Berenice Abbott

Forsythe and East Houston Streets, Manhattan, Feb. 11

1937
Gelatin silver print.
7 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (18.7 x 24.1 cm)
Signed in pencil, Federal Art Project 'Changing New York' credit stamps, titled, dated, annotated in an unidentified hand in pencil, on the reverse of the mount.

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000

Sold for $4,445

Contact Specialist

Caroline Deck
Senior Specialist, Photographs
cdeck@phillips.com

Vanessa Hallett
Worldwide Head of Photographs and Chairwoman, Americas
vhallett@phillips.com

Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation Part II

New York Auction 9 October 2024

1
Lewis Baltz
North Wall, Master Specialties, 1640 Monrovia, Costa Mesa
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $24,130
2
Lewis Baltz
Northwest Wall, Unoccupied Industrial Spaces, 17875 C and D Skypark Circle, Irvine
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
3
Robert Adams
Over back yard fences (Views Of Pike's Peak), Colo. Spgs.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,350
4
Robert Adams
Untitled (Along Interstate 25, Eden, Colorado)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,065
5
William Eggleston
Untitled (diner breakfast)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,715
6
Robert Frank
Picnic In A Car Park, Fourth Of July
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,890
7
William Eggleston
Untitled, Memphis, TN (blue car on suburban street)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
8
William Eggleston
Untitled, Memphis, TN (car and bicycles in garage)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
9
Walker Evans
Untitled (bike shop), October 1
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,286
10
Walker Evans
Untitled (roadside signs, fruit and vegetable stand), September 1
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,302
11
Walker Evans
Untitled (shoemaker’s shop), Marigot, St. Martin’s, French West Indies, April 6
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,302
12
Walker Evans
Untitled (roadside advertisement for the Back Porch Restaurant), Destin, Florida, August 6
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,445
13
William Eggleston
Untitled (Frisco Rail Car)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
14
William Eggleston
Untitled (Huntsville, Alabama)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,620
15
Lee Friedlander
Nashville
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,715
16
Lee Friedlander
Atlanta
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
17
Robert Adams
Tract house & outdoor theater, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
18
Robert Adams
North Denver
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
19
Robert Adams
Expressway, Near Colton, Calif.
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,255
20
Garry Winogrand
Selected Images from Women are Beautiful
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
21
André Kertész
Martinique, January 1
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,096
22
Henry Wessel, Jr.
Tucson, Arizona
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,334
23
Lewis Baltz
Selected Images from Park City
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,080
24
Ed Ruscha
Parking Lots
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $76,200
25
Ed Ruscha
13 Artist's Books
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $9,525
26
Ray K. Metzker
Chicago (59 AF-1 S6-2)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,302
27
Harry Callahan
Chicago
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $6,350
28
Ray K. Metzker
Chicago (82 JN-6) from City Whispers
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
29
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Portfolio Three: Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,715
30
Danny Lyon
Uptown
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,590
31
Paul Fusco
Selected Images from Robert F. Kennedy's Funeral Train
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,890
32
Bruce Davidson
New York City from Time of Change
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
33
Bruce Davidson
Selma, Alabama from Time of Change
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
34
Bruce Davidson
Bus from Brooklyn Gang
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,905
35
Bruce Davidson
Under The Pier At Coney Island from Brooklyn Gang
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
36
Arnold Newman
Selected Portraits of Artists
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,350
37
Tseng Kwong Chi
Lake Moraine, Alberta, Canada
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $6,350
38
Tseng Kwong Chi
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,334
39
Jan Groover
Untitled T 606
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,540
40
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Wasserturm, Leipzig, D (water tower)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,240
41
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Wasserturm, Burg/Magdeburg, D (water tower)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
42
Thomas Struth
Selected Images of the Ruhr Valley from Unconscious Places
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
43
Thomas Ruff
Haus Nr. 8 I
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
44
Andreas Gursky
Düsseldorf, Volksgarten
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,620
45
Thomas Ruff
jpeg ca05
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
46
Olafur Eliasson
The hut series
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
47
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $76,200
48
Erwin Olaf
Campbell's Soup for Ingo Maurer
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,160
49
Erwin Olaf
The Practice from Hope
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,985
50
Neil Winokur
A-Z
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
51
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $44,450
52
Paolo Ventura
Automaton #04
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
53
Paolo Ventura
War Souvenir #26 (Christmas 1944)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
54
Barbara Probst
Exposure #77: N.Y.C., Collister & Hubert Street 06.22.10, 6:41 P.M.
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
55
Jonathan Monk
The unseen unseen, Version 1
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
56
Zoe Leonard
Selected Images from Analogue
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
57
Carrie Mae Weems
Magenta Colored Girl
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $15,240
58
Dawoud Bey
Joseph, School Of Arts, San Francisco from Class Pictures
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,890
59
Dawoud Bey
Robert, Chadsey High School, Detroit from Class Pictures
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
60
Hank Willis Thomas
Seeker
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $38,100
61
Zanele Muholi
Skye Chirape, Brighton, United Kingdom from Faces and Phases
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
62
Zanele Muholi
