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| 1. |  | Various authors 1924, December (published) First issue of "La Révolution Surréaliste " Magazine cover Private collection Source details for this image are requested. |
| 2. |  | 1930s Magazine cover for "Minotaure: Revue artistique et littéraire" Magazine cover Source requested [Further information is being sought] |
| 3. |  | Man Ray 1924 Self-portrait [Paris] Gelatin silver print 20.5 x 15.8 cm (8 x 6 ) Galerie Johannes Faber |
| 4. |  | Philippe Halsman 1948 Dali Atomicus Gelatin silver print 9 x 12 in a 16 x 20 mat Afterimage Gallery |
| 5. |  | Karin Székessy 1960s Portrait of the artist Hans Bellmer (1902-1975) in his studio with his surrealistic doll. Gelatin silver print 29 x 24 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions (88 / 4357) |
| 6. |  | Rogi Andre 1930s Portrait of Dora Maar Gelatin silver print 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in Edwynn Houk Gallery |
| 7. |  | Robert Doisneau 1952 (taken) 1960s (print) Pains de Picasso Silver print 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in (30 x 23.5 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 15, 2007, #2124, Lot 129) With a hand stamp and various notations on verso. |
| 8. |  | Daniel Frasnay 1967, May Magritte dans son atelier de Bruxelles Gelatin silver print 20.1 x 21 cm Piasa Photographies, 28 October 2011, Lot 90 Légende et cachet du photographe au dos. |
| 9. |  | George Hoyningen-Huene 1930 Jean Cocteau Gelatin silver print Staley+Wise Gallery |
| 10. |  | André Breton n.d. Andre Breton (French, 1896-1966) - Self portrait (Photomaton / Photobooth) Gelatin silver print, on matte surface paper, unique 4 x 1/2 in Edwynn Houk Gallery |
| 11. |  | Philippe Halsman 1954 Dali holding time Silver print 32.5 x 25 cm Artcurial courtesy of Artcurial (Sale 1170, Lot 257) |
| 12. |  | Willy Rizzo 1956 Dali, Paris Gelatin silver print 12 x 16 Staley+Wise Gallery |
| 13. |  | Eugène Atget 1912 Boulevard de Strasbourg, Corsets, Paris [Corset Shop] Gelatin silver print, from glass negative 22.4 x 17.5 cm (8 13/16 x 6 7/8 ins) (image) 36.7 x 28.7 cm (14 7/16 x 11 5/16 ins) (mount) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.511 See also: George Eastman House Collection (Digital Accession Number: 1976:0118:0029.0001). |
| 14. |  | Eugène Atget 1925 Avenue des Gobelins Silver printing-out paper print 22.8 x 17.8 cm (trimmed) George Eastman Museum © 2004 George Eastman House From the album: "Photo Album - E. Atget coll. Man Ray 1926" |
| 15. |  | Alan Dutton (American) 1974 Untitled Gelatin silver print Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm |
| 16. |  | Manuel Álvarez Bravo n.d. Lucrecia Gelatin silver print Galerie Agathe Gaillard |
| 17. |  | Manuel Álvarez Bravo 1931 Optical Parable Gelatin silver print 9 5/16 x 7 1/16 J. Paul Getty Museum © Asociación Manuel Álvarez Bravo AC [Getty: 84.XM.676.1] |
| 18. |  | Maurice Tabard 1929 Composition (Nude, Montage with Gloves) Gelatin silver print, photomontage 9 1/8 x 7 ins (23 x 17.7 cm) Christie's - New York Christies - NY (Sale 1983: Lot 0311 - Oct 18, 2007) |
| 19. |  | Maurice Tabard 1929-1932 Composition aux guitares Tirage argentique, solarisé 39.7 x 29 cm Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie Estampes et Photographie. Ep 217 (1) Fol. Don de Maurice Tabard, 1971 |
| 20. |  | Maurice Tabard 1929 Montage (Femme). Silver print 9 1/2x7 in (24.1x17.7 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, May 15, 2008, #2146, Lot 314) With Tabard's signature, date, hand stamps and penciled notations on verso. Maurice Tabard (Photo Poche), 14 and 17. This visual motif, in which Tabard uses multiple negatives and overlays, exemplifies his apparent fascination with depicting women in confined situations. He explored the theme in "Nu a l''echelle" (1929) and "La prisonniere, Collete" (1930). |
