Mary Ellen Mark

Homeless Damm Family in Their Car, Los Angeles, Ca.

1987
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
10 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (26.7 x 26 cm) image
14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm) sheet
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered 20/200 in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
$1,500 - 2,500

Sold for $1,905

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

New York Auction 4 April 2024

1
Lewis Baltz
South Wall, Semicoa, 333 McCormick, Costa Mesa from The New Industrial Parks
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,780
2
Lewis Baltz
South Wall, Hand K Industries, 1611 S. Boyd Street, Santa Ana from The New Industrial Parks
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
3
Lewis Baltz
West Wall, Business Systems Division, Pertex, 1881 Langley, Costa Mesa from The New Industrial Parks
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
4
Robert Adams
Fort Collins, Colorado
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $33,020
5
Robert Adams
New Housing (View of Pike's Peak)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
6
Robert Adams
Nebraska State Highway 2, Box Butte County, Nebraska
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
7
Henry Wessel, Jr.
Walapai, Arizona
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,255
8
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Wassertürmen (Water Towers)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
9
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Moglingen, Stuttgart, D
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,400
10
Andreas Feininger
Water Towers
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
11
Lee Friedlander
15 Photographs By Lee Friedlander
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
12
Ray K. Metzker
Philadelphia (63 Gt-10)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
13
Ray K. Metzker
Chicago (Reading in the Train Window) (59 CC-38)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,080
14
Frank Gohlke
Selected Images
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
15
Ed Ruscha
Gasoline Stations
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $133,350
16
Ed Ruscha
Vacant Lots
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,620
17
Henry Wessel, Jr.
Buena Vista, Colorado
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,080
18
Robert Adams
Pikes Peak Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
19
Henry Wessel, Jr.
Selected Images from Night Walk, Los Angeles
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,890
20
Robert Adams
Northglenn, Colorado
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,620
21
Robert Adams
Lakewood, Colorado
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
22
Mary Ellen Mark
Homeless Damm Family in Their Car, Los Angeles, Ca.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,905
23
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,080
24
William Eggleston
Untitled (Couple in Red Car at Drive-In Restaurant), Memphis, TN
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $57,150
25
Neal Slavin
Sabrett Hot Dog Vendors, New York City
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,080
26
William Eggleston
Untitled (Torch Café Billboard), Mississippi
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,510
27
William Eggleston
Untitled (Old Ford and Stores)
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $38,100
28
William Christenberry
Selected Images
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,445
29
Jeff Brouws
Freshly Painted Houses
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
30
William Eggleston
Untitled (Coke Cooler & Pearl Sign)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,510
31
Walker Evans
Untitled (Roadside Advertisement for the Back Porch Restaurant), Destin, Florida, August 6
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,350
32
Walker Evans
Untitled (Advertisment for the Back Porch Restaurant), Destin, Florida, August 12
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,826
33
Walker Evans
Untitled (Beachside Sign), Destin, Florida, August 12
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,302
34
William Eggleston
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $16,510
35
William Eggleston
Untitled (20 m.p.h, School Zone Sign)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,525
36
Walker Evans
Selected Polaroids
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
37
Danny Lyon
The Bikeriders
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
38
Danny Lyon
Conversations with the Dead
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
39
Lee Friedlander
Florida
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,890
40
Lee Friedlander
Baltimore
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
41
Lee Friedlander
Syracuse
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
42
Peter Hujar
Columbia Service Station
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
43
Peter Hujar
Wrecked Diner
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
44
Francesca Woodman
From Space 2, Providence, Rhode Island
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $63,500
45
Francesca Woodman
N.307.1 / New York
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,430
46
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Bus Riders I)
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $190,500
47
Tseng Kwong Chi
Disneyland, CA
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
48
Tseng Kwong Chi
Notre Dame, Paris, France
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
49
Thomas Struth
Pergamon Museum 1, Berlin
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $190,500
50
Thomas Ruff
Portrait (V. Liebermann)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
51
Thomas Ruff
H.E.K. 02
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $26,670
52
Thomas Ruff
Portrait (M.Schell) Young Man
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,780
53
Wolfgang Tillmans
o.T. München
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,510
54
Wolfgang Tillmans
O.M.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,700
55
Alec Soth
Charles, Vasa, Minnesota
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $152,400
56
Joel Sternfeld
The Bronx, New York (Sculpture by John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres), November
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,890
57
Joel Sternfeld
Looking West on 29th Street on a September Evening
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,715
58
Richard Misrach
Diving Board, Salton Sea
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,510
59
Olafur Eliasson
The Glacier Series
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $76,200
60
Roni Horn
Still Water (The River Thames, For Example), D, O, I
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $27,940
61
Isaac Julien
Waves (Ten Thousand Waves)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
62
Hank Willis Thomas
Bread and Roses
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,430
63
Awol Erizku
Heads
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $27,940
64
Hank Willis Thomas
So Glad We Made It
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $22,860
65
Hank Willis Thomas
It’s The Real Thing
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $20,320
66
Carrie Mae Weems
Golden Yella Girl
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
67
Dawoud Bey
Marc & Eric
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $19,050
68
Dawoud Bey
Shalanta from Class Pictures
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
69
Dawoud Bey
Christopher, South Shore High School from Class Pictures
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
70
Zanele Muholi
Yonela Nyumbeka, Makhaza, Khayelitsha, Cape Town from Faces and Phases
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
71
Zanele Muholi
Zuki Gaca, Grand Parade, Cape Town from Faces and Phases
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,255
72
Christopher Wool
Road
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
73
Robin Rhode
Table of Contents
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $33,020
74
Jackie Nickerson
Xhosa, Masiphumelele Township, Western Cape, South Africa
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,556
75
Seydou Keïta
Untitled (A Father with His Two Daughters)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
76
Seydou Keïta
Untitled (A Malian Patriarch)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,080
77
Malick Sidibé
Au Cours D'une Soiree- les positions
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,715
78
Taryn Simon
Ronald Jones, Scene Of Arrest, Southside, Chicago, Illinois, Served 8 years of a death sentence for Murder and Rape
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,255
79
Barbara Probst
Exposure #9: N.Y.C., Grand Central Station, 12.18.01, 1:21 P.M.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $20,320
80
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (house in the road)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,560
81
Pieter Hugo
Escort Kama. Enugu, Nigeria from Nollywood
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,620
82
Stan Douglas
Masonic Lodge, Barkerville
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
83
Erwin Olaf
Ice Cream Parlour from Rain
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,240
84
Erwin Olaf
The Gym from Rain
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
85
Paolo Ventura
Eclissi Totale #3
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,510
86
Paolo Ventura
War Souvenir #9 (Milan, Nov. 1944)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,715
87
Zoe Leonard
Century Photo Centre
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,350
88
Zoe Leonard
Yellow Restaurant
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
89
Saul Leiter
House Bar, Harlem, New York
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $12,700
90
Gordon Parks
Segregation Story
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $114,300
91
Helen Levitt
N. Y. (children with laundry cart)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,255
92
Helen Levitt
N.Y.C. (masked children on stoop)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
93
Walker Evans
Subway Portrait (two men, Hunt's Point Road, City Hall)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $11,430
94
Helen Levitt
Untitled (graffiti surrounded by torn posters)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,826
95
Helen Levitt
N.Y.C. (graffiti of figures on metal door)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
96
Walker Evans
Subway Portrait (Lenox Avenue)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $9,525
97
Bruce Davidson
Subway, New York City from Brooklyn Gang
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,413
98
Robert Frank
New York City
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,890
99
Lewis Wickes Hine
Connecting Beams on Skyscraper (Empire State Building)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
100
Helen Levitt
Subway Portrait (three women)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,620
101
Helen Levitt
Subway Portrait (woman sleeping on man's shoulder)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,620
102
Helen Levitt
Subway Portrait (woman looking at man in hat)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,620
103
Berenice Abbott
Roast Corn Man, New York
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $17,780
104
Walker Evans
Roadside Sandwich Shop, Ponchatoula, Louisiana
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
105
Dorothea Lange
A Sign of the Times–Mended Stockings, Stenographer, San Francisco
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $31,750
106
Fan Ho
Back Alley Shine
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,160
107
Dorothea Lange
Unemployed Men on Howard Street, San Francisco
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
108
Dorothea Lange
Men Waiting
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
109
Walker Evans
Sidewalk and Shopfront, New Orleans
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
110
W. Eugene Smith
Ernest Ceriani on his way to a house call in foul weather, Kremmling, Colorado
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
111
W. Eugene Smith
6th Avenue at 28th Street During a Snowstorm
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
112
Marc Riboud
The Antique Dealer’s Shop Windows, Beijing
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $10,160
113
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Long Distance Haul, Raleigh, North Carolina
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
114
Dorothea Lange
Ditched, Stalled,and Stranded, San Joaquin Valley, California (A Missouri Farmer, Now A Migratory Farm Laborer on the Pacific Coast)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $63,500
115
Walker Evans
The Burroughs Family, Hale County, Alabama
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
116
Walker Evans
Washstand in the Dog Run of Floyd Burroughs' Cabin, Hale County, Alabama
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
117
Dorothea Lange
Wife of Migratory Laborer with Three Children, Near Childress, Texas, Nettie Featherston
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
118
Ben Shahn
Boone County, Arkansas, The Family of a Resettlement Administration Client in the Doorway of Their Home
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
119
Dorothea Lange
Small Cotton Farm, Kern County, California
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
120
Ben Shahn
Cotton Pickers, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
121
Dorothea Lange
Ex Slave With A Long Memory, Alabama
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
122
Dorothea Lange
Migrants, Family Of Mexicans, On the Road with Tire Trouble. Looking for Work in the Peas
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
123
Dorothea Lange
Woman On Porch
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
124
Lewis Wickes Hine
Young Slavic Immigrant at Ellis Island
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
125
Lewis Wickes Hine
5 P.M., Boys Going Home from Glass Works
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,826
126
Vik Muniz
Dallas Mill, Huntsville: 1910 After Lewis Hine Pictures of Paper
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $27,940
127
Lewis Wickes Hine
Joseph Tucci
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
128
Walker Evans
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
129
Bruce Davidson
Untitled, East 100th Street (young couple with heads together)
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,794
130
Arthur Leipzig
Stickball
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $3,175
131
Bruce Davidson
Playing Stickball on Seventeenth Street and Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y., from Brooklyn Gang
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,810
132
Helen Levitt
N.Y.C. (kids fighting over door)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,255
133
Helen Levitt
N.Y. (four girls against car)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,080
134
Helen Levitt
N.Y.C. (four girls running)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
135
Andreas Feininger
N.Y. Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn Shore
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
136
Bruce Davidson
Outside Mike’s Tattoo Shop in Coney Island, N.Y., from Brooklyn Gang
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,905
137
Arthur Leipzig
Coney Island Parachute Jump
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,540
138
Brett Weston
Dunes, Oceano, California
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
139
Arthur Leipzig
Divers, East River
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,826
140
Morris Engel
Harlem Merchant, NYC
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
141
John Gutmann
Shoeshine, Harlem, N. Y.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
142
John Gutmann
Arizona Cafe, Los Angeles
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
143
Peter Sekaer
Election Posters 10th Ave. New York
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $9,525
144
Helen Levitt
Untitled (grafitti on brick wall, 'Oh! He Said 'What a Beautiful Day. . .')
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,620
145
Helen Levitt
N.Y.C.
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,064
146
Berenice Abbott
New York IV
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,255
147
Berenice Abbott
L & S Dairy, 22nd Street and 9th Avenue, New York
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,080
148
Man Ray
Electricité
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $15,240
149
Werner Mantz
Werner Mantz: Photographien, 1927-1935
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
150
Werner Mantz
Warehouse Façade
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
151
August Sander
Westerwälder Bauernfamilie
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
152
August Sander
Pastry Chef
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,715
153
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Premiere at La Scala
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,445
154
André Kertész
Mondrian's Pipe and Glasses, Paris
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,334
155
Various Photographers
Bauhaus Portfolio I: 10 Photographs 1919-1933
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
156
Albert Renger-Patzsch
Heating System in a Factory
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,715
157
Albert Renger-Patzsch
Grimberg Mine Washroom
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,048
158
Albert Renger-Patzsch
Sonnenstrahlen
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $7,620

Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies...

New York Auction 4 April 2024

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Mary Ellen Mark

Homeless Damm Family in Their Car, Los Angeles, Ca.

Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation