Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2684, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 31, 2024 - October 31, 2024
Page Size: 315 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)

Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill.

1877 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 17,500.00
52 JAMES J. WILLIAMS (1853-1926)

An album with 24 photographs of Hawaii, including Princess Kaiulani, surfers, landscapes, cityscapes, agricultural scenes, and more.

1890s USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,340.00
53 EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)

Chief of the Desert.

1904 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,063.00
54 EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)

Nez Perce.

1910 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
55 KARL MOON (1878-1948)

The Guide, Taos.

1908 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,500.00
56 HERBERT PONTING (1870-1935)

A group of 29 photographs documenting the Terra Nova Expedition.

1910-11 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,250.00
57 W.H. ERNSBERGER (1844-1941)

Harriet Tubman, abolitionist (1822-1913).

1900; printed 1930s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
58 LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940)

Pennsylvania coal breakers [Breaker Boys].

1912; printed circa 1931 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,625.00
59 LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940)

In an old-fashioned textile mill (spinner).

1912 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
60 LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940)

Turbine mechanic.

Circa 1920 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
61 CONSUELO KANAGA (1894--1978)

The End of an Era.

1925; printed 1970s USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
62 WALKER EVANS (1903-1975)

Boarded shopfront of The Plenge Chemical Company, Charleston, South Carolina.

1935-03-01 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
63 BEN SHAHN (1898-1969)

Child of Fortuna Family, Hammond, Louisiana.

1935-10-01 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
64 ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985)

Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma.

1936; printed circa 1980 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
65 DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965)

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California.

1936; printed 1960s USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
66 DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965)

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California (horizontal).

March 1936; printed 1980s USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 Not Sold
67 DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965)

State Employment Service Office at San Francisco, California.

1936; printed circa 1930s USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
68 ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985)

Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama.

1937; printed 1970s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
69 DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965)

Grayson, San Joaquin Valley, California (Death in the Doorway).

1938; printed circa 1950s USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
70 MARION POST WOLCOTT (1910-1990)

Group of 13 F.S.A. photographs depicting a variety of locations in the South.

1938-42; printed 1960-70 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
71 MATHEW BRADY (1823-1896)

Portrait of the American writer Walt Whitman (1819-1892).

Circa 1865-67; printed circa 1910 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
72 (IRISH LITERATURE)

Portrait of Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).

1889; printed 1891 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
73 (HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC)

A double portrait of the artist painting himself.

Circa 1892; printed 1960s USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
74 PIERRE CHOUMOFF (1872-1936)

An archive of more than 50 photographs of Auguste Rodin's (1840-1917) sculptural works, as well as two portraits of the artist.

Circa 1915-17 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
75 (RUSSIAN REVOLUTION)

Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) at a May Day Demonstration.

1918; printed 1920s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
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