Christies: Photographs, 23742, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 10, 2025 - October 10, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) | 'Madam Adele,' Palmistry Sign, c. 1936 |
c.1936 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 | |
| 2 | ANDRE KERTESZ (1894--1985) | Satiric Dancer, Paris, 1926 |
1926, printed early 1970s | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 | |
| 3 | MARGARET BOURKE--WHITE (1904--1971) | Hands Playing Violin and Cello, c. 1940s |
c.1940s | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,445.00 | |
| 4 | GEORGE HOYNINGEN--HUENE (1900--1968) | Horst Torso, Paris, 1931 |
1931, printed later | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 | |
| 5 | EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973) | Calla Lily, c. 1930 |
c.1930 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 | |
| 6 | ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864--1946) | Dorothy Norman, 1936 |
1936 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 7 | GEORGE H. SEELEY (1880-1955) | Untitled (Portrait of a Woman), 1910 |
1910 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8 | ERNEST J. BELLOCQ (1873--1949) | New Orleans (Nude on a Wicker Chaise), c. 1911--1913 |
c.1911--1913, early 1970s | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 | |
| 9 | EUGENE ATGET (1857--1927) | Commissariat, Rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, 1922 |
1922 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,032.00 | |
| 10 | EUGENE ATGET (1857--1927) | Fontaine de Diane, Versaille, c. 1920 |
c.1920 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 | |
| 11 | EUGENE ATGET (1857--1927) | Interieur d'un appartement, La Cuisine, Rue Montaigne, c. 1910 |
c.1910 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 | |
| 12 | ANDRE KERTESZ (1894--1985) | Chairs, the Tuileries, 1925 |
1925 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 | |
| 13 | TINA MODOTTI (1896--1942) | Glasses, 1924 |
1924 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 82,550.00 | |
| 14 | LASZLO MOHOLY--NAGY (1895--1946) | Photogram, 1923 |
1923 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 15 | RUDOLF KOPPITZ (1884-1936) | Bewegungsstudie (Movement Study), 1925 |
1925 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 16 | EDWARD WESTON (1886--1958) | Nude, 1934 |
1934 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 | |
| 17 | EDWARD WESTON (1886--1958) | Wind Erosion, Dunes at Oceano, 1936 |
1936, likely printed 1940s | USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 | USD 190,500.00 | |
| 18 | EDWARD WESTON (1886--1958) | Nude, 1934 |
1934 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 19 | HENRI CARTIER--BRESSON (1908--2004) | Leonor Fini, Italy, 1933 |
1933, printed 1997 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 | |
| 20 | BRASSAI (1899--1984) | Chez Suzy, 1932 |
1932, printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 | |
| 21 | BRASSAI (1899--1984) | M.B. in a Gold Brocade Kimono, c. 1931 |
c.1931 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 3,048.00 | |
| 22 | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) | Elmina Nettleton Soby, c.1930s |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 23 | MIKE DISFARMER (1884-1959) | A Group of Nine Portraits, Heber Springs, Arkansas, c. 1930-1940s |
c.1930-1940s | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 24 | GORDON PARKS (1912-2006) | American Gothic, Washington D.C., 1942 |
1942, printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 | |
| 25 | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) | Penny Picture Display, 1936 |
1936, printed 1973 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
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