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| 1. |  | Unidentified photographer 1850 (ca) French stereo Daguerreotype of a semi-clad lady Daguerreotype, stereo Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 69) FRENCH STEREOSCOPIC DAGUERREOTYPE. Lavish and beautifully colored example of this genre |
| 2. |  | Alexander Gardner 1865, 4 March Lincoln's Second Inaugural Albumen print 6 7/8 x 9 1/2 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 71) There are several variants of this subject, usually attributed to Alexander Gardner. This is the rarest and most desirable one that shows Lincoln actually delivering his speech. There is an imprint on the back for Clarence Dodge, Photographer. 106 G. Street Southeast, Washington DC. This doesn't have the character of a copy print. Since there were several variants of this event, taken minutes apart, it is unlikely that Gardner himself could have operated the camera himself for all these variants. Dodge, a Washington photographer, might have been the camera operator for this important event, and now was issuing the image with his own imprint. Lloyd Ostendorf, in "Lincoln in Photographs" (1998) comments on this photograph that it is "probably" by Alexander Gardner. "Neither Gardner nor Brady copyrighted any pictures of the inauguration, but this and other views are usually considered Gardner's work." (p. 208.) |
| 3. |  | Alexander Gardner 1865, 4 March Lincoln's Second Inaugural Albumen print 6 7/8 x 9 1/2 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 71) There are several variants of this subject, usually attributed to Alexander Gardner. This is the rarest and most desirable one that shows Lincoln actually delivering his speech. There is an imprint on the back for Clarence Dodge, Photographer. 106 G. Street Southeast, Washington DC. This doesn't have the character of a copy print. Since there were several variants of this event, taken minutes apart, it is unlikely that Gardner himself could have operated the camera himself for all these variants. Dodge, a Washington photographer, might have been the camera operator for this important event, and now was issuing the image with his own imprint. Lloyd Ostendorf, in "Lincoln in Photographs" (1998) comments on this photograph that it is "probably" by Alexander Gardner. "Neither Gardner nor Brady copyrighted any pictures of the inauguration, but this and other views are usually considered Gardner's work." (p. 208.) |
| 4. |  | William H. Mumler n.d. Mrs Lincoln & the Ghost of a Spirit Carte de visite Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 72) The famous spirit photograph by Mumler of Mary Todd Lincoln with the "ghost" image of Lincoln above her head. Mrs.Lincoln did attend a séance in Boston, where she claimed to have felt her dead husband place his hands on her shoulders. This was recreated by Mumler. In this example the ghost figure is hardly visible, though we clearly see the hands on the shoulders. CDV with mount corners slightly clipped, Mumler's imprint on the verso. |
| 5. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Armless Navy Veteran: Richard D. Dunphy Carte de visite Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 73) This is Richard D. Dunphy. Born in Ireland, he was a Coal Heaver serving on board the U.S.S. Hartford in attacks against Fort Morgan and the capture of the "Tennessee." CDV with pen inscription on verso, probably in his hand, from "Flag Ship 'Hartford' Mobile Bay Aug 5th '64." No imprint, blue 2 cent Bank Check stamp. |
| 6. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1864, 5 August Armless Navy Veteran: Richard D. Dunphy (reverse) Carte de visite Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 73) This is Richard D. Dunphy. Born in Ireland, he was a Coal Heaver serving on board the U.S.S. Hartford in attacks against Fort Morgan and the capture of the "Tennessee." CDV with pen inscription on verso, probably in his hand, from "Flag Ship 'Hartford' Mobile Bay Aug 5th '64." No imprint, blue 2 cent Bank Check stamp. |
| 7. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1864 (ca) 37th Illinois Infantry Carte de visite Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 74) CDV endorsed recto, "Yours Respectfully Gallio Furman Capt. 37 Ills Inftyà " Furman was made 1st Lieutenant on 7/20/62, and Captain on 6/25/64. This unit was called the "Fremont Rifles," and also "The Illinois Greyhounds" for their rapid March at Prairie Grove. They fought brilliantly at Pea Ridge, the Siege of Vicksburg, Morgan's Bend etc. Furman mustered out in Houston, Texas. |
| 8. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1864, November Major Alexander A. Monroe and Wife Carte de visite Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 75) He served in the 12th Ohio Cavalry, then became a Major in the US 122nd Colored Troops Infantry on 12/08/64. CDV by A. Whissemore, Mansfield Ohio. Pencil inscription on verso gives his name and rank, and "Findley Ohio." Violet 1 cent Express stamp initialed "A.W." by the photographer on Nov. 9/ 64 and orange 2 cent Bankcheck stamp initialed and dated Nov. 14th/64. Curious to see two different dates on the stamps. |
| 9. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Painter with his painting Carte de visite Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 77) Fine portrait of the painter at his easel with an interesting painting visible. CDV with no imprint, but period pencil on the verso reads "This is J. L. [?] Andeson [?] the other side." |
| 10. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Champagne sales Carte de visite Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 78) Unusual CDV of a champagne bottle with a label for Cellier & Co., Reims. The back is stamped for Siegel's Extra Dry Champagne, Cor. Warren & Broadway, New York. There is a pen price list-- $7 per case for Quarts, $8.00 per case for Pints, and some figuring in pencil. Aside from unusual photographic subject this is a rare example of a CDV used as an advertising order form. |
| 11. |  | Beer Bros. n.d. Early Saratoga Stereocard Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 79) S. Beer and the Beer Brothers were interesting fairly obscure NYC photographers. This is a rare offering of a collection of their work in Saratoga. There are 18 stereo views and 2 CDV's. Many of the views show groups of elegant visitors posed at various spots, suggesting that they had a concession to photograph such groups. The CDV's have a backmark for their studio at 34 Wall Street, with a later blue imprint for the New Gallery, at 564 Broadway. Many of the views have an imprint or small label for their Broadway Gallery. One view has a large label on the verso, originally for Beer Brothers at 564 Broadway, corrected in pen to "S. Beer" at 481 Broadway. Some have negative numbers and seem to be the same as views published by George Stacy. Possibly Beer and Stacy got those views from the same source, as both also published Saratoga views without those numbers. |
| 12. |  | Beer Bros. n.d. Early Saratoga Stereocard Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 79) S. Beer and the Beer Brothers were interesting fairly obscure NYC photographers. This is a rare offering of a collection of their work in Saratoga. There are 18 stereo views and 2 CDV's. Many of the views show groups of elegant visitors posed at various spots, suggesting that they had a concession to photograph such groups. The CDV's have a backmark for their studio at 34 Wall Street, with a later blue imprint for the New Gallery, at 564 Broadway. Many of the views have an imprint or small label for their Broadway Gallery. One view has a large label on the verso, originally for Beer Brothers at 564 Broadway, corrected in pen to "S. Beer" at 481 Broadway. Some have negative numbers and seem to be the same as views published by George Stacy. Possibly Beer and Stacy got those views from the same source, as both also published Saratoga views without those numbers. |
| 13. |  | William Henry Jackson n.d. W.H. Jackson and Assistant loading equipment on their burro Stereocard Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 80) The wood boxes are probably for photographic plates. 5" x 7" gold/pale blue stereo view mount with Hayden Survey and Jackson imprint, with negative number 838, "Packing" in period pen on verso. |
| 14. |  | Byron H. Gurnsey n.d. Ute Indians in front of Gurnsey's Studio [Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views] Stereocard Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 81) Good stereo view of the Indians armed with rifle, pistol, bows. There are photo displays in the windows. 5" x 7" gold/pale blue mount with label for Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views, Colorado Springs. |
| 15. |  | Epler, Howard & Co. n.d. Fire or Street Vending Machine, Akron, Ohio Stereo view 4 3/8 x 7 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 82) There's a spigot at the bottom left of the boiler, a pail between the two sections, something like cups sticking up from the top of the boiler. At first this seemed to be some fire apparatus, but I think it could be a machine to prepare something that would be sold. These guys seem like the inventors. Orange/lavender stereo view with backmark for "Epler, Howard & Co., Photographers, 116 Market Street, Akron, Ohio." |
| 16. |  | Chas Eisenmann 1889, 17 September Armless Charles Tripp Cabinet card Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 83) Cabinet card shows him holding a teacup with his toes. On the floor are scissors and other tools with which he cuts out stencils. Pen inscription on the verso dated Sep. 17, '89, from Woodstock Ontario. |
