Auction
Swann: Photographs & Photobooks
364 - Richard Avedon, Santa Monica Beach #2, California, September 30, 1963. Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $30,000 to $45,000.
4 - Bruce Davidson, East 100th Street Facade. Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $5,000 to $7,500.
14 - Helen Levitt, New York (boys playing over doorway). Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $7,000 to $10,000.
18 - Weegee, Love Story & Ice Cream...Aspirin...Soda Pop...Vitamin Pills...Etc., movie maquette including two photographs. Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.
187 - Edward S. Curtis, Chief of the Desert, Navajo. Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $15,000 to $25,000.
219 - Horst P. Horst, Pauline de Rothschild. Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.
238 - Robert Doisneau, Un Regard Oblique. Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
259 - W. Eugene Smith, Untitled (Spanish soldiers, from the photo essay Spanish Village). Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $5,000 to $7,500.
292 - Margaret Bourke-White, DC-4 Flying over New York City. Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
297 - Weegee, Self-portrait with Mugger's Costume. Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $3,500 to $4,500.
328 - Elliott Erwitt, Paris. Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $2,500 to $3,500.
371 - Irving Penn, Alexandra Beller, New York (from the Dancer series). Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000.
379 - Garry Winogrand, New York, New York (woman in phone booth). Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $3,000 to $4,500.
401 - Brett Weston, Underwater Nude. Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $3,000 to $4,500.
411 - Jill Freedman, Firemen Kissing. Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $5,000 to $7,500.
447 - Joel-Peter Witkin, Woman in Blue Hat. Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $4,500 to $5,500.
455 - Cindy Sherman, Untitled (seated). Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.
470 - Sebastião Salgado, Kuwait (oil fields). Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
364 - Richard Avedon, Santa Monica Beach #2, California, September 30, 1963. Image courtesy of Swann Galleries. Estimate $30,000 to $45,000.
At Swann Galleries in New New york on April 4th, the auction will offer a total of 473 lots. The afternoon session of 19th & 20th Century Photographs & Photobooks features vintage photographs by Edward S. Curtis, Stieglitz, Wilson A. Bentley along with works by Penn, Michals, Witkin and others. A unique print by Richard Avedon (Lot 364) never offered at auction before is one of the highlights of the sale.
Among the photobooks, Robert Frank's The Americans, first American edition, New York, 1959.
The morning session will present the collection of film producer and director Gary Winick who died last year at the age of 49 and left behind collections of photographs, fine art prints, movie posters, books, and personal memorabilia.
Highlights from the collection include:
Photographs by William Eggleston, Harry Callahan, Walker Evans and others, including Henri Cartier-Bresson's Swan lake, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow.
Swann Galleries, INC.
104 East 25th Street
New York, New York 10010
Date: April 4, 2012
Time: 10:30 AM & 2:00 PM
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