Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Horst P. Horst, Carmen Face Massage, platinum-palladium print, 1946. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000.
Edward S. Curtis — The North American Indian
The April 14 auction will be headlined by the seminal Portfolio I from Edward S. Curtis’ The North American Indian, featuring many of his most important and iconic images, including his portrait of Geronimo, Cañon de Chelly, A Chief of the Desert – Navaho, Son of the Desert—Navaho, TheVanishing Race, and many more.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Edward S. Curtis, Portfolio I from The North American Indian, complete with 39 photogravures on Van Gelder paper, 1907. Estimate $60,000 to 90,000.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Edward S. Curtis, Volume I from The North American Indian, complete with 79 photogravures, signed by Curtis, 1907. Estimate $15,000 to $25,000.
An impressive selection of classical twentieth-century photographs for the new and seasoned collector includes work by Ansel Adams, Horst P. Horst, Edward Weston, Berenice Abbott, and Lisette Model among others.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Ansel Adams, Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Sierra Nevada, Sequoia National Park, California, silver print, 1932; printed 1970s. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Berenice Abbott, Gasoline Station, Tremont Avenue and Dock Street, Bronx, silver print, 1936. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Horst P. Horst, Hands, Hands, platinum-palladium print, 1941. Estimate $18,000 to $22,000.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Robert Adams, Amongst the last trees and lilacs surrounding a farmhouse, Edge of Longmont, Colorado, gelatin silver print, 1982. $7,000 to $10,000.
Contemporary Photography
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Marc Cohen, Little girl hiding face, silver print, 1975. Estimate $2,000 to $3,000.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Latoya Ruby Frazier, Grandma Ruby and Me in Her Livingroom, archival inkjet print, 2007. Estimate $4000 to 6000.
This auction will also include a selection of vernacular albums and archives, including important early albums from China and India, as well as travelogues, industrial archives, theatrical cabinet cards, photo-pictorial playing cards, and much more. We will also feature selections of important photojournalism, including images from the Vietnam War, OJ Simpson’s infamous trial, portraits of great American labor leaders and writers, and more.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Josef Koudelka, Boy on riverbank, silver print, circa 1960. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Harry Callahan, Chicago, silver print, 1950. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.