| 17. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Indian portrait Collodion print 5 + x 3 7/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 87) The club carried by the man in feathered headdress is actually a maul used by women for mashing choke cherries or pounding dried meat [thanks Mike Cowdrey.] His beaded strap is Ojibway. Many of these artifacts were widely traded, and so are not original with the tribe. |
| 18. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Portrait of a seated Commanche or Kiowa man Collodion print 5 + x 3 7/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 87) |
| 19. |  | John K. Hillers n.d. Wolpi Pueblo Albumen print, mammoth, on expedition mount 17 1/2 x 22 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 88) Pen inscription on verso reads "J. [Jack] Hillers of J. W. Powell's Geological Surveyà. Wolpi, Moquis Towers." 4 Hopi Indians are posed on various levels. |
| 20. |  | Carleton E. Watkins n.d. Railroad Ferry "Solano" with Watkin's Photo Wagon Albumen print, mammoth 15 x 22 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 92) Looking down at the Port Costa station with the ferry at the landing. A locomotive pulls a train from the ferry. Peeking out from the behind the wooden tower behind the first car of the train is the back of the wagon for Watkins' Yosemite Gallery. This also gives an indication of Watkins' working procedure. He carried the tripod, mammoth camera, stereo camera and other needs up to this elevation, and then moved to a position at an oblique angle to make the next view. This is a very rare image. |
| 21. |  | Carleton E. Watkins n.d. Railroad Ferry "Solano" with Watkin's Photo Wagon (detail) Albumen print, mammoth 15 x 22 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 92) Looking down at the Port Costa station with the ferry at the landing. A locomotive pulls a train from the ferry. Peeking out from the behind the wooden tower behind the first car of the train is the back of the wagon for Watkins' Yosemite Gallery. This also gives an indication of Watkins' working procedure. He carried the tripod, mammoth camera, stereo camera and other needs up to this elevation, and then moved to a position at an oblique angle to make the next view. This is a very rare image. |
| 22. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Shasta Mineral Springs, California Silver print 4 5/8 x 7 1/2 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 94) Nice view of the station, buildings, stairs going up to the spouting spring. A companion same-size scenic view on same mount has backstamp for John Ollman, Photographer, Shasta Springs, a rare maker. |
| 23. |  | Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation 1929 (copyright) Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Expedition member James Feury watching Commander Byrd plant a flag in the ice during the survey operation at Little America Gelatin silver print, press photo 6 ¥ x 10 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 95) |
| 24. |  | NY Times and St. Louis Post Dispatch 1930 (ca) Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Four expedition members on a sled. Gelatin silver print, press photo 6 ¥ x 10 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 95) |
| 25. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. WW1 Aerial Photograph Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 96) Under the direction of Edward Steichen the U.S. Air Force developed techniques for aerial reconnaissance in WWI. These are vintage examples of this work, from 1918 (one 1919.). There are 6 - 7" x 9" original prints with marginal notations of coordinates, locations and other information, plus a 7" x 8" print of a landscape with specific locations given in the negative. This system of coordinates must have been part of the process developed by Steichen for maximum effective use of the photographs. There is a 6 ¢" x 7" "Assemblage of Aerial Photographs from the 111th Corps Air Service, 1st Aero Squadron Demonstration Center in Germany." 10- 6 3/8" x 8" photographs are vintage copy prints of various scenes including ruined and intact cities, fields with coordinates of positions, etc. Of the two additional prints it is interesting that one is a nice street view of Mersch, Luxembourg, with a banner "For our Deliverers," titled "Luxembourg welcomes the Americans." Steichen was born in Luxembourg and his loyalty to his country of origin was part of his motivation for serving in the war. 20 photographs in all. |
| 26. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. WWII Bombing Photograph Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 98) |
