Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2725, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 16, 2025 - December 16, 2025
Page Size: 307 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
126 Edward Steichen, 1879-1973, M.

Auguste Rodin * Balzac--The Open Sky * Balzac--Toward the Light, Midnight, from Camera Work 34/35.

1911 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,320.00
127 Alfred Stieglitz.

Camera Work Number 41.

1913 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,540.00
128 Arnold Genthe.

Portrait of George Luks, the American Ashcan School painter and illustrator.

1922 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
129 Berenice Abbott.

Portrait of Dorothy Whitney (Mrs. Raymond Massey).

Circa 1925; printed circa 1970. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
130 Tina Modotti.

Portrait of the Mexican artist Lola Cueto (1897-1978).

Circa 1927. USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 12,065.00
131 Gyorgy Kepes.

Self-portrait, Berlin.

1930; printed 1990s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,397.00
132 Soichi Sunami.

Portrait of the modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham.

1930s. USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,397.00
133 A selection of approximately 50 stylish and detail-rich African American studio portrait and photo booth (7) photographs.

1930s-circa 1950.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,143.00
134 Arnold Newman.

Igor Stravinsky.

1946; printed 1960s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,168.00
135 Irving Penn.

John Marin.

1947 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,048.00
136 Carl Van Vechten.

Portrait of the writer and journalist Norman Mailer.

September 13, 1948. USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
137 Philippe Halsman.

Jean Cocteau, New York.

1949; printed before 1972. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,778.00
138 Herman Leonard.

Ella Fitzgerald, Down Beat Club, New York.

1949; printed 1990. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,032.00
139 Herman Leonard.

Sarah Vaughan, N.Y.C.

1950; printed 1990. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,778.00
140 Philippe Halsman.

Marilyn Monroe (Life magazine cover).

1952; printed before 1972. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,064.00
141 Inge Morath.

Mrs. Eveleigh Nash, seated and reviewing her engagement book.

1953 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
142 Man Ray.

Juliet with Glove * Juliet in Hat.

1950s. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 1,905.00
143 Horst P. Horst.

Portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier [Kennedy].

1953 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 Not Sold
144 Roy Schatt.

James Dean, from the Torn Sweater series.

1954; printed circa 1990. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,524.00
145 Andre Villers.

A pair of portraits of Pablo Picasso, Cannes.

1956; printed 1970s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
146 Douglas Kirkland.

Photographing Marilyn Monroe on a white bed.

November 1, 1961. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
147 Ernst Haas.

Elliott Erwitt with black painted Leica M3, New York.

1961 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
148 Todd Webb.

Georgia O'Keeffe, Ghost Ranch.

1962; printed 1984. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
149 Todd Webb.

Georgia O'Keeffe's Studio.

1963; printed 1984. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,810.00
150 Saul Leiter.

A trio of portraits of Jane and Peter Fonda.

1960s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
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