Apr 20, 2008 | Top 20 Photographs in the New York Auctions - Spring 2008 | | |
- EDWARD WESTON, Nude,
1925, gelatin silver print, 5 1/8 by 9 ¼ inches, est.: $600,000-$900,000,
realized: $1,609,000, “Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S,
April 7, lot #19
- PAUL STRAND, Rebecca,
1925, platinum print, 9 ¾ by 7 5/8 inches, est.: $600,000-$900,000,
realized: $645,800, “Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S,
April 7, lot #7
- DIANE ARBUS, A Family
On The Lawn One Sunday in Westchester, N.Y.,
1968, gelatin silver print, 15 3/8 by 15 3/8 inches, est.: $200,000-$300,000,
realized: $553,000, “Photographs”, N08424, SOTHEBY’S, April
8, lot #264
- IRVING PENN, Cuzco Children,
1948, platinum-palladium print (printed 1971-ed.:‘16/60’), 19 1/8
by 19 ¾ inches, est.: $250,000-$350,000, realized: $529,000, “Photographs”,
#1985, CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #454
- AUGUST SANDER, Werkstudenten,
1926, gelatin silver print, 5 ¾ by 7 ¾ inches, est.: $150,000-$250,000,
realized: $493,000, “Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S,
April 7, lot #11
6) ANSEL ADAMS, Clearing Winter
Storm, Yosemite Valley, 1944, gelatin silver mural print (printed
1970-1975), 40 ½ by 54 5/8 inches, est.: $250,000-$350,000, realized:
$481,000, “Photographs By Ansel Adams”, #2120, CHRISTIE’S,
April 11, lot #1058
6) IRVING PENN, Black and White
Vogue Cover 1950, platinum-palladium print (printed 1976, ed.: ‘23/34’),
17 by 15 inches, est.: $200,000-$300,000, realized: $481,000,
“Photographs”, #1985, CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #343
7) RICHARD AVEDON, Marilyn Monroe,
May 6, 1957, New York City, 1957, gelatin silver print, 15 5/8 by
15 3/8 inches, est.: $70,000-$100,000, realized: $457,000, “Quillan
Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #32
8) ALBERT SANDS SOUTHWORTH (1811-1894)
& JOSIAH JOHNSON (1808-1901), Portrait of Samuel
Appleton, circa 1850, half-plate daguerreotype, in the original
push-button leather case half-plate, est.: $60,000-$90,000, realized:
$409,000, “Photographs”, N08424, SOTHEBY’S, April 8, lot #168
9) PETER BEARD, Giraffes in
Mirage On the Taru Desert, Kenya, 1960, toned gelatin silver print
with margin painting by Mwangi and Kivoli (printed in 1998), 49 ¾ by
96 ¼ inches, est.: $80,000-$120,000, realized: $325,000, “Photographs”,
NY040408, PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY, April 9, lot #352
9) HANS BELLMER, La Poupee (The
Doll), circa 1935, gelatin silver print, 11 ¼ by 15 ½ inches,
est.: $200,000-$300,000, realized: $325,000, “Quillan Collection”,
N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #15
9) EDWARD WESTON, Nude
on Sand, Oceano, 1936, gelatin silver print, 7 ½ by 9 5/8
inches, est.: $120,000-$180,000, realized: $325,000, “Edward
Weston’s Gifts to His Sister”, N08409, SOTHEBY’S, April 8, lot
#81
10) CINDY SHERMAN, Untitled
(Film Still #53), 1980, gelatin silver print (ed.: ‘3/10’),
6 3/8 by 9 ½ inches, est.: $60,000-$90,000, realized: $313,000,
“Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #34
10) KARL STRUSS (1886-1981),
Metropolitan Tower – Twilight, 1909, platinum print, 12 ¼ by
9 ¼ inches, est.: $30,000-$50,000, realized: $313,000, “Photographs”,
N08424, SOTHEBY’S, April 8, lot #157
11) LASZLO MOHOLY-NAGY, Photogram,
circa 1920s, printing-out paper (unique), 4 7/8 by 6 7/8 inches,
est.: $150,000-$250,000, realized: $301,000, “Quillan Collection”,
N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #39
12) WILLIAM EGGLESTON, Southern
Suite, 1981, 10 dye-transfer prints (ed.: ‘3/12’), each approximately
9 7/8 by 15 inches, est.: $80,000-$120,000, realized: $289,000,
“Photographs”, #1985, CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #511
12) DOROTHEA LANGE, San Francisco
Waterfront, 1933, gelatin silver print, 9 ½ by 7 ½ inches, est.:
$50,000-$70,000, realized: $289,000, “Quillan Collection”,
