Provenance
Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, The SoHo Partnership 10th Anniversary Auction, 21 April 2003, lot 13
The Estate of Doris M. Bachrach
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, Saturday@Phillips, 17 June 2006, lot 317
Literature
Phillips and Hambourg, Helen Levitt, pl. 16
powerHouse Books, Helen Levitt: Crosstown, p. 54
Agee, A Way of Seeing, pl. 39

251

Helen Levitt

New York City (young boy)

1942
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
9 1/4 x 6 in. (23.5 x 15.2 cm)
Signed, titled 'N.Y.C.' and dated '1940' in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $3,750

Contact Specialist
Sarah Krueger
Specialist, Head of Sale

Vanessa Hallett
Worldwide Head of Photographs and Deputy Chairman, Americas

General Enquiries:
+1 212 940 1245

Photographs

New York 4 April 2017

229
Lewis Baltz
West Wall, Space 18, 817 West 17th Street, Costa Mesa, from The new Industrial Parks near Irvine, California
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $25,000
230
Robert Adams
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $18,750
231
Lewis Baltz
North Wall, Niguel Hardware, 26087 Getty Drive, Laguna Niguel from The new Industrial Parks near Irvine, California
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $21,250
232
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
233
Lewis Baltz
Newport Beach from The Prototype Works
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $27,500
234
Robert Frank
Rodeo - New York City
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $87,500
235
Berenice Abbott
New York at Night
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
236
Lewis Wickes Hine
The view onto Lower Manhattan from the Empire State Building
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
237
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Selected images from Der interessanteste Elendsmarkt der Welt! (The Most Interesting Market Place in the World!)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
238
Ruth Orkin
American Girl in Italy, Florence
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,000
239
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Île de la Cité, Paris
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
240
George Hoyningen-Huene
Divers, Horst with Model, Paris
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
241
Edward Weston
Portrait No. 25
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,750
242
August Sander
Selected images from Portraits of Artists
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,125
243
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Rue Mouffetard, Paris
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $26,250
244
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Los Obstaculos (The Obstacles)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
245
Man Ray
Rayograph with Goggles, Egg and Candle
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
246
Eugène Atget
À L'Enfant Jésus Rue des Bourdonnais 33
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,125
247
André Kertész
Satiric Dancer, Paris
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,000
248
André Kertész
Distortion #63
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
249
Helen Levitt
New York (baby carriage)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,875
250
Helen Levitt
New York (two children dancing)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,125
251
Helen Levitt
New York City (young boy)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
252
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Côte d'Azur, Var, Saint Tropez
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
253
Robert Frank
Coney Island, 4th July
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
254
Josef Albers
Kleiner Strand am Nachmittag (small beach in the afternoon), Biarritz
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
255
Henri Cartier-Bresson
On the Banks of the Marne, France
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $212,500
256
Josef Koudelka
Romania (man with whip)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
257
Irving Penn
Sitting Man with Pink Face, New Guinea
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
258
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Parábola Óptica (Optical Parable), Mexico
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,375
259
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Figuras en el Castillo (Figures in a Castle)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,375
260
Dorothea Lange
Near Shafter, California, Migratory Laborers, February
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,125
261
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Youngstown Works, Blast Furnace 4
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
262
Sally Mann
Damaged Child
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $13,750
263
Diane Arbus
Masked Woman in a Wheel Chair, PA.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
264
Lee Friedlander
Newark, N.J.
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
265
Garry Winogrand
Women Are Beautiful
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
266
Lalla Essaydi
Converging Territories #21
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
267
Candida Höfer
New York Public Library IV
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $27,500
268
Olafur Eliasson
Small Cloud Series
Estimate $25,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,000
269
Massimo Vitali
Picnic Allée
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,250
270
Sebastião Salgado
Site of the now dried Lake Faguibine, Mali, Africa
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
271
Sebastião Salgado
Blind Woman, Mali
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
272
Peter Beard
Lion Pride from The End of the Game
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,500
273
Nick Brandt
Elephant with Exploding Dust, Amboseli
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $27,500
274
Richard Misrach
Untitled #579-04
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
275
William Eggleston
Pictures from Eve's Bayou
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $23,750
276
Alec Soth
Falls 26
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,500
277
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,000
278
Nan Goldin
Brian with the Flintstones, NYC
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,375
279
Joel Brodsky
Jim Morrison, The Doors, The American Poet, New York City
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
280
Robert Mapplethorpe
Apples and Urn
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $23,750
281
Andy Warhol
Untitled (protected keep off)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
