocktails and Auction
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Phillips de Pury & Company
450 Park Avenue (@ 57th Street)
New York, NY 10022
Links
http://fidblog.typepad.com/photos/photographers_for_friends/index.htmlwww.friendsindeed.org
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