Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist’s estate
Exhibited
Woman: A Celebration, Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, 2 August 2003 - 4 January 2004
Literature
Abrams, August Sander: People of the 20th Century, Volume III: The Woman, pl. III/16/12

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August Sander

Frau eines Malers (Painter's Wife, Helene Abelen)

circa 1926
Gelatin silver print, printed 1994.
10 x 7 1/4 in. (25.4 x 18.4 cm)
'Köln Lindenthal' credit blindstamp on the recto; signed, dated, numbered 3/12, annotated by Gerd Sander, the artist's grandson, 'Archiv' copyright credit stamp and 'Menschen Des Zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts' label on the verso and/or the reverse of the mount.

Estimate
$7,000 - 9,000

Contact Specialist
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Artist | Icon | Inspiration: Women in Photography Presented with Peter Fetterman

New York Auction 7 June 2019

1
Imogen Cunningham
The Unmade Bed
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
2
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Martine Franck, Paris
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $21,250
3
Ruth Bernhard
Perspective II
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,500
4
Ruth Bernhard
In the Box - Horizontal
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
5
Judy Dater
Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
6
Martine Franck
Tulku Khentrul Lodro Rabsel, age 12, with his tutor Lhagyel. Shechen Monastery in Bodnath, Nepal
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,875
7
Mary Ellen Mark
Mother Teresa Feeding a Man at the Home For the Dying, Calcutta, India
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,250
8
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Srinagar, Kashmir
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
9
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon, Portugal
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
10
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
La hija de los danzantes (daughter of the dancers), Cholula, Puebla
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,625
11
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Ensayo de Danza (dance rehearsal), Mexico
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
12
Graciela Iturbide
Mujer ángel, Desierto de Sonora, México (Angel Woman, Sonora Desert, Mexico)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $20,000
13
Flor Garduño
Melancolía, U.S.A.
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,250
14
Martine Franck
Les Petites Dalles, Normandy
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,000
15
Carrie Mae Weems
Untitled (man smoking) from Kitchen Table Series
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $70,000
16
Marc Riboud
Young girl holding a flower, Washington
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
17
Declan Haun
Justice
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
18
Bob Adelman
Rosa Parks, March on Washington, August
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
19
Jacques Lowe
Jacqueline Kennedy
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
20
Michael O'Neill
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court, D.C., November 1
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
21
David Montgomery
Queen Elizabeth with Corgis
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $6,250
22
Willy Ronis
Marchands de frites, rue Rambuteau, Paris
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
23
Grace Robertson
'On the Caterpillar,' London Women's Pub Outing
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $2,750
24
August Sander
Frau eines Malers (Painter's Wife, Helene Abelen)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
25
Édouard Boubat
Lella, Bretagne, France
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
26
Emmet Gowin
Edith, Chincoteague, Virginia
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,125
27
René Groebli
Eye of Love #516
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,750
28
Willy Ronis
Nuit au châlet
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
29
Martine Franck
Snow in Jardin des Tuileries
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,625
30
Sabine Weiss
New York
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
31
Sergio Larraín
Tottenham Court Road, underground station, London, England
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
32
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Easter Sunday in Harlem
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
33
Herman Leonard
Billie Holiday, NYC
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,500
34
Herman Leonard
Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, NYC
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $3,750
35
Berenice Abbott
New York at Night
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
36
Berenice Abbott
Pike and Henry Streets, Manhattan, March 6
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,000
37
Vera Lutter
745 Fifth Avenue, New York City: September 29
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
38
Helen Levitt
N.Y. (masked children on stoop)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,250
39
Helen Levitt
N.Y.C. (children dancing on the sidewalk)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
40
Berenice Abbott
Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $13,750
41
Helen Levitt
N.Y. (children with laundry)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,125
42
Lisette Model
Coney Island bather, New York
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,750
43
Bruce Davidson
Brooklyn Gang, Coney Island, New York
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
44
Bruce Davidson
Chicago (couple in front of jukebox)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
45
Diane Arbus
Puerto Rican Woman with a Beauty Mark, NYC
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,125
46
Diane Arbus
Patriotic Young Man with a Flag, N.Y.C.
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,625
47
Diane Arbus
Lady in a rooming house parlor, Albion, NY
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,000
48
Fan Ho
Lonely Stroll
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,000
49
Édouard Boubat
New York