N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #51
13) ANSEL ADAMS, Bridal Veil
Fall, Yosemite Valley, 1927, gelatin silver mural print (printed
1970-1975), 53 ¼ by 38 ¾ inches, est.: $150,000-$250,000, realized:
$277,000, “Photographs by Ansel Adams”, #2120, CHRISTIE’S,
April 11, lot #1085
14) BILL BRANDT, Van Gogh’s
Room in the Asylum of St. Paul-De-Mausole (St.-Remy), 1950, gelatin
silver print, 8 7/8 by 7 5/8 inches, est.: $50,000-$70,000, realized:
$265,000, “Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7,
lot #21
14) HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON, Hyeres,
France, 1932, gelatin silver print, 7 7/8 by 11 5/8 inches, est.:
$60,000-$90,000, realized: $265,000, “Photographs”, #1985,
CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #363
14) ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, Calla
Lily, 1988, platinum print (ed.: ‘4/5’), 18 ¾ by 19 inches,
est.: $100,000-$150,000, realized: $265,000, “Photographs”,
#1985, CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #432
14) CARLETON E. WATKINS, Tasayac,
Half Dome from Glacier Point, Yosemite, 1865-1866, mammoth-plate
albumen print, 15 1/8 by 20 ¼ inches, est.: $150,000-$250,000, realized:
$265,000, “Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7,
lot #58
15) ANSEL ADAMS, Aspens, Northern
New Mexico, 1958, gelatin silver mural print (printed 1970-1975),
30 by 40 inches, est.: $150,000-$250,000, realized: $241,000,
“Photographs by Ansel Adams”, #2120, CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot
#1064
15) HELMUT NEWTON, Sie Kommen
(Naked and Dressed), Paris, 1981, 2 gelatin silver prints, each
14 ½ by 14 ½ inches, est.: $140,000-$180,000, realized: $241,000,
“Photographs from the Collection of Gert Elfering”, #2113, CHRISTIE’S,
April 10, lot #120
15) PAUL OUTERBRIDGE, Kandinsky,
1937, color carbo print, 15 ½ by 10 3/8 inches, est.: $150,000-$250,000,
realized: $241,000, “Photographs”, N08424, SOTHEBY’S, April
8, lot #214
16) EDWARD WESTON, Leeks,
1927, gelatin silver print (#7 in a projected edition of 50 / 4 prints
are known), 7 ½ by 9 ½ inches, est.: $80,000-$120,000, realized:
$229,000, “Photographs”, N08424, SOTHEBY’S, April 8, lot #188
17) PETER BEARD, Self Portrait
for Centre Nationale de la Photographie, Paris, 1996, collage of
gelatin silver prints, chromogenic prints and morphine drip exhibition
label (affixed to the rear of the frame), 84 by 53 ½ inches, est.:
$150,000-$200,000, realized: $217,000, “Photographs”, #1985,
CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #307
17) MAN RAY, Champs Delicieux:
Album de Photographies, 1922, 12 gelatin prints (re-photographs
of original rayographs / ed.: ‘12/40’), 8 ¾ by 6 ¾ inches, est.:
$200,000-$300,000, realized: $217,000, “Photographs”, N08424,
SOTHEBY’S, April 8, lot #207
18) ANSEL ADAMS, Tenaya Creek,
Dogwood, Rain, Yosemite Valley, 1948, gelatin silver mural print,
(printed 1970-1975), 26 ½ by 33 7/8 inches, est.: $50,000-$70,000,
realized: $205,000, “Photographs by Ansel Adams”, #2120,
CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #1091
18) ROBERT FRANK, Mississippi
River, from “The Americans”, 1956 (printed 1958-1960), oversize
gelatin silver print, 12 ½ by 18 5/8 inches, est.: $50,000-$70,000,
realized: $205,000, “Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S,
April 7, lot #27
18) IRVING PENN, Mouth for L’Oreal,
New York, 1986, dye-transfer print (printed 1992, from an edition
of 28), 18 5/8 by 18 ¼ inches, est.: $50,000-$70,000, realized:
$205,000, “Photographs from the Collection of Gert Elfering”,
#2113, CHRISTIE’S, April 10, lot #91
19) ANSEL ADAMS, Lake Precipice,
‘Frozen Lake and Cliffs’, Kaweah Gap, Sierra Nevada, 1932, gelatin
silver mural print (printed 1970-1975), 24 ½ by 31 ¼ inches, est.:
$90,000-$120,000, realized: $193,000, “Photographs by Ansel
Adams”, #2120, CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #1004