| 27. |  | Art Green 1944 WWII press photo. "Tower of Destruction" - the burning of the SS Paul Hamilton, taken from the USS Menges. Gelatin silver print 10 + x 13 ¢ in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 99) This image was published in TIME magazine in May 1944. |
| 28. |  | Art Green n.d. WWII press photo. "Battle Stations" shows the body of a gunner slumped over his wrecked shipboard station Gelatin silver print 9 + x 7 + in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 99) |
| 29. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1971 James Irwin saluting beside flag on the moon [Apollo 15 NASA photographs] Color print 7 x 9 7/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 101) |
| 30. |  | Morris Rosenfeld n.d. Flying Spinnakers Gelatin silver print, blue-toned 13 x 10 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 102) The Mystic Seaport Museum, that has a large holding of Rosenfeld's photographs, does not have any blue prints like this, but this appears as though it were made from the negative. |
| 31. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1965 1965 New York Yankees - players and staff posed in Yankee Stadium Color print 16 x 20 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 103) This hung in a bar in Queens frequented by the team members, who signed it as they came in. The signatures are: BACK ROW: Al Downing, Pete Mickelson, Roger Maris, à. Murray, unsigned, Steve Hamilton, Ross Moschitto, Doc Edwards, Phil Linz, unsigned, Hector Lopez. SECOND ROW: Joe Soares [trainer], Clete Boyer, unsigned, Jack Cullen, Mel Stottlemyre, Elton Howard, Jake Gibbs, unsigned, Ray Barker [?], Don Segar, man in suit. THIRD ROW: Whitey Ford, Bobby Richardson, unsigned, Vern Benson [coach], Jim Hegan [coach], Tony à., Frank Crosetti [coach], Cot Deal [coach], Jim Bouton, Mickey Mantle, Là. . Tony Kubek. IN FRONT: BAT BOYS: unsigned and Daniel Noel. |
| 32. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. Harpsichordist Wanda Landowska and her circle Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 104) Landowska, born in Poland in 1879, was a major artist who popularized the harpsichord (she used a larger instrument than was later to become more standard) and scholar of early music. Her presentations of Bach's "Goldberg Variations" (she made the first recording) were extremely influential. Before WWII she lived and taught in Paris, and frequented the lesbian-oriented artistic salon of Natalie Clifford Barney. During the Nazi period she emigrated to the US where she widely performed and taught, until her death in 1959. This is a private collection of material belonging to one of her protégés, with several endorsed to "Kati" in the 1950's (one by Denise Restout, Landowska's disciple and companion.).There are 9 photographs of W.L. at her instrument (2 with damage). 3 other portraits, 7 personal snapshots and a small album with 15 snapshots, most in color. In addition there are 7 early postcards from France and Russia with photographic images, drawings and a silhouette. Aside from the few damaged ones, most are [3] to [4-]. In addition, the collection also contains 5 photographs of pianists. 3 are of Felicia Blumenthal, another Polish emigré who was in the circle of W.L. in New York. She died in 1991. These are from the 1980's. One, by Bruno of Hollywood, has an elaborate endorsement, plus one of her daughter with Arthur Rubenstein. Final portrait is of Josef and Rosina Lhevinne. |
| 33. |  | S.I.P. n.d. The Cake Walk Photo postcards, applied blue coloring Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 105) The steps of the dance are illustrated by the "Elke" team of the Nouveau Cirqueà.. This dance originated in American black slave society, mocking the manners of their European masters. It was then taken up by Europeans themselves, as here, in these French postcards with imprinted technical explanations of the moves. In this group, someone has added pen inscriptions in Portuguese [from Brazil?] bringing out the elements of erotic courtship. |
| 34. |  | Unidentified photographer 1939 (before) Album Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 106) |
| 35. |  | Mayer & Pierson 1857 M. de Sébille as a miner and with a miner's light on top of his hat - costume ball organized in Bruxelles by the Duke of Brabant Salted paper print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 107) The printer Cannelle published a souvenir album [of engravings?] This photograph proof was found in the printer's archive. |
| 36. |  | Mayer & Pierson 1857 Earl d'Aspremont de Lynden as 18th century Belgian Nobleman - costume ball organized in Bruxelles by the Duke of Brabant Salted paper print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 108) The printer Cannelle published a souvenir album [of engravings?] This photograph proof was found in the printer's archive. |
| 37. |  | Jacques Moulin 1850s (ca, late) Scene in Algeria Albumen print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 109) On original mount with Moulin's embossed monogram in the upper left corner, nice label on verso for "Bureau Arabe de Mascara." 2 French soldiers, 2 arabs. Something is being signed. |
| 38. |  | Adolphe Braun 1860 (ca) Cows, men in pasture, trees Albumen print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 110) |
| 39. |  | Atelier E. Grammont 1860s Marquis, An imperial Horse Albumen print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 111) On original mount with fine hand-inscribed pen title on bottom of the mount. Red oval stamp on verso for "Atelier E. Grammont.." |
| 40. |  | Karl Struss 1911 (ca) Nude Platinum print on tissue Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc © 1983 Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 114) Signed on print (lightly) in pencil, "C" in the negative. Tipped onto large mount with Struss's Estate stamp on verso, and "#31." Number "46" label on mount, recto, from some exhibition |
| 41. |  | Karl Struss 1911 (ca) Studio stamp for Kark Struss Platinum print on tissue Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc © 1983 Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 114) Signed on print (lightly) in pencil, "C" in the negative. Tipped onto large mount with Struss's Estate stamp on verso, and "#31." Number "46" label on mount, recto, from some exhibition |
| 42. |  | Dorothea Lange 1939, October Idaho Landscape Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 117) F.S.A. stamp on verso credits Lange. Pen inscription on verso: "Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho, where new settlers grow hay between the stumps - October 1939." |
| 43. |  | Sonya Noskowiak n.d. California landscape Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 118) Signed on the mount. |
| 44. |  | Edward Weston 1925 (taken) 1955 (print) San Francisco Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 119) Printed 1955 under his supervision by Brett Weston. This is No. 6 of an edition of 8 "Project" prints, that seldom appear on the market. |
| 45. |  | Ansel Adams 1956 (ca, taken) 1974 (ca, print) Buddhist Grave Markers and Rainbow, Maui, Hawaii Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 121) 1956, printed 1974. Signed in pencil on the mount recto. Beautiful print of a rare Adams subject. |
| 46. |  | Else Thalemann 1920s-1930s Ruhr Industrial Scene Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 124) Slip attached verso credits Thalemann, and gives number "171." She was an interesting photographer, known for her 1920's photographs of the Eiffel Tower. The rigid composition of the entrance to this glass factory provides a frame for the fascinating ghostly figures |
| 47. |  | André Kertész 1914 (taken, later print) Bocskay Terrace Budapest Gelatin silver print 8 x 9 7/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 125) Signed in pencil on verso. |
| 48. |  | André Kertész 1918 (taken, later print) Transport Gelatin silver print 8 x 9 7/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 126) Signed in pencil on verso. 1918, printed later. Plate 87, "Hungarian Memories." |
| 49. |  | Mehemed Fehmy Agha 1930s Fashion Study Gelatin silver print 14 x 11 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 130) Agha was an innovative influential fashion director for Vogue, House & Garden, Vanity Fair, and a fine photographer. This uses brilliant lighting and composition to contrast the dark woman and the white-gowned one. |
| 50. |  | Horst 1947 Fashion Study Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 132) Horst's Vogue Studio stamp on verso, and Conde Nasts stamp with sitting date Dec. 5, 1947. |
| 51. |  | Mike Disfarmer 1940s (early) Mary Jo Seymore Gelatin silver print 5 ¢ x 3 3/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 134) Her name is written in pen on verso. Quintessential image of the G.I.'s sweetheart, patriotic, innocent, softly erotic. She wears a ring and sports her man's insignia as well as his hat. One of the most charming and emblematic of Disfarmer's portraits. |
| 52. |  | Jack Delano 1941 Worker, Puerto Rico Gelatin silver print, toned 13 1/8 x 10 3/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 137) F.S.A. stamp on verso. |
| 53. |  | Arthur Rothstein 1970s Portrait of a Workman Gelatin silver print 14 x 11 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 138) Rothstein's name stamp and number "17" on verso. |