Matshidiso Mofokeng, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg from Faces and Phases
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
63
Hai Bo
Passing Traveler
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
64
Pieter Hugo
The Hyena Men of Abuja, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
65
Pieter Hugo
Mohammed Bah, Monrovia, Liberia from Boy Scouts
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $6,350
66
Pieter Hugo
Abdulahi Galadima with the Monkey Amiloo, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,080
67
Pieter Hugo
Mallam Galadima Ahmadu with Jamis & Mallam Mantari Lamal with Mainasara, Nigeria from The Hyena and Other Men
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,620
68
Vik Muniz
Jorge from Pictures of Magazines
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
69
Vik Muniz
Saturn Devouring One Of His Sons, After Francisco De Goya y Lucientes from Pictures of Junk
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
70
Frank Thiel
Stadt 12/38 (Berlin)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
71
Stan Douglas
Selected Images from Detroit Photos
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,480
72
Joel Sternfeld
After a Tornado, Grande Isle, Nebraska, June
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
73
Joel Sternfeld
Via Appia Nuova, Statuario, Rome, August
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,826
74
Richard Misrach
Stranded Rowboat, Salton Sea
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
75
Joel Sternfeld
Looking South on a May Evening (the Starrett-Lehigh Building)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,620
76
William Christenberry
White Chair, near Stewart, Alabama; T.B. Hicks' Store (Detail), Newbern, Alabama
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,540
77
Lee Friedlander
New Orleans
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,794
78
Lee Friedlander
Chicago
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
79
Judith Joy Ross
Selected Images
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,620
80
Malick Sidibé
Selected Images
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,065
81
Seydou Keïta
Untitled (father and daughter, Bamako)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,350
82
Seydou Keïta
Untitled (woman with Republican guards in leave uniforms)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,080
83
何藩 Fan Ho
Selected Images (Hong Kong)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,160
84
Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Selected Images from Chicago
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $6,350
85
Berenice Abbott
Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,795
86
Helen Levitt
New York (Garment District)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,826
87
Helen Levitt
Untitled (boy drawing)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,700
88
Aaron Siskind
New York (Broken Glass)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
89
Walker Evans
Subway Portrait (two women)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
90
Walker Evans
Subway Portrait
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,620
91
Helen Levitt
Untitled (graffiti battleships)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
92
Helen Levitt
Subway Portrait (man with hat)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
93
Helen Levitt
Subway Portrait (two men with hats)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
94
Walker Evans
Sunday in an Alley
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,445
95
Dorothea Lange
Plantation Overseer, Mississippi Delta, Near Clarksdale, Mississippi
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $16,510
96
Dorothea Lange
Unemployed Men, Wharf, San Francisco
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,985
97
Berenice Abbott
Forsythe and East Houston Streets, Manhattan, Feb. 11
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
98
Helen Levitt
Untitled (graffiti on box stand)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,064
99
Helen Levitt
Untitled (girl with graffiti)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,160
100
Dorothea Lange
Family Between Dallas and Austin, Texas
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,525
101
Dorothea Lange
Migrant Agricultural Worker's Family, Nipomo, California
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $40,640
102
Dorothea Lange
Tent Shelter, Migrant Agricultural Worker's Family, Nipomo, California
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $25,400
103
Walker Evans
Sharecropper Bud Fields and His Family at Home, Hale County, Alabama
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
104
Walker Evans
Selected Images
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
105
Dorothea Lange
A California fruit tramp and his family in the Marysville migrant camp
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,715
106
Dorothea Lange
Packing apricots, Brentwood, California
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
107
Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California, May
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,890
108
Dorothea Lange
Potato picking, Shafter, California
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,890
109
Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees are stopped at the inspection station in Yuma, Arizona
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
110
Dorothea Lange
Migrant Worker, Coachella Valley, California
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $24,130
111
Lewis Wickes Hine
Preston De Costa, Fifteen Year Old Messenger #3 for Bellevue Messenger Service
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
112
John Gutmann
Selected Images
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
113
Arthur Leipzig
Brooklyn Bridge
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,905
114
August Sander
The Boxers
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
115
Alexander Rodchenko
The Central Park Of Culture And Leisure, Alley
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
116
Albert Renger-Patzsch
Winter Landscape Near Kaiserwerth
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,794
117
Albert Renger-Patzsch
Flanged Cement Pipes
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $7,620
118
Werner Mantz
Railway Station
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
119
Werner Mantz
Untitled (apartment block façade with balconies)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
120
Alexander Rodchenko
Museum Series Portfolio Number 1: Classic Images
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $17,780
121
Umbo (Otto Umbehr)
Ten Photographs
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,620
122
Various Photographers
Bauhaus I and II
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $5,715

Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies...

New York Auction 9 October 2024

Provenance

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Berenice Abbott

Forsythe and East Houston Streets, Manhattan, Feb. 11

Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation Part II