19) JAROMIR FUNKE, Kompozice
(Composition), 1923, gelatin silver print, 8 3/8 by 11 ½ inches,
est.: $60,000-$90,000, realized: $193,000, “Quillan Collection”,
N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #5
19) IRVING PENN, Gisele, New
York, April 1, 1999, 1999, gelatin silver print (from an edition
of 20), 15 ½ by 15 ½ inches, est.: $30,000-$40,000, realized: $193,000,
“Photographs from the Collection of Gert Elfering”, #2113, CHRISTIE’S,
April 10, lot #125
20) DIANE ARBUS, Child
with a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1962, gelatin silver
print (printed 1963), 12 by 11 ¾ inches, est.: $100,000-$150,000, realized:
$181,000, “Photographs”, NY040408, PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY,
April 9, lot #327
20) RICHARD AVEDON, Brigette
Bardot, 1959, gelatin silver print (printed later, ed.: ‘12/35’),
23 by 19 7/8 inches, est.: $80,000-$120,000, realized: $181,000,
“Photographs from the Collection of Gert Elfering”, #2113, CHRISTIE’S,
April 10, lot #33
20) CHRISTIAN SCHAD, Renseignements,
1919, unique photogram on printing-out-paper, 2 ¼ by 3 3/8 inches on
a sheet 4 ½ by 5 ¾ inches, est.: $200,000-$300,000, realized: $181,000,
“Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #13
20) EDWARD WESTON, Dunes, Oceano,
1936, gelatin silver print, 7 ½ by 9 ½ inches, est.: $120,000-$180,000,
realized: $181,000, “Edward Weston’s Gifts to His Sister”,
N08409, SOTHEBY’S, April 8, lot #80
Many thanks to Brian Appel for providing this informative listing.
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| Apr 19, 2008 | Barnaby Hall: The Art of the Book Cover | | | English-Born photographer Barnaby Hall has won numerous awards for his photographs used in book covers and we decided to include an exhibition of these. What we wanted to do was include the final book covers along with the photograph on which it was based to highlight the evolution of an idea.
I rather like the trivia that the cover for James Fenimore Cooper "Last Of The Mohicans" (The Modern Library Classics, 1998) is actually a passport portrait of Barnaby Hall taken by a “lamby lamby” (street photographer) in Rio de Janeiro in 1972.
Thanks to Barnaby and all the art directors, designers and publishers involved. PhVTitle | Lightbox | Checklist Exhibition: Barnaby Hall: The Art of the Book Cover More about this photographer
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| Apr 17, 2008 | Rolf Koppel: Male Nudes | | | Some time ago I included an exhibition of the still life work of Rolf Koppel and this exhibition examines some of his nude studies. These explorations of the self are included in several of his monographs including:
Rolf Koppel Soliloquy (Fotohof, 2000) with an essay by Peter Weiermair
Rolf Koppel Will (Casa Editice Tutti i Santi, 2002) edited by Peter Weiermair. (This book explores the intense relationship between the photographer and his model Will Light Johnson)
Rolf Koppel Photographs 1976 > 2003 (Allerheiligenpresse, 2004) edited by Peter Weiermair.
I'd like to thank Rolf for his permission to include this exhibition. PhVTitle | Lightbox | Checklist Exhibition: Rolf Koppel: Male Nudes More about this photographer
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| Apr 16, 2008 | Luminous-Lint goes from Strength to Strength | | | Thanks for all your support and the website is building up well with historic, rare and contemporary works and you all seem to like it which is great news. This year we've had well in excess of 1.5 million page views just of the gallery, dealer, photographer and online-exhibition pages which is pretty amazing.
One new feature that is coming soon includes regional indexes for photographers - this will be a useful resource for photo-historians, collectors and researchers who want to locate 19th century photographers who worked in Sri Lanka such as Charles Scowen.