282
Robert Mapplethorpe
Tulips
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $298,000
283
Robert Mapplethorpe
Thomas
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,000
284
Robert Mapplethorpe
Jim, Sausalito
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $32,500
285
Herb Ritts
Floating Torso, St. Barthélemy
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
286
Horst P. Horst
Selected classic nudes
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
287
Helmut Newton
Big Nude, Una, Nice
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $22,500
288
Herb Ritts
Backflip, Paradise Cove, California
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
289
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Queen Charlotte’s Ball, London
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
290
Horst P. Horst
Round the Clock I, II, IV
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
291
Richard Avedon
Avedon/Paris
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $150,000
292
Bert Stern
The Marilyn Portfolio
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
293
Helmut Newton
Hinterhof Akt, Paris
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $60,000
294
Frank Horvat
Givenchy Hat A, Paris
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
295
Erwin Blumenfeld
Nude behind Screen, Paris
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
296
Erwin Blumenfeld
Hat Fashion, Dior, New York
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
297
Minor White
Nude, Foot, San Francisco
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,750
298
Ruth Bernhard
Classic Torso with Hands
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,625
299
Ruth Bernhard
Angel Wings
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,250
300
Ruth Bernhard
Draped Torso
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,750
301
Ruth Bernhard
Folding
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,625
302
Ansel Adams
Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $37,500
303
Frederick Sommer
Livia
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,500
304
Josef Sudek
The Coming of Spring
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,250
305
Ansel Adams
Cathedral Peak and Lake, Yosemite National Park, California
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $12,500
306
Sally Mann
Three wolves
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
307
Harry Callahan
Chicago (Trees in Snow)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
308
Harry Callahan
Aix-en-Provence (Nude, Back)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
309
Irving Penn
Nude
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $17,500
310
Harry Callahan
Eleanor & Barbara, Chicago (Grant Park)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
311
Harry Callahan
Eleanor, Chicago
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
312
Harry Callahan
Aix-en-Provence (Nude, Front)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
313
Diane Arbus
A Young Waitress at a Nudist Camp, N.J.
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
314
Diane Arbus
Patriotic Young Man with a Flag, N.Y.C.
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,000
315
Lee Friedlander
New York City
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
316
Vik Muniz
The Best of LIFE—Portfolio
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $150,000
317
Lee Friedlander
Cincinnati, Ohio
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
318
Richard Avedon
Jacob Israel Avedon, Father of Photographer, Sarasota 12.19.72
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
319
John Coplans
Self-Portrait (Hands spread on knees)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,000
320
John Coplans
Self-Portrait, Frieze, No. 4, 3 Panels
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $21,250
321
Lorna Simpson
Lower Region
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $21,250
322
Julie Moos
Mrs. Lewis from Hat Ladies
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,375
323
Ernst Haas
Crosswalk, New York City
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,500
324
Jill Freedman
Atlas
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
325
Robert Polidori
View of Central Park and Trump Tower from Time Warner Building
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $17,500
326
John Chamberlain
Dining Out, Paris #6
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800
Sold for $3,000
327
Eliot Porter
Intimate Landscapes
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $15,000
328
Thomas Ruff
jpeg pt03
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $43,750
329
Vik Muniz
Starry Night, after Van Gogh from Pictures of Magazines 2
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $75,000
330
Awol Erizku
Girl with a Bamboo Earring
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $52,500
331
Vik Muniz
Kissing in the Tropics from Pictures of Chocolate
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,250
332
David LaChapelle
The House at the End of the World
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
333
Vik Muniz
After Rothko from Pictures of Color
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
334
Alex Prager
Becky and Jill from Week-End
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
335
Erwin Olaf
Barbara (Portrait) from Grief
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
336
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Ike Cole, 38 years old, Los Angeles, California, $25 (Mayfair Market)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $27,500
337
Wolfgang Tillmans
Installation New York (1990-1995)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $62,500
338
Elger Esser
Drôme, Frankreich
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
339
Desirée Dolron
Cerca Plaza de la Revolución from Te dí todos mis sueños
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
340
Frank Thiel
Stadt 2/90 (Berlin)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
341
Desirée Dolron
Cerca Paseo de Martí from Te dí todos mis sueños
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
342
Shinichi Maruyama
Kusho No. 1
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,500
343
James Casebere
Toilets
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
344
Candida Höfer
Wikingmuseum Oslo I
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $31,250
345
Sandy Skoglund
The Green House and Setter Lying Down
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $35,000
346
Various Photographers
Elton John AIDS Foundation Photography Portfolio I
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $52,500

Photographs

New York 4 April 2017

Provenance

Literature

251

Helen Levitt

New York City (young boy)

Photographs