Swann Galleries: LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History, 2712, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
August 21, 2025 - August 21, 2025
Page Size: 399 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
31 Saul Mauriber

Portrait of the photographer Carl Van Vechten.

1952 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 527.80
32 Margaret Cresson

Jerry (figure with arms raised).

Circa 1940s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,575.00
33 PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French, and Margaret French)

Monroe Wheeler and Paul Cadmus.

Circa 1940s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
34 PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French, and Margaret French)

Paul Cadmus with a canvas for the Richmond, VA mural "Pochahntas Saving the Life of Captain John Smith," possibly a self-portrait.

Circa 1940s. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,225.00
35 PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French, and Margaret French)

Paul Cadmus and George Tooker, Provincetown.

1947 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
36 Jared French

Untitled.

1950 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,087.50
37 Jared French

A series of 4 intimate photographs of Ted Starkowski and Chuck Howard.

1954 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
38 George Platt Lynes

Marcel Khill with a drawing by Jean Cocteau.

1935 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,875.00
39 George (1846) Platt

Jared French (nude).

Circa 1945. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,850.00
40 George (1846) Platt

A suite of three portraits of Lotte Lehmann, the German-American soprano (1888-1976).

1947-52. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
41 George Platt Lynes

Portrait of the American painter Bernard Perlin (1918-2014).

1948 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
42 George Platt Lynes

Alexander Jensen Yow Leaning on Bed.

Circa 1952. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
43 Minor White

Male Nude (Gino Cipolla, Portland).

1940; printed circa 1970. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,125.00
44 Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden, Central Park, N.Y.

1938; printed 1970s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,300.00
45 Cecil Beaton

Portrait of the actress Ruth Ford (1911-2009).

Circa 1940s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
46 Cecil Beaton

Ram Gopal (1912-2003), Indian dancer, and pupil near Government House, Bombay [Mumbai].

1944 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,690.00
47 Alexander Jensen Yow

Portrait of the photographer Cecil Beaton.

Circa 1950s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
48 Horst

Gertrude Stein, Paris.

1946; printed 1980s. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,112.50
49 Frederick Melton & Wilbur Pippin (active 1940s-50s)

Portrait of Truman Capote.

Circa 1950. USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
50 Alvin Ailey

Choreographer and dancer Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

1959 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,950.00
51 James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room.

1956 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 9,750.00
52 Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson. Universal-International Star. 2 Cut-Outs.

1957 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 812.50
53 Paul Cadmus

Horseplay.

1935 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,394.00
54 Paul Cadmus

Two Boys on a Beach, No. 1

1979 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,087.50
55 Paul Cadmus

Two Boys On A Beach, No. 2

1989 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,070.00
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