We've come a long way together and I'm looking forward to other ways I can assist this diverse community as this website continues to improve.
Best wishes,
alan@luminous-lint.com
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| Apr 16, 2008 | Helping to keep up with the NEWS on Fine Photography | | | I mentioned in the last newsletter that I have created an online newspaper containing headlines and articles collected from around the world dealing with Fine Photography. This brings together information to keep you up to date and you can see it at:
Luminous-Lint‘s Shared Items
If you create newsfeeds on photobooks, photographic exhibitions, photography collecting or articles that are appropriate for our community let me know so they can be included. More sophisticated resources are on the way so keep watching...
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| Apr 16, 2008 | Michael Berman is awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship | | | Congratulations to Michael Berman on his Guggenheim Fellowship for his work on the lands between Mexico and the US. PhVTitle | Lightbox | Checklist Exhibition: Michael Berman: Under a Dry Moon More about this photographer
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| Apr 16, 2008 | André Gunthert stepping down as director of Société française de photographie (SFP) | | | Chers amis,
L'assemblée générale de la Société française de photographie se réunira le 5 mai prochain, où elle procédera comme de coutume au renouvellement de son conseil d'administration. A l'expiration de mon cinquième mandat d'administrateur, j'ai décidé de ne pas en solliciter la reconduction. En quinze ans de participation à la direction de notre chère Société, j'ai pu notamment la doter d'un appareil éditorial moderne, renouveler ses statuts et asseoir sa crédibilité scientifique. J'ai la fierté d'avoir participé à l'animation du principal groupe de recherche en histoire de la photographie, dont L'Art de la photographie a récemment synthétisé les travaux. Je suis également heureux d'avoir contribué à mieux définir la contribution décisive de la SFP à l'histoire du médium, et à éclairer plusieurs chapitres de sa chronique. Ces quinze ans sont passés comme une flèche, et m'ont apporté des moments qui comptent dans une vie.
Mais l'aventure collective n'en a pas moins un coût, et le partage de la responsabilité un poids. Pour rappeler la valeur du bénévolat, il n'est de meilleur moyen que de passer la main. Ce retrait n'est pas un abandon, mais un signe d'ouverture et de renouvellement en direction des plus jeunes. La SFP a plus que jamais besoin de la bonne volonté et de la vigilance de ses membres. Je reste un sociétaire actif au service de cette belle institution, dont l'indépendance est le meilleur atout.
Avec mes amitiés,
André Gunthert
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| Apr 11, 2008 | Portraits: Parts of body - Hands | | | "Made by hand, the craft object bears the fingerprints, real or metaphorical, of the person who fashioned it. These fingerprints are not the equivalent of the artist's signature, for they are not a name. Nor are they a mark or a brand. They are a sign: the almost invisible scar commemorating our original brotherhood or sisterhood. Made by hand, the craft object is made for hands. Not only can we see it, we can also finger it, feel it. We see the work of art but we do not touch it. The religious taboo that forbids us to touch saints - "you'll burn your hands if you touch the Tabernacle," we were told as children - also applies to paintings and sculpture."
Octavio Paz (b. 1914), Mexican poet, in his essay "Seeing and Using: Art and Craftsmanship" in Convergences: Essays on Art and Literature, (Harcourt Brace, 1987). PhVTitle | Lightbox | Checklist Exhibition: Portrait: Parts of body: Hands
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| Apr 6, 2008 | The AIPAD Photography Show New York (April 10 - 13, 2008) | | | Location:
Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue at 67th Street, NYC
Show Hours
Thursday, April 10, 2008, 11am-7pm
Friday, April 11, 2008, 11am-8pm
Saturday, April 12, 2008, 11am-8pm
Sunday, April 13, 2008, 11am - 6pm
Admission
$25 daily/$35 for the run-of-show
Special Event
Gala Benefit Preview
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008, 5 pm - 10 pm
For further information on preview tickets, contact: Elizabeth Pizzo, 212.708.9680 or specialevents@moma.org
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| Mar 28, 2008 | Susan Burnstine | | | Susan Burnstine uses hand-made cameras and lenses to create hauntingly soft images that appear to be extracted from half remembered dreams. Thanks to Susan and to the Wall Space Gallery in Seattle where an exhibition of her images is on view until April 5, 2008. PhVTitle | Lightbox | Checklist Exhibition: Susan Burnstine More about this photographer
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