Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Lucybelle Crater and Lucybelle Crater

1970-1972
Gelatin silver print.
7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (19.1 x 19.1 cm)
Signed by Madelyn O. Meatyard in ink, estate copyright credit stamp and annotations in an unidentified hand in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000

Sold for $7,500

Contact Specialist
Caroline Deck
Head of Sale, Senior Specialist

Vanessa Hallett
Worldwide Head of Photographs and Deputy Chairman, Americas

General Enquiries
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A Constant Pursuit: Photographs from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw

New York Auction 4 October 2018

1
Robert Rauschenberg
Cy + Relics—Rome
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
2
Irving Penn
Barnett Newman, New York, 1966
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $27,500
3
Richard Avedon
Ezra Pound, poet, Rutherford, New Jersey, June 30, 1958
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $15,000
4
Elliott Erwitt
William Carlos Williams, Paterson, New Jersey
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,250
5
Richard Avedon
W. H. Auden, poet, St. Marks Place, New York City, March 3, 1960
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $75,000
6
Diane Arbus
Two ladies walking in Central Park, N.Y.C.
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $68,750
7
Diane Arbus
Adolescent girl at a nudist camp, N.J.
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
8
Diane Arbus
Untitled (8)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $27,500
9
Francesca Woodman
Providence, Rhode Island from Space2
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $125,000
10
Diane Arbus
Woman at a counter smoking, N.Y.C.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $32,500
11
Diane Arbus
New York skyline in a lobby, NYC
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
12
Diane Arbus
Young couple on a bench in Washington Square Park, N.Y.C.
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $52,500
13
Francesca Woodman
Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,000
14
Robert Frank
Mary and Pablo, N.Y.C.
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
15
Irving Penn
Moroccan Child with Lamb, 1971
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,250
16
Irving Penn
Three Squatting Sisters, Nepal, 1967
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $43,750
17
Richard Avedon
His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Kamataka, India, January, 1998
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,500
18
Lotte Jacobi
Albert Einstein, Physicist, Princeton, N.J.
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800
Sold for $5,000
19
Hiro
Robert Penn Warren, poet, fairfield, CT, 10-13-78
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
20
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Louis Kahn
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,750
21
Richard Avedon
Marilyn Monroe, New York City, May 6
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $250,000
22
Irving Penn
Joseph Brodsky, New York, Jan. 7, 1980
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $32,500
23
Berenice Abbott
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,250
24
Irving Penn
Spencer Tracy, New York, March 23, 1948
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $23,750
25
Harry Callahan
Georgia Mountains, Winter
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
26
Diane Arbus
Lady in a rooming house parlor, Albion, NY
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,000
27
Robert Rauschenberg
Quiet House - Black Mountain
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,250
28
Thomas Struth
Piazza San Marcello, Rome
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,125
29
Francesca Woodman
Rome
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $62,500
30
Diane Arbus
A castle in Disneyland, Cal.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,000
31
Diane Arbus
A house on a hill, Hollywood, Cal.
Estimate $35,000 - 55,000
Sold for $47,500
32
Thomas Struth
Mais-Acker, No. 22, Winterthur
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
33
Gabriel Orozco
Nodnol Park
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
34
Diane Arbus
Two boys smoking in Central Park, N.Y.C.
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
35
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Lucybelle Crater and Lucybelle Crater
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,500
36
Harry Diamond
Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud in Dean St. Soho
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $6,875
37
Walter Vogel
Joseph Beuys from his performance Die Aktion Wie man dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklärt (How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
38
Robert Frank
U.S. 285, New Mexico
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $100,000
39
Shomei Tomatsu
Hibakusha Shimotani Tomitaro, Nagasaki from Nagasaki 11:02
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $18,750
40
Shomei Tomatsu
Angel Shattered by the Atomic Bomb at Urakami Cathedral, Nagasaki from Nagasaki 11:02
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,000
41
Shomei Tomatsu
Oshima Eiko, Actress, 1961 and Kabuki Stage Hand, Tokyo
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,000
42
Robert Mapplethorpe
American Flag
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $187,500
43
Garry Winogrand
Democratic National Convention
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,000
44
Irving Penn
John F. Kennedy, Washington, D.C., 1960
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $55,000
45
Herbert Ponting
Selected Images of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Expedition to the Antarctic
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
46
Dr. Erich Salomon
Selected Images
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
47
Paul Outerbridge, Jr.
Eggs and Bowl
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $87,500
48
Lee Miller and other photographers
Selected Images of Joseph Cornell and his Work
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $56,250
49
This lot is no longer available.
50
Eugène Atget
St. Cloud
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
51
Eugène Atget
Place St. Sulpice
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
52
Eugène Atget
Notre Dame
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,000
53
Eugène Atget
Provins, Ramparts
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
54
Man Ray
Lee Miller, Paris
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,000
55
Trude Fleischmann
Nude Dancer
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
56
Berenice Abbott
Djuna Barnes
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,875
57
Josef Sudek
Panoramas of Prague
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $13,750
58
Eugène Atget
Palais de Justice
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
59
Moi Ver (Moshé Raviv-Vorobeichic)
Paris: 80 Photographies
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
60
André Kertész
Behind Notre Dame, Paris
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
61
Dornac (Paul François Arnold Cardon)
Paul Verlaine
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
62
Étienne Carjat and Others
Album de la Galerie Contemporaine
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
63
Attributed to John A. Whipple
Three Sisters, one wearing a Star of David at her neck
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,625
64
Christopher S. German
Portrait of Lincoln
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,875
65
Julia Margaret Cameron
Selected Images of Two Brothers
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
66
Julia Margaret Cameron
Portrait of Julia Jackson
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
67
Eugène Atget
Versailles - Le Parc
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
68
Eugène Atget
Goussainville
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
69
Édouard Baldus
Le Puy
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
70