| 54. |  | Arthur Rothstein 1970s Portrait of a Black Worker Gelatin silver print 14 x 11 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 141) Rothstein's name stamp and number "14" on verso. |
| 55. |  | Richard Misrach 1973 (ca) Zen Gelatin silver print 11 x 11 in (sheet) Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 143) Signed and dated in pencil on verso. A very rare print from Misrach's first exhibition series, "Telegraph 3:00 a.m." |
| 56. |  | Marion Post Wolcott 1939 Card Players, Mississippi Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 144) F.S.A. stamp on verso. Type caption: "Playing cards in front of drug store in center of town, in Mississippi Deltaà. " |
| 57. |  | Gordon Parks 1945, September Gold Mining, Yellowknife, Canada Gelatin silver print 9 1/8 x 11 1/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 145) Wide white margin at left with holes for insertion in an album, "28948" in pencil on verso. Photocopy of card entry [possibly from the Standard Oil Project?] for this number shows this is a Parks photograph of "Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Sept. '45. Negus Gold Mines." This is the assistant manager signaling for a lift. |
| 58. |  | Margaret Bourke-White 1936 (taken) 1950s (print) Union Bar Gelatin silver print 8 x 10 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 146) With "A Margaret Bourke-White Photograph" stamp on verso. Published in LIFE magazine, Nov. 23, 1936 (the first issue!) Background includes an FDR poster and a moose. Printed 1950's |
| 59. |  | Danny Lyon 1963 Selma Alabama State Police Gelatin silver print 13 x 11 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 147) Signed by Lyon from Selma in pencil on verso. Printer stamp for Bleak Beauty indicates 1963 picture date and print date. Magnum photo library stamp and various notations on verso. Policeman brings black man to police car. |
| 60. |  | Roman Vishniac 1935-1938 (taken, later print) Rabbi Baruch Rabinowitz in discussion with his students, Mukacheva Gelatin silver print 11 x 14 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 151), © Mara Vishniac Kohn Signed in pen on the margin. There are several variants of this picture. Mukacheva is the capital of Carpathian Ruthenia. |
| 61. |  | Alexander Rodchenko 1925-1927 (taken) 1989 (print) Man in Hot Air Balloon Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 154) No. 18 of 50 in the authorized edition "Arkana, Göttingen." |
| 62. |  | Alexander Rodchenko 1930 (taken) 1989 (print) Pioneer Gelatin silver print 11 7/8 x 9 1/4 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 155) No. 48 of 50 in the authorized edition "Arkana, Göttingen. |
| 63. |  | Yevgeny Khaldei 1945 (taken) 1950s (ca, print) Budapest Ghetto Gelatin silver print 12 x 16 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 156) Titled on verso in Russian in pencil, dated and signed on verso. |
| 64. |  | Dmitri Baltermants 1950s Without title Gelatin silver print 15 7/8 x 11 7/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 158) Baltermants name stamp plus title in Russian on verso. Mannequin's legs look mighty "real." |
| 65. |  | W. Eugene Smith 1955 Chalk Drawing on Pavement [Pittsburgh] Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 162) From his "Pittsburgh Series." On a large mount with Estate stamp on verso, and various printed and written information. This is an Exhibition print. Although this was a subject found on a Pittsburgh pavement, those expecting more conventionally documentary subject matter from Smith will be surprised, but this has, to me, an interesting character that prefigures some much later photography. It's a portrait. Was Smith a master of blacks, or what? |
| 66. |  | Weegee 1940s Entertainer at Sammy's Bowery Follies Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 163) "Please Credit Weegee from Photo Representatives" stamp on verso. |
| 67. |  | Sanford Roth 1955 James Dean in "lGiant" Gelatin silver print 13 7/8 x10 7/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 164) Roth's credit stamp, Rapho agency stamp and other notations on verso. Typed description taped to verso. |
| 68. |  | Elliott Erwitt 1955 (taken, later print) Southern Charm, Alabama Gelatin silver print 8 x 10 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 166) Signed in pencil on verso, No. 90 from an edition of 100. |
| 69. |  | Jack Welpott 1979 Northern California Gelatin silver print 11 x 14 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 167) Signed and dated in pencil on margin, recto. |
| 70. |  | Edmund Teske n.d. Still Life with Wedding Photograph Gelatin silver print 6 3/8 x 9 ¢ in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc © Edmund Teske Archives / Laurence Bump and Nils Vidstrand, Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 170) Signed on the mount recto. |