| 21. |  | Maurice Tabard 1929 Gant et flacon sous les toits de Paris Tirage argentique 23.5 x 17.5 cm (image) ; 26.5 x 19.5 cm (Úpreuve) Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie Estampes et Photographie. Ep 217 (1) Fol. Don de Maurice Tabard, 1970 |
| 22. |  | Man Ray 1931 Le monde (The World) [Electricite] Photogravure 10 1/4 x 8 1/16 ins J. Paul Getty Museum 84.XM.1000.104, © Man Ray Trust ARS-ADAGP Descriptive notes from the J. Paul Getty Museum [Accessed: 19 March 2011] In 1931 the Paris electric company CPDE commissioned Man Ray to produce a series of images promoting the personal uses of electricity. The resulting portfolio, Electricité, included ten Rayographs reproduced as photogravures. Le monde (The world), a picture of the moon above an electrical cord, suggests that even celestial bodies are dependent on CPDE for their illumination. |
| 23. |  | Man Ray 1920 (taken) 1967 (ca, print) Dust Breeding Gelatin silver print 9 7/16 x 12 ins (23.9 x 30.4 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art Purchase, Photography in the Fine Arts Gift, 1969 (69.521) |
| 24. |  | Man Ray 1922 (ca) Untitled (rayograph with a screen) Silver print after the original rayograph 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in (22.2 x 17.1 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 22, 2009, Photographs & Photographic Literature, Sale 2191 Lot 99) With Man Ray's "31 bis. Rue Campagne" hand stamp and the number "3," in colored pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso. This rayograph was included in Man Ray's 1922 portfolio Champs Delicieux (introduction by Tristan Tzara) which featured 12 photographs, and is considered his first definitive statement on the medium. In order to produce an edition of 40 copies, Man Ray's original rayograph (which is typically a unique object), was re-photographed to create a negative. Given the notations on print verso, the photograph offered here is believed to be a proof print for this portfolio, and bears an early Paris hand stamp. Though the photogram is a precursor to modern photographic practices, and was explored by artist and scientist William Henry Fox Talbot, for Man Ray the discovery of the process (which he subsequently referred to as a "rayograph") was an accident. Developing portraits in a hotel room, he placed some objects on photographic paper and turned on the light, creating contrasting silhouettes of black and white. Like other photographers before him, the direct relationship between the object and resulting image fascinated the artist. He primarily used utilitarian or familiar household objects, including his hands, pubic hair, light bulbs, glasses, keys, vises, combs and doilies. The layering, shifting, and occasional transparency facilitated by these recognizable forms gave his compositions a dimensionality and animation that Jean Cocteau called "phantasmagorical." In this modernist image, the pattern of the mesh screen is reminiscent of a printer's dot matrix, which contrasts visually with the clean parallel lines of the industrial objects depicted. The grid-like background and overall effect alludes to Man Ray's experience as a technical illustrator. Man Ray created rayographs for short period of time. The companion portfolio images, which are bold black-and-white compositions that reflect his mastery of light and form, are perhaps more direct comparisons with nineteenth-century studies. However, Man Ray's willingness to experiment and push the boundaries of this elegant technique further, make this a moving homage to Talbot's abstracted study of lace, which is offered as Lot 1 in this sale. The hand stamp is identified as "M2" in historian Steven Manford's book, "Behind the Photo, The Stamps of Man Ray." |
| 25. |  | Man Ray 1931 Untitled [Electricité] Photogravure 10 1/4 x 8 ins (26 x 20.3 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, March 24, 2011, Sale 2240 Lot 144) |
