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
201 Alfred Eisenstaedt.

Children at a Puppet Theater, Paris.

1963; printed 1991. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,400.00
202 Bruce Davidson.

A Public House, England.

1960 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 952.00
203 Paul Caponigro.

Running White Deer, Wicklow, Ireland.

1967 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,842.00
204 Chris Killip.

George and Geoffrey Quirk, Bellaquine, Isle of Man.

1973; printed 1979. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 952.00
205 Martin Parr.

Ballaghademeen Fair, Ireland.

1981 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
206 Louis Stettner.

Place St. Augustine, Paris.

1993 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,413.00
207 Michael Kenna.

Angelus, Vezelay, Burgundy, France.

1993; printed 1994. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 825.00
208 Martin Chambi.

A selection of 15 photographs, including a stunning panoramic view of Machu Picchu.

1920s-40s. USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 Not Sold
209 Tina Modotti.

Woman with Flag, Mexico.

1928; printed circa 1995. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,224.00
210 Manuel Alvarez Bravo.

Retrato de lo Eterno [Portrait of the Eternal].

1935; printed 1980s. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,048.00
211 Irving Penn.

Young woman with baby on her back and jug, Cuzco.

1948 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,890.00
212 Manuel Alvarez Bravo.

Temptations in the House of Antonio.

Circa 1970; printed 1979. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,159.00
213 Ansel Adams.

Taos Pueblo.

1977 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,016.00
214 Graciela Iturbide.

Nuestra Senora de las Iguanas [Our Lady of the Iguanas], Juchitan, Oaxaca.

1979; printed circa 1992. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 13,200.00
215 Mario Cravo Neto.

Sacrifice I.

1988 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
216 Mario Cravo Neto.

Solsticio de Inverno.

1996 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
217 Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Tai Chi Chuan in the Taimiao Gardens, Beijing.

1948; printed 1990s. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,048.00
218 Werner Bischof.

Children in Japan.

1951-52. USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,143.00
219 W. Eugene Smith.

Landscape from a Moving Train, Japan.

1961; printed circa 1970. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
220 Sebastiao Salgado.

Mentawai, Indonesia [children combing their hair].

2008; printed 2009. USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 8,890.00
221 Raymond Voinquel.

Sourire de Cote d'Ivoire.

1959; printed circa 1980. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
222 Malick Sidibe.

rtrait presented in Sidibe's custom frame with colorful reverse painted glass.

1960s-70s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
223 Sebastiao Salgado.

Tigray, Ethiopia.

1985 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,826.00
224 Sebastiao Salgado.

Coal Mining, Dhanbad, State of Bihar, India.

1989 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,588.00
225 Carlotta M. Corpron.

Space Composition with Chambered Nautilus.

1948; printed circa 1970. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 952.00
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