| 71. |  | Harold E. Edgerton n.d. Trapeze Artists Gelatin silver print 8 x 10 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 171) No date, but Edgerton's M.I.T. stamp on verso, so probably vintage. |
| 72. |  | Mike Mandel 1975 World of American Photography Baseball Cards Baseball card Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 172) 81 of the set of cards made in 1975 by Mike Mandel for Topps Chewing Gum. A great survey of the photographic scene, major photographers as well as those less well known today, critics and others. Each has a photograph of the individual as a baseball player, with statistics including Favorite Camera, Film, Paper, Developer and favorite photographer, plus a quotation. The answers are sometimes revealing, sometimes witty. Most of the major figures are here, such as Ansel Adams, Harry Callahan, Van Deren Coke, Lee Witkin, Arthur Siegel, Minor Whiteà.. |
| 73. |  | Barbara Morgan 1942 (taken, later print) Beaumont Newhall & Ansel Adams - 1942 (Leaping around in Barbara Morgan's Studio - Scarsdale, New York) Gelatin silver print 8 x 10 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 175) Signed and titled by Morgan on verso, with her copyright and credit stamp. |
| 74. |  | Barbara Morgan 1938 (taken) 1983 (print) City Shell Gelatin silver print 19 ¢ x 15 ¢ in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 176) Signed on margin recto, titled and signed verso. Purchased by consignor in 1985, The Catskill Center for Photography at Woodstock, (Morgan was on the Advisory Board.) |
| 75. |  | Barbara Morgan 1940 (taken) 1989 (print) Pure Energy & Neurotic Man Gelatin silver print 18 ¢ x 15 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 177) Signed in margin recto, titled signed and dated verso. |
| 76. |  | Frank Horvat 1963 Rio de Janeiro: Couple Dancing Gelatin silver print 11 ¥ x 15 7/8 in (sheet) Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 179) Signed in margin, recto. |
| 77. |  | Ralph Bartholomew 1948 Kodak Advertisement Gelatin silver print 9 ¢ x 11 ¢ in (image) 15 x 12 ¢ in (paper) Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 181) Signed recto, vintage gelatin silver print, 1948. Archetypal image of the post WWII American family according to Kodak. |
| 78. |  | Leah Missbach 1988 Teenagers Gelatin silver print 16 x 20 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 183) Signed in pencil on verso, No. 1 of an edition of 6. Interesting composition; "Teenage Lust" a few generations later. |
| 79. |  | Edward Weston 1937 Death Valley Ektachrome transparency 8 x 10 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 184) In original viewing folder with title and signature imprinted on the folder. Kodak distributed the film to some photographers when they were first producing the Ektachrome process. |
| 80. |  | Harold E. Edgerton n.d. Pole Vaulter Dye transfer print 15 7/8 x 12 7/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 185) Signed in pencil on verso. No.11 from an edition of 60. No date. |
| 81. |  | Harry Callahan 1962 (taken) 1980 (print) Providence Dye transfer print 11 x 13 7/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 187) Signed by Callahan in pencil on margin. |
| 82. |  | Harry Callahan 1977 (taken) 1980 (print) Atlanta Dye transfer print 11 x 13 7/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 189) Signed by Callahan in pencil on margin. |
| 83. |  | Philippe Halsman 1967 (ca) Luann Color print 32 ¥ x 24 ¥ in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 191) Signed on the print in black pen by Halsman, and marked 1/100. Despite that indication of an edition of 100, no such edition ever appeared, and this is likely a unique experimental print in this large format, possibly for an exhibition. A copy of this image appeared on the cover of a 1974 publication by French Kodak. Luann was a model who appeared in several of Halsman's photographs. Probably print date c. 1967. (Thanks to Halsman family for some helpful information.) |
| 84. |  | Mitch Epstein 1978 Joan of Arc Monument, NYC Chromogenic print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 193) Signed titled dated 1978. Print #40. |
| 85. |  | Franco Fontana n.d. Seascape Dye transfer print 22 ¢ x 19 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 195) Signed in the margin. No date, No. 4 in an edition of 15. |
| 86. |  | Helmut Newton 1999 SUMO Book Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 197) Monte Carlo, 1999. Fabulously produced book, the largest ever commercially produced, with brilliant large-scale reproductions of Newton's photographs. This is #5332 of 10000 signed by Newton. Too large and heavy to be a "coffee table" book, this comes with its own metal stand. |