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A Constant Pursuit: Photographs from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw

New York
ConcludedOct 4 2018
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    • 82 Lots

    1
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Cy + Relics—Rome
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $12,500
    2
    Irving Penn
    Barnett Newman, New York, 1966
    Estimate
    $15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    $27,500
    3
    Richard Avedon
    Ezra Pound, poet, Rutherford, New Jersey, June 30, 1958
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    4
    Elliott Erwitt
    William Carlos Williams, Paterson, New Jersey
    Estimate
    $1,500–2,500
    Sold For
    $1,250
    5
    Richard Avedon
    W. H. Auden, poet, St. Marks Place, New York City, March 3, 1960
    Estimate
    $15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    $75,000
    6
    Diane Arbus
    Two ladies walking in Central Park, N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $68,750
    7
    Diane Arbus
    Adolescent girl at a nudist camp, N.J.
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    8
    Diane Arbus
    Untitled (8)
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $27,500
    9
    Francesca Woodman
    Providence, Rhode Island from Space2
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $125,000
    10
    Diane Arbus
    Woman at a counter smoking, N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $32,500
    11
    Diane Arbus
    New York skyline in a lobby, NYC
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $12,500
    12
    Diane Arbus
    Young couple on a bench in Washington Square Park, N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $52,500
    13
    Francesca Woodman
    Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $40,000
    14
    Robert Frank
    Mary and Pablo, N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    15
    Irving Penn
    Moroccan Child with Lamb, 1971
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $81,250
    16
    Irving Penn
    Three Squatting Sisters, Nepal, 1967
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $43,750
    17
    Richard Avedon
    His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Kamataka, India, January, 1998
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    $22,500
    18
    Lotte Jacobi
    Albert Einstein, Physicist, Princeton, N.J.
    Estimate
    $1,200–1,800
    Sold For
    $5,000
    19
    Hiro
    Robert Penn Warren, poet, fairfield, CT, 10-13-78
    Estimate
    $2,000–3,000
    20
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Louis Kahn
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $8,750
    21
    Richard Avedon
    Marilyn Monroe, New York City, May 6
    Estimate
    $200,000–300,000
    Sold For
    $250,000
    22
    Irving Penn
    Joseph Brodsky, New York, Jan. 7, 1980
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $32,500
    23
    Berenice Abbott
    Edna St. Vincent Millay
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $3,250
    24
    Irving Penn
    Spencer Tracy, New York, March 23, 1948
    Estimate
    $15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    $23,750
    25
    Harry Callahan
    Georgia Mountains, Winter
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $8,750
    26
    Diane Arbus
    Lady in a rooming house parlor, Albion, NY
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    27
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Quiet House - Black Mountain
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $6,250
    28
    Thomas Struth
    Piazza San Marcello, Rome
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $8,125
    29
    Francesca Woodman
    Rome
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $62,500
    30
    Diane Arbus
    A castle in Disneyland, Cal.
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    31
    Diane Arbus
    A house on a hill, Hollywood, Cal.
    Estimate
    $35,000–55,000
    Sold For
    $47,500
    32
    Thomas Struth
    Mais-Acker, No. 22, Winterthur
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    33
    Gabriel Orozco
    Nodnol Park
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    34
    Diane Arbus
    Two boys smoking in Central Park, N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $62,500
    35
    Ralph Eugene Meatyard
    Lucybelle Crater and Lucybelle Crater
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $7,500
    36
    Harry Diamond
    Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud in Dean St. Soho
    Estimate
    $2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    $6,875
    37
    Walter Vogel
    Joseph Beuys from his performance Die Aktion Wie man dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklärt (How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare)
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    38
    Robert Frank
    U.S. 285, New Mexico
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $100,000
    39
    Shomei Tomatsu
    Hibakusha Shimotani Tomitaro, Nagasaki from Nagasaki 11:02
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $18,750
    40
    Shomei Tomatsu
    Angel Shattered by the Atomic Bomb at Urakami Cathedral, Nagasaki from Nagasaki 11:02
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $6,000
    41
    Shomei Tomatsu
    Oshima Eiko, Actress, 1961 and Kabuki Stage Hand, Tokyo
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $5,000
    42
    Robert Mapplethorpe
    American Flag
    Estimate
    $150,000–250,000
    Sold For
    $187,500
    43
    Garry Winogrand
    Democratic National Convention
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $30,000
    44
    Irving Penn
    John F. Kennedy, Washington, D.C., 1960
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $55,000
    45
    Herbert Ponting
    Selected Images of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Expedition to the Antarctic
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $25,000
    46
    Dr. Erich Salomon
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    47
    Paul Outerbridge, Jr.