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $4,000
50
Ruth Orkin
American Girl in Italy
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
51
Robert Mapplethorpe
Selected Images of Lisa Lyon
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,000
52
Yousuf Karsh
Georgia O'Keeffe
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $9,375
53
Steve McCurry
Dust Storm, Rajasthan, India
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
54
Sebastião Salgado
Asháninka, State of Acre, Brazil
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
55
Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
56
Lalla Essaydi
Bullet Revisited #3
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $23,750
57
Chester Higgins
Muslim Woman, New York City
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
58
Lalla Essaydi
Converging Territories #11
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
59
Shirin Neshat
Untitled from Soliloquy
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
60
Francesca Woodman
Portico with Caryatids of Delphi, March 12
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
61
Zanele Muholi
ZaVa, Amsterdam
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,250
62
Alma Lavenson
Self Portrait
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
63
Dorothea Lange
A Sign of the Times–Mended Stockings, Stenographer, San Francisco
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
64
Dorothea Lange
Argument in a Trailer Court, Richmond, California
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
65
Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $87,500
66
Tina Modotti
Untitled (bird sculpture)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,750
67
Barbara Morgan
Martha Graham - Letter to the World
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,875
68
Gertrude Käsebier
Mother and Child
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $11,250
69
Heinrich Kuehn
Tonwertstudie III (Study in Tonal Values III), Mary Warner
Estimate $10,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,500
70
George Henry Seeley
The Mourning Veil
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,750
71
Julia Margaret Cameron
My Ewen’s Bride (Annie Chinery Cameron)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
72
Gertrude Käsebier
Blessed Art Thou Among Women
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
73
Lewis Wickes Hine
Italian Mother and Child, Ellis Island
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
74
Elliott Erwitt
New York City
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $4,000
75
Sally Mann
Sunday Funnies
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $32,500
76
Sally Mann
Jessie Bites
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
77
Sally Mann
Fallen Child
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
78
Sally Mann
Jessie at 6
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
79
Sandy Skoglund
Atomic Love
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,500
80
Sandy Skoglund
Raining Popcorn
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,625
81
Loretta Lux
The Fish
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,250
82
Anne Collier
Relevance, Supposition, Connection, Viewpoint, Evidence from Questions
Estimate $50,000 - 60,000
Sold for $62,500
83
Angela Strassheim
Untitled (Alicia in the Pool) from Pause
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
84
Alex Prager
Ellen from Polyester
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
85
Alex Prager
Crystal from Polyester
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $32,500
86
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Lucille Ball)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
87
William Klein
Smoke + Veil, Paris (Vogue)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,375
88
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
Bettina, la plus belle, Paris. Vitrine de Van Cleef et Arpels, Place Vendôme
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,250
89
Lillian Bassman
Blowing Kiss, Barbara Mullen, New York
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
90
Martine Franck
Rehearsal, Ballet Moiseyev, Moscow, Russia
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,875
91
Olivia Parker
Miss Appleton's Shoes
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
92
Norman Parkinson
Audrey Hepburn with Flowers II, Rome
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
93
Julius Shulman
Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, CA, Pierre Koenig Architect
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,125
94
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Queen Charlotte's Ball, London
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
95
Allan Grant
Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly backstage at the 28th Annual Academy Awards, Hollywood, CA
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
96
Eve Arnold
Marilyn on the set of 'The Misfits,' Nevada
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
97
Yousuf Karsh
Audrey Hepburn
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
98
Barry Lategan
Twiggy
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
99
David Montgomery
Grace Coddington, Vidal Sassoon five-point cut
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,500
100
Jerry Schatzberg
Faye Dunaway
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
101
Arthur Elgort
Kate Moss, Café Lipp, Paris, Vogue Italia
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,000
102
Horst P. Horst
V.O.G.U.E. (Lisa Fonssagrives), NY
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
103
Horst P. Horst
Coco Chanel, II, Paris
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
104
Norman Parkinson
Travel Clothes, Vogue, May
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
105
Sabine Weiss
La 2CV sous la pluie, Paris
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $4,750
106
Eve Arnold
Gala Opening, Metropolitan Opera, New York
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $4,375
107
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $50,000

Artist | Icon | Inspiration: Women in...

New York Auction 7 June 2019

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

24

August Sander

Frau eines Malers (Painter's Wife, Helene Abelen)

Artist | Icon | Inspiration: Women in Photography Presented with Peter Fetterman