| 26. |  | Hans Bellmer 1936 Book cover for Hans Bellmer "La Poupée" (Paris: G.L.M, 1936) Book cover Christie's - New York Christies - NY (Sale 2110: Lot 47 - April 10, 2008 - Fine Photobooks from an Important Private Collection) |
| 27. |  | Hans Bellmer 1935-1949 Untitled [La Poupée] Gelatin silver print, hand-coloured 5 5/8 x 5 5/8 Marvelli Gallery |
| 28. |  | Hans Bellmer 1934 (ca) The Doll Gelatin silver print 5 3/4 x 5 7/16 ins Source requested Bellmer's doll images undermined the nostalgic Nazi vision of undisturbed Aryan youth, faithful to family and nation. Bellmer's surrealistic representation of an interior rather than an exterior view made visible the internal terrors of human sexual obsessions and proclivities normally beyond the scope of photographic vision. |
| 29. |  | Hans Bellmer 1934-1935 The Doll Gelatin silver print 11 5/8 x 7 5/8 ins (29.5 x 19.4 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 (1987.1100.15) |
| 30. |  | Dora Maar 1936 Pére Ubu Gelatin silver print 15 9/16 x 11 ins (39.6 x 28 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, by exchange, 2005 (2005.100.443) |
| 31. |  | Brassaï 1930 Untitled [Futurist hair creation by Antoine, Paris] Gelatin silver print 265 x 222 mm Private collection of Marco C. Antonetto © Prolitteris This print was included in the exhibition Photo20esimo - Maestri della fotografia del XX secolo [Masters of 20th Century Photography] at the Museo d'Arte of Lugano, Switzerland (October 5, 2008 - January 11, 2009). |
| 32. |  | Brassaï 1946 Linge, Megeve Tirage argentique 35 x 28.5 cm Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie Estampes et Photographie. Estampes et Photographie. Ep 10 (3) Fol. (no12) |
| 33. |  | Max Ernst 1931 Book cover for Max Ernst, 1931, Mr. Knife Miss Fork, Text by René Crevel, (Paris: the Black Sun Press) Book cover Christie's - New York Christies - NY (Sale 2110: Lot 27 - April 10, 2008 - Fine Photobooks from an Important Private Collection) |
| 34. |  | René Magritte 1937 (taken) 1984 (print) God on the Eighth Day, Brussels, rue Esseghem Gelatin silver print 28.5 x 19.8 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4482) Griffelkunst edition and Georgette Magritte estate stamp on the verso. |
| 35. |  | Raoul Ubac 1938 Objets possibles Tirage argentique 39 x 27.7 cm Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie Estampes et Photographie. Ep 568 Fol. Acquisition en 1975 auprÞs de Me Franþoise Godefroy. (c) Adagp, Paris 2005. |
| 36. |  | Raoul Ubac 1935 (ca) Objet par Camille Bryen" (pour L'Adventure des Objets). Silver print 11 1/2x9 in (29.2x22.9 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, May 15, 2008, #2146, Lot 347) With Michelet's monogram, in ink, on recto and his signature and title, in ink, and hand stamp on verso. Ubac''s pen name was Raoul Michelet. An active member of the Surrealist movement, he published in the French Surrealist magazine "Minotaur." |
| 37. |  | Raoul Ubac 1938-1939 Maquette pour un mur / Maquette for a Wall [Le Combat des Penthésilées / Battle of Penthese·a] Gelatin silver print 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 ins SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
| 38. |  | Raoul Ubac 1932 Sa Femme Agui. Gelatin silver print 8x6 3/4 ins (20.3x17.1 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 13, 2011, #2265, Lot 76) With Ubac's signature and title, in pencil, on verso. |
| 39. |  | Angus McBean 1946 Audrey Hepburn Silver print Vance Martin |
| 40. |  | Angus McBean 1950 Xmas Greetings 1950 [Detail] Christmas card, gelatin silver print Pierre Spake Fine Art This photograph was included on a Christmas card designed by Angus McBean and sent by his mother Cherry. The original card has been damaged over time with a vertical crease. |
