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Online AuctionThe Eye That Shapes: Further Selections from the Peter C. Bunnell CollectionNew York
ConcludedFeb 1 2023
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    • 42 Lots

    Lots close independently at 1-minute intervals.
    No Reserve
    1
    Minor White
    Sun in Rock
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000
    Sold For
    $4,032
    No Reserve
    2
    Minor White
    Selected Nature Studies
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000
    Sold For
    $5,292
    No Reserve
    3
    Minor White
    Peeled Paint, Rochester, New York
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $9,450
    No Reserve
    4
    Imogen Cunningham
    Selected Portraits of Photographers
    Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000
    Sold For
    $1,197
    No Reserve
    5
    Minor White
    Vicinity of Dansville, New York
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $3,780
    No Reserve
    6
    Harry Callahan
    Eleanor, Port Huron
    Estimate
    $2,500 - $3,500
    Sold For
    $4,788
    No Reserve
    7
    Jerry Uelsmann
    Room #1
    Estimate
    $1,500 - $2,500
    Sold For
    $5,670
    No Reserve
    8
    Harry Callahan
    Aix-en-Provence, France
    Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000
    Sold For
    $4,788
    No Reserve
    9
    Paul Caponigro
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000
    Sold For
    $5,040
    No Reserve
    10
    Emmet Gowin
    Toutle River Valley, Mount St. Helens
    Estimate
    $2,500 - $3,500
    Sold For
    $4,410
    No Reserve
    11
    Minor White
    Grasses and Mist (Swamp, Mendocino, CA)
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $3,528
    No Reserve
    12
    Minor White
    Self-Portrait, West Bloomfield, New York
    Estimate
    $2,000 - $3,000
    Sold For
    $1,890

    A Legend Who Changed Photography Forever

    Influential MoMA curator and Princeton professor Peter C. Bunnell was also among the most prescient collectors of his era.

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    No Reserve
    13
    Brett Weston
    New York City
    Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000
    Sold For
    $3,024
    No Reserve
    14
    W. Eugene Smith
    Man Walking in the Street, Southside, Pittsburgh
    Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000
    Sold For
    $4,032
    No Reserve
    15
    Brett Weston
    Brooklyn Bridge
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $7,560
    No Reserve
    16
    W. Eugene Smith
    Gateway Center, Pittsburgh
    Estimate
    $2,000 - $3,000
    Sold For
    $2,016
    No Reserve
    17
    Elliott Erwitt
    Las Vegas
    Estimate
    $700 - $900
    Sold For
    $1,386
    No Reserve
    18
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Mount Aso
    Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000
    Sold For
    $6,048
    No Reserve
    19
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Tokyo Funeral
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $7,560
    No Reserve
    20
    Barbara Morgan
    Martha Graham - Letter to the World (The Kick)
    Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000
    Sold For
    $7,560
    No Reserve
    21
    Jacques Henri Lartigue
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    $1,000 - $1,500
    Sold For
    $3,528
    No Reserve
    22
    Eugène Atget
    Selected Images of Paris
    Estimate
    $2,000 - $3,000
    Sold For
    $3,276
    No Reserve
    23
    Lewis Hine
    Western Union Messenger #55
    Estimate
    $1,000 - $2,000
    Sold For
    $882
    No Reserve
    24
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Pheasants
    Estimate
    $700 - $900
    Sold For
    $1,512

    Phillips Picks

    Specialists from across the house weigh in on their favorite photographs in our online auction “The Eye That Shapes: Further Selections from the Peter C. Bunnell Collection.”

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    No Reserve
    25
    Manuel Álvarez Bravo
    Striking Worker, Assassinated
    Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000
    Sold For
    $5,670
    No Reserve
    26
    Manuel Álvarez Bravo
    Trampa Puesta
    Estimate
    $1,500 - $2,500
    Sold For
    $1,134
    No Reserve
    27
    Mario Cravo Neto
    Heart of Stone
    Estimate
    $2,000 - $3,000
    Sold For
    $2,268
    No Reserve
    28
    Laura Gilpin
    Fire Ceremony, Mesa Verde National Park
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000
    Sold For
    $5,040
    No Reserve
    29
    Barbara Morgan
    Selected Photomontages
    Estimate
    $1,000 - $1,500
    Sold For
    $1,890
    No Reserve
    30
    Emmet Gowin
    Edith
    Estimate
    $2,500 - $3,500
    Sold For
    $3,780
    No Reserve
    31
    Doug Prince
    Selected Photographic Sculptures
    Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000
    Sold For
    $2,520
    No Reserve
    32
    Ray K. Metzker
    Double Frame: Atlantic City
    Estimate
    $2,000 - $3,000
    Sold For
    $1,386
    No Reserve
    33
    Jerry Uelsmann
    Rock-Tree
    Estimate
    $700 - $900
    Sold For
    $2,772
    No Reserve
    34
    Naomi Savage
    Selected Variants: Enmeshed Man
    Estimate
    $2,000 - $3,000
    Sold For
    $10,080
    No Reserve
    35
    Jerry Uelsmann
    Selected Images of Peter C. Bunnell
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000
    Sold For
    $2,016
    No Reserve
    36
    Bea Nettles
    Pleasant Pasture II
    Estimate
    $700 - $1,000
    Sold For
    $5,040
    No Reserve
    37
    Eikoh Hosoe
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000
    Sold For
    $5,040
    No Reserve
    38
    Yasuhiro Ishimoto
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    $2,000 - $3,000
    Sold For
    $3,024
    No Reserve
    39
    Jerry Uelsmann
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    $2,000 - $3,000
    Sold For
    $2,016
    No Reserve
    40
    Lynton Wells
    Six Wizards (Italian Bellflowers)
    Estimate
    $1,000 - $1,500
    Sold For
    $4,032
    No Reserve
    41
    Jerry Uelsmann
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    $2,000 - $3,000
    Sold For
    $2,772
    No Reserve
    42
    Peter C. Bunnell
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000
    Sold For
    $1,512