Provenance
Private Collection, New York
Literature
Aperture, America and Lewis Hine: Photographs 1904-1940, p. 30
D.A.P, Lewis Hine : from the collections of George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, p. 47
Aperture, Photography Past Forward: Aperture at 50, p. 206
Catalogue Essay
Another print of this image is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

149

Lewis Wickes Hine

Italian Family Looking for Lost Baggage, Ellis Island, New York

1905
Gelatin silver print, probably printed 1920s.
13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (33.7 x 26 cm)
Signed in ink on the mount.

Estimate
$35,000 - 45,000

Contact Specialist
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Worldwide Head, Photographs

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Head of Sale, New York

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Photographs

New York Auction 8 October 2015

54
Elliott Erwitt
New York City
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
55
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura Image of the Brooklyn Bridge in Bedroom
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,000
56
Elliott Erwitt
Yokohama, Japan
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $4,750
57
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura Image of the Chrysler Building in hotel room
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
58
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura image of the Tower Bridge in the Tower Hotel Room
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,750
59
Ruth Orkin
Dark Clouds over 5th Ave., N.Y.C.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,500
60
Robert Polidori
View of Central Park from the East
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
61
Richard Avedon
Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, Los Angeles, California, June 14
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $87,500
62
Helmut Newton
SUMO
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,000
63
Ellen von Unwerth
Mask, Paris (Nadja Auermann)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,250
64
Robert Heinecken
Vary Cliché/ Autoeroticism
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
65
Helmut Newton
Saddle II, Paris
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
66
This lot is no longer available.
67
Herb Ritts
Waterfall IV, Hollywood
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $16,250
68
Richard Avedon
Lauren Hutton, Great Exuma, the Bahamas, October
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
69
Richard Avedon
The Beatles, London, August 11
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
70
Nan Goldin
Nan and Brian in bed in Kimono, NYC
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,000
71
Nan Goldin
Valerie Floating in the Sea, Mayreaux
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,500
72
Larry Clark
Tulsa
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,750
73
Nobuyoshi Araki
Love by Leica
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,000
74
Helmut Newton
Domestic Nude III, In the Laundry Room of the Château Marmont, Hollywood
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
75
David Hockney
The Ashtray, Sunday Morning, Tokyo Feb.
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,500
76
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Sea of Japan, Oki IV
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
77
Nobuyoshi Araki
From Close to Range
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
78
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hall of Thirty Three Bays
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
79
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Mechanical Form 0039
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
80
Thomas Struth
Paradise 14 (Yakushima, Japan)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,000
81
Peter Beard
Large tusker (c. 150 lbs per side), Tsavo North, nr. block 33 & Ithumber Hill, Feb.
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
82
Nick Brandt
Lion Roar, Maasai Mara from Across the Ravaged Land
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
83
Peter Beard
Large Bull Elephant c. 110 lbs. per side on the Tiva lugga near Kathemula in February
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
84
Peter Beard
Spitting Cobra (Tsavo)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
85
Nick Brandt
Elephant with Exploding Dust, Amboseli
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
86
Sebastião Salgado
Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis Antarctica), Deception Island, Antarctica
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,000
87
Elger Esser
Doubt, Frankreich
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $137,000
88
Helmut Newton
Hinterhof Akt, Paris
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
89
Abelardo Morell
Upright Camera Obscura Image of the Piazzeta San Marco Looking Southeast in Office
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
90
Elger Esser
Cap d'Antifer, Frankreich
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
91
Sebastião Salgado
Iceberg Between the Paulet Islands and the Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Estimate $35,000 - 40,000
Sold for $43,750
92
Sebastião Salgado
Sahara, South of Djanet, Algeria
Estimate $10,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,500
93
Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
94
Richard Avedon
Bubba Morrison, oil field worker, Albany, Texas, June 10
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $118,750
95
Victoria Sambunaris
Untitled, Haleakala Crater, Hawaii
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,000
96
Edward Burtynsky
Shipyard #11, Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,875
97
Sebastião Salgado
Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India
Estimate $35,000 - 40,000
Sold for $43,750
98
Loretta Lux
Troll 2
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
99
Elger Esser
Ameland-Pier X, Niederlande
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,750
100
Ruud van Empel
Sophisticated #2
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,500
101
James Casebere
Turning Hallway
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,500
102
Abelardo Morell
Book and Camera: In Memory of Fox Talbot
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
103
Ahmet Ertuğ
The National Library, Prague
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $52,500
104
Candida Höfer
Ca'Rezzonico Venezia I
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
105
Vik Muniz
Dora Maar Seated, after Picasso from Pictures of Pigment
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $87,500
106
David LaChapelle
Deluge
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $45,000
107
David LaChapelle
Diesel Jeans, Victory Day 1945, San Francisco
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,250
108
Adam Fuss
Untitled from My Ghost
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,000
109
Michael Wolf
Architecture of Density, Night #16
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
110
Doug Aitken
the mirror #11 (Rise)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
111
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Chemical Plant, Wesseling near Cologne, Germany
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
112
Thomas Struth
Feldweg mit Scheune bei Welsikon, Landschaft No. 28, Winterthur
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
113
Andreas Gefeller
Untitled, (Leaves), Düsseldorf
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,500
114
Lalla Essaydi
Converging Territories #22
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $22,500
115
Andrew Moore
Model T Headquarters, Highland Park, Detroit
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
116
David Maisel
Library of Dust 1470
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,625
117
Linda McCartney
Linda's Pictures: Images by Linda McCartney
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
118
Flip Schulke
Muhammad Ali boxing underwater
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
119
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Lucille Ball)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
120
Herb Ritts
Prince, Minneapolis
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
121
Michael Dweck
Mermaid 1
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
122
Massimo Vitali
Amadores 3
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
123
Mario Testino
Gisele, American Vogue, Malibu
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,250
124
David LaChapelle
Cathedral, Los Angeles
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
125
David LaChapelle
Dear Doctor, I've Read Your Play, Los Angeles
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
126
Alex Guofeng Cao
Marilyn vs. Mona Lisa
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,125
127
David LaChapelle
Drew Barrymore: Young Actress
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
128
Alex Guofeng Cao
Warhol vs. Mao
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
129
Various Photographers
Legacy Collection: Gold Edition
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
130
Sante D'Orazio
Gisele Bündchen on Couch, New York City
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
131
Ormond Gigli
Lips, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,875
132
Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset, Paris
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $13,750
133
Irving Penn
Schiaparelli Coat (Bettina) (A), Paris
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
134
Vik Muniz
Dior from Pictures of Wire
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
135
David Hockney
David and Ann on the Subway, N.Y., Nov. 28
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $15,000
136
Robert Frank
Metropolitan Life Insurance Building - New York City
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,500
137
Lewis Wickes Hine
Skyscraper Construction, Empire State Building, New York City
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
138
Walker Evans
Parked Car, Small Town, Main Street, Ossining, New York
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,000
139
Lewis Wickes Hine
Spinner in Vivian Cotton Mills, Cherryville, N.C. Been at it 2 years. Where will her good looks be in ten years? Location: Cherryville, North Carolina, November
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
140
Lee Miller
Carousel Cows
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
141
Berenice Abbott
New York Portfolio III
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
142
Lewis Wickes Hine
Newsies at Brooklyn Bridge Starting Out at 1 a.m. in a Blizzard on a Sunday
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
143
Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Young Girl, Barefoot, Holding Package of Candy Cigarettes
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,875
144
Alfred Eisenstaedt
An American Block, Hamilton, Ohio
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,625
145
Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Street Scene From Above Showing Car And Turn Only Sign
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
146
Edward Weston
Nude, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
147
Brett Weston
Street Corner, New York
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,625
148
Berenice Abbott
New York Portfolio IV
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
149
Lewis Wickes Hine
Italian Family Looking for Lost Baggage, Ellis Island, New York
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
150
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Seville, Spain
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,500
151
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Madrid
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
152
Imogen Cunningham
Banana Plant
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
153
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,250
154
Alexander Rodchenko
Museum Series Portfolio Number 1: Classic Images
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,500
155
Alexander Rodchenko
Museum Series Portfolio Number 2: Portraits
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
156
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Siphnos, Greece
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
157
Irving Penn
Dusek Brothers, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
158
Irving Penn
Cuzco Children, Peru, December
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
159
Pablo Picasso
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
160
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Hyde Park in the Grey Drizzle, London
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
161
André Kertész
Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
162
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Rue Mouffetard, Paris
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
163
Daidō Moriyama
Japan's Scenic Trio, Mutsumatsushima
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
164
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $30,000
165
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Brie, France
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
166
André Kertész
Still Life with Mirror, Pens and Key
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
167
André Kertész
Untitled (Distortion #167)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
168
Harry Callahan
Eleanor, Chicago
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
169
Horst P. Horst
Triangles
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
170
Edward Weston
Charis, Santa Monica
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
171
Pierre Dubreuil
A complete set of the artist's known stereographs
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
172
Pierre Dubreuil
A complete set of the artist's known diapositives
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
173
Pierre Dubreuil
The Play of Life (Self-portrait)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
174
Pierre Dubreuil
Defensively
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
175
Pierre Dubreuil
Translucidités
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
176
Pierre Dubreuil
Mickey's Joy
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
177
Eugene Hutchinson
Top Hats (for Sears Roebuck)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,500
178
Tony Vaccaro
Hubert de Givenchy, Paris
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
179
Pierre Dubreuil
T.S.F.
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
180
Marvin E. Newman
Chicago (Boy blowing bubble)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $12,500
181
Dr. Paul Fries
Kamera
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
182
Bruce Metcalfe
Tiddlywinks
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,500
183
Lillian Bassman
Margie Cato [test shoot] New York
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,625
184
Cornell Capa
Bolshoi Ballet School, Moscow
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $11,250
185
Willy Ronis
Deena de dos
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
186
Horst P. Horst
Black Corset
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
187
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,500
188
Lillian Bassman
More Fashion Mileage Per Dress, Barbara Vaughn, dress by Filcol, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
189
Dennis Stock
Audrey Hepburn during the filming of 'Sabrina' by Billy Wilder
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,500
190
Frank Horvat
Givenchy Hat C, Paris
Estimate $12,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,500
191
Elliott Erwitt
Paris
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
192
Vik Muniz
Rochas from Pictures of Wire
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
193
Lillian Bassman
Harper's Bazaar, Barbara Mullen
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
194
Horst P. Horst
Courrèges bathing suit, Paris
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
195
Julius Shulman
Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, CA, Pierre Koenig Architect
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,875
196
Ansel Adams
Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Sierra Nevada, California
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
197
Brett Weston
Rooftops, San Francisco
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
198
Ansel Adams
Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Manzanar, California
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
199
Ansel Adams
Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,000
200
Ruth Bernhard
Perspective II
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
201
Brett Weston
Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
202
Brett Weston
Dune, Oceano
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
203
Ruth Bernhard
Classic Torso with Hands
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
204
Ruth Bernhard
Knees and Arm
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $3,125
205
Robert Frank
Savannah, Georgia
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
206
O. Winston Link
NW1635, Birmingham Special at Rural Retreat, Virginia
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,375
207
Garry Winogrand
Central Park Zoo, New York
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,375
208
Lee Friedlander
Mobile, Alabama
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
209
Robert Frank
Trolley, New Orleans
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $149,000
210
William Eggleston
Untitled from Louisiana Project
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
211
Gabriel Orozco
Octopus (Pulpo)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
212
William Eggleston
Untitled (St. Simon's Island, Georgia)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,000
213
William Eggleston
Pictures from Eve's Bayou
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
214
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Ike Cole, 38 years old, Los Angeles, California, $25 (Mayfair Market)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $31,250
215
Garry Winogrand
Circle Line Statue of Liberty Ferry, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $27,500
216
Diane Arbus
Man at a parade on Fifth Avenue, N.Y.C.
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
217
Diane Arbus
A woman in a bird mask, N.Y.C.
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,125
218
Diane Arbus
A Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx, N.Y.
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
219
Joel Sternfeld
Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica, California, May
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
220
William Eggleston
Como, Mississippi (Black women in church)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
221
William Eggleston
Untitled (Signs on Tree, Storm)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $16,250
222
William Eggleston
Untitled (Family on porch)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
223
Ernst Haas
Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,750
224
Garry Winogrand
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $30,000
225
Robert Adams
Construction materials; a new tract. Denver, Colorado
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
226
Robert Adams
Real estate sign. Dusk, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $17,500
227
Garry Winogrand
Women are better than men. Not only have they survived, they do prevail.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,750
228
Stephen Shore
Holden Street, North Adams, Massachusetts, July 13, 1974
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,750
229
William Claxton
John Coltrane at the Guggenheim, New York City
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,250
230
William Claxton
Miles Davis with Cigarette, Los Angeles
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,875
231
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,500
232
Dennis Hopper
Ed Ruscha
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $17,500
233
Yousuf Karsh
Georgia O’Keeffe
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
234
Lee Friedlander
Galax, Virginia
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
235
Richard Avedon
Robert Frank, photographer, Mabou Mines, Nova Scotia, July 17
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
236
Lee Friedlander
New Orleans, Louisiana
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
237
Garry Winogrand
Centennial Ball, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,250
238
Josef Koudelka
Spain
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $21,250
239
Mario Giacomelli
Untitled from Il mare dei miei racconti
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
240
Ruth Orkin
American Girl in Italy, Florence
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
241
Mario Giacomelli
Untitled from lo non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,750
242
Robert Polidori
La Meridienne, Marie-Antoinette's Bed, Versailles
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
243
Stephen Shore
The Giverny Portfolio
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $20,000
244
Tina Barney
Marina's Room
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
245
Sally Mann
Hayhook
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,750
246
Sally Mann
At the Preacher's House
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
247
Sally Mann
Comforting Virginia
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
248
Sally Mann
Punctus
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,875

Photographs

New York Auction 8 October 2015

Provenance

Literature

Catalogue Essay

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Lewis Wickes Hine

Italian Family Looking for Lost Baggage, Ellis Island, New York

Photographs