| 41. |  | Umbo 1928 (taken) 1980 (print) Schattenwunder Gelatin silver print 28 x 21 cm (35 x 28 cm) Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Dec 2, 2009, Sale: 94, Lot: 4400) Signed by the photographer in white ink in lower right corner within the image; portfolio/copyright stamp, therein numbered 17/50 in ink and annotated in pencil on the verso. From the UMBO Portfolio. 10 Photographien 1927 - 1930, Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne 1980. Lit.: Herbert Molderings. Umbo - Otto Umbehr 1902-1980. Dusseldorf 1995, ill. Plate 53. |
| 42. |  | Umbo 1928 [Mystery of the Street] Gelatin silver print 29 x 23.5 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/4 in) Metropolitan Museum of Art Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 (1987.1100.49) Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne and Phyllis Umbehr, Frankfurt/M. |
| 43. |  | André Kertész 1933 Distortion #128 [Distortion] Gelatin silver print 9 11/16 x 7 5/16 Silverstein Photography |
| 44. |  | Weegee 1950s Circus Horses Gelatin silver print 7 3/8 x 8 1/4 in Rago Arts and Auction Center Courtesy of Rago (Sale Nov 17, 2007 - Lot 146) Stamped "Credit Photo by Weegee the Famous" |
| 45. |  | Robert Doisneau 1965 La Tour Eiffel Tordue, Paris Gelatin silver print 7 x 9.5 Silverstein Photography |
| 46. |  | Clarence John Laughlin 1947 The Masks Grow to Us Gelatin silver print Source requested |
| 47. |  | Pierre Dubreuil 1929 Chantecler Oil print 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in (24.8 x 20 cm) Phillips de Pury - New York Phillips de Pury & Company, NY (Photographs, Oct 17, 2007, #35) Initialed, dated on the recto; titled in pencil on the vellum mount; signed, annotated "N.S.L.P." in pencil and 1930 Japan Photographic Society decorative label tipped to the reverse of the mount. Accompanied by a letter of provenance. EXHIBITED 6th Annual and First International Invitation Salon, Japan Photographic Society, 1930; Pierre Dubreuil Retrospective, Royal Photographic Society, London, 1935; Pierre Dubreuil, Photographs 1896-1935, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 28 October 1987 - 5 January 1988; Pierre Dubreuil Rediscovered, The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, 1988 LITERATURE Centre Georges Pompidou, Pierre Dubreuil: Photographies 1896-1935, fig. 21 |
| 48. |  | Francis Bruguière 1928 (ca) Female nude with abstraction Gelatin silver print 38 x 28 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions (88 / 4147) |
| 49. |  | Frantisek Drtikol 1932 Dancers (Paper Cut-Out) Gelatin silver print 11 x 15.5 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Bassenge 91. Auction - 19th - 21st Century Photography (June 11, 15.00, 3 PM CET), Lot: 4676 With: Certificate of Authenticity from the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (in Czech). Lit.: Michael Köhler /Gisela Barche (eds.) Das Aktfoto - -sthetik, Geschichte, Ideologie. Munich 1985, ill. p. 361 (image of the same paper cut-out). |
| 50. |  | Ralph Eugene Meatyard 1962 Romance (N) from Ambrose Bierce, No. 3, Gelatin silver print 7 x 7 5/16 ins Fraenkel Gallery © Ralph Eugene Meatyard Estate. Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco |
| 51. |  | Frances Murray 1985 Female Still Life: Bag Gelatin silver print Etherton Gallery |
| 52. |  | Jerry N. Uelsmann 1970 Little Hamburger Tree [Trees] Gelatin silver print 4.5 x 3.5 in Provided by the artist - Jerry Uelsmann Courtesy of the artist |
| 53. |  | Unidentified artist 1916 (ca) Fingers of Fate - The Tightening Grip Gelatin silver print, postcard 8.9 x 13.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 3/8 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, 2010, Accession Number: 2010.193 |
| 54. |  | Bill Brandt 1957, April Nude, Seaford, East Sussex Coast [Nudes] Carbon Pigment print Edwynn Houk Gallery ® Estate of Bill Brandt |
| 55. |  | Arthur Tress n.d. Bride and Groom - included in "Memories" with photographs by Arthur Tress and the poems of Guillaume Apollinaire Platinum print 21st Editions |