Swann Galleries: Photographs and Photobooks
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs and Photobooks | Total Sales (USD) | 920,908.00 |
| Auction Date | October 22, 2020 - October 22, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 683,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #2548 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,016,750.00 |
| Total Lots | 301 | ||
| Sold Lots | 232 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,018,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 77.08% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,519,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 69 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 60.62% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 163 | ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912-1994) | ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912-1994) A portfolio entitled Robert Doisneau. |
Hyperion Press Limited, 1945-72; printed 1979 <br> <br> La Dame Indignée, 1948 * Le Baiser du Trottoir, 1950 * La Stricte Intimité, 1945 * Le Jeune Homme et Rita, 1954 * Les Géants du Nord, 1951 * La Poule au Gibier, 1945 * Pain et Rideau de Fer, 1953 * | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 168 | JOSEF KOUDELKA (1938- ) | JOSEF KOUDELKA (1938- ) Czechoslovakia. |
1968; printed 1990s | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 21 | MAN RAY (1890-1976) | MAN RAY (1890-1976) Portfolio entitled Électricité. |
1931 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 39 | MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO. Fotografías. | MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO. Fotografías. |
1945 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 75 | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) Custom case with 11 of Evan’s iconic FSA photographs documenting the effects of the Great Depression throughou |
1930s; printed 1970s | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 13 | ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985) | ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985) A Hungarian Memory. |
1914-24; printed 1980 <br> <br> Bocskay Tér, Budapest, 1914 * Hungarian Landscape, Puszta, 1914 * Tisza-Szalka, 6 July, 1924 * Circus, Budapest, 19 May, 1920 * Hazy Day, Budapest, November, 1920 * Sunset, Esztergom, 15 May, 1917 * Wandering Violinist, Ab | USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 229 | (CIVIL WAR) ATTRIBUTED TO C. R. REES & CO. (active 1851-80) Half-plate ambrotype of Confederate officer Captain William F. McRorie of C |
1861-64. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 16,250.00 | |
| 43 | ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) | ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Shadowed Wall, Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara. |
1929 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 50 | EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958)/COLE WESTON (1919-2003) | EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958)/COLE WESTON (1919-2003) Edward Weston Portfolio. |
USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
| 175 | AARON SISKIND (1903-1991) | AARON SISKIND (1903-1991) A suite of 10 abstract expressionist photographs. |
1944-75; printed circa 1980 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 72 | JOHN VACHON (1914-1975) | JOHN VACHON (1914-1975) A binder with 56 vintage prints and 23 press prints for LOC reference. |
1937-42; printed 1930s-70s | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 74 | PAUL TAYLOR (1895-1984) | PAUL TAYLOR (1895-1984) Dorothea Lange in Texas. |
Circa 1935; printed circa 1980 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 183 | O. WINSTON LINK (1914-2001) | O. WINSTON LINK (1914-2001) Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia. |
1957; printed 1986 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 44 | ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) | ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989) Rigging. |
1932 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 167 | DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) | DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) Country Road, County Clare, Ireland. |
1954; printed circa 1960 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 176 | MINOR WHITE (1908-1976) | MINOR WHITE (1908-1976) Easter Sunday. |
1963 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 194 | GEORGE A. TICE (1938- ) | GEORGE A. TICE (1938- ) Petit's Mobil Station, Cherry Hill, N.J. |
1974; printed 1980 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 209 | BARBARA KASTEN (1936- ) | BARBARA KASTEN (1936- ) Construct III-A. |
1980 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 26 | HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004) | HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004) Seville. |
1933; printed 1970s | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 55 | GEORGE HOYNINGEN-HUENE (1900-1968) | GEORGE HOYNINGEN-HUENE (1900-1968) Horst Torso, Paris. |
1931; printed before 1999 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 73 | (DOROTHEA LANGE) | (DOROTHEA LANGE) (1895-1965) Migrant Mother. |
1936; printed 1978 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 102 | HELEN LEVITT (1913-2009) | HELEN LEVITT (1913-2009) N.Y. (children with a broken mirror). |
Circa 1945; printed 1970s | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 144 | DIANE ARBUS (1923-1971)/NEIL SELKIRK (1947- ) | DIANE ARBUS (1923-1971)/NEIL SELKIRK (1947- ) Child in a Nightgown, Shelter Island, NY. |
1957; printed 1970s | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 59 | RUTH BERNHARD (1905-2006) | RUTH BERNHARD (1905-2006) The Gift of the Commonplace, a portfolio of 10 photographs dedicated to the memory of Edward Weston. |
1935-70; printed 1976 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 90 | BERENICE ABBOTT (1898-1991) | BERENICE ABBOTT (1898-1991) Union Square West, Nos. 31-41. |
1938 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