    Eggs and Bowl
    Estimate
    $70,000–90,000
    Sold For
    $87,500
    48
    Lee Miller and other photographers
    Selected Images of Joseph Cornell and his Work
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $56,250
    50
    Eugène Atget
    St. Cloud
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    51
    Eugène Atget
    Place St. Sulpice
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    52
    Eugène Atget
    Notre Dame
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    $6,000
    53
    Eugène Atget
    Provins, Ramparts
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    54
    Man Ray
    Lee Miller, Paris
    Estimate
    $80,000–120,000
    Sold For
    $100,000
    55
    Trude Fleischmann
    Nude Dancer
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    56
    Berenice Abbott
    Djuna Barnes
    Estimate
    $2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    $1,875
    57
    Josef Sudek
    Panoramas of Prague
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $13,750
    58
    Eugène Atget
    Palais de Justice
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    59
    Moi Ver (Moshé Raviv-Vorobeichic)
    Paris: 80 Photographies
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $7,500
    60
    André Kertész
    Behind Notre Dame, Paris
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    61
    Dornac (Paul François Arnold Cardon)
    Paul Verlaine
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    62
    Étienne Carjat and Others
    Album de la Galerie Contemporaine
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    63
    Attributed to John A. Whipple
    Three Sisters, one wearing a Star of David at her neck
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $5,625
    64
    Christopher S. German
    Portrait of Lincoln
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $6,875
    65
    Julia Margaret Cameron
    Selected Images of Two Brothers
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    66
    Julia Margaret Cameron
    Portrait of Julia Jackson
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    67
    Eugène Atget
    Versailles - Le Parc
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $12,500
    68
    Eugène Atget
    Goussainville
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    69
    Édouard Baldus
    Le Puy
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $10,000
    70
    Eugène Atget
    Selected Images of Sculpture
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    71
    Eugène Atget
    Hôtel Lambert (Île St. Louis)
    Estimate
    $15,000–25,000
    72
    Charles Clifford
    Sevilla, El Alcazar
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $52,500
    73
    Carleton Watkins
    Virginia City From Water Flume
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $25,000
    74
    Stephen Shore
    Horseshoe Bend Motel, Lovell, Wyoming, 1973
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    75
    Richard Learoyd
    Long Black
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $56,250
    76
    Thomas Struth
    Gerhard Richter 1, Köln
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $61,250
    77
    Rineke Dijkstra
    Thomas Struth, Düsseldorf, Germany, March 24
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    78
    Rineke Dijkstra
    Nida, Lithuania, July 30
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    $22,500
    79
    Nan Goldin
    Skyline from my window, NY
    Estimate
    $15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    $21,250
    80
    Annie Leibovitz
    John Lennon and Yoko Ono, The Dakota, New York, December 8
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $23,750
    81
    Jenny Saville and Glen Luchford
    Closed Contact A-D
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $21,250
    82
    Various Artists
    Tate Modern: Ten Artists, Ten Images Portfolio
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    83
    Mark Klett
    Around Toroweap Point, just before and after sundown, beginning and ending with views used by J.K. Hillers over 100 years ago, Grand Canyon
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $12,500