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
176 Cecil Beaton.

Charles James Evening Dresses.

1948; printed 1990. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,540.00
177 Louise Dahl-Wolfe.

Portrait of Cecil Beaton (1904-1980), New York.

1950; printed 1983. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,270.00
178 Melvin Sokolsky.

Dior Wings, Paris.

1965; printed 2011. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,286.00
179 Richard Avedon.

Alexey Brodovitch, graphic designer, Le Thor, France.

October 2, 1969; printed 1975. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,032.00
180 Andy Warhol.

Halston II (Roy Halston Frowick).

1974 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,794.00
181 Gilles Bensimon.

Polly Mellen and Christy Turlington.

1991 USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
182 Cathleen Naundorf.

Haute couture - Seredin & Vasiliev, Summer 2002.

2004 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
183 Eugene Atget.

Stall of Shoes at the Marche des Carmes, Place Maubert.

Circa 1890; printed circa 1940 by Berenice Abbott. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
184 Edward Steichen.

Late Afternoon---Venice, from Camera Work 44.

1907; printed 1913. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 698.00
185 Karl Struss.

Karl Struss: A Portfolio 1909/29.

1909-29; printed 1979. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 4,572.00
186 Filip [Philipp] Kester.

A group of approximately 49 street types taken in Berlin, Munich, and Vienna.

Circa 1905-14. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 762.00
187 Jacques Henri Lartigue.

Zissou as a ghost Pont-de-l'Arche.

1905; printed circa 1980. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
188 Jacques-Henri Lartigue.

J.H. Lartigue: A Collector's Portfolio.

1903-16; printed 1978. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
189 Jacques-Henri Lartigue.

Bibi in Marseille.

1928; printed circa 1980. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,016.00
190 Alfred Eisenstadt.

First Lesson at the Truempy Ballet School, Berlin.

1930; printed 1995. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,413.00
191 Herbert List.

A portfolio entitled "Herbert List: Zeitlupe Null."

1931-39; printed 1980. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,810.00
192 Brassai.

Asphaltage dans le Centre de Paris.

1936; printed 1970s. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,794.00
193 Bill Brandt.

Homeless Girl.

1930s; printed 1970s. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
194 Bill Brandt.

Behind the restaurant.

1930s; printed 1970s. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,794.00
195 Josef Sudek.

Untitled, from the series Prague at Night.

Circa 1950. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,244.00
196 Ernst Haas.

Two pigeons.

1950s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
197 Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Midnight Mass in Scanno, Abruzzo, Italy.

1951; printed 1990s. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,794.00
198 Josef Sudek.

Rothmayer's Garden, from the series In the Magical Garden.

1954 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,540.00
199 Josef Sudek.

Flowering Branch in Belvedere Gardens.

1960s. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,112.00
200 Edouard Boubat.

Femme aux fleurs, Portugal, from the portfolio Edouard Boubat.

1958; printed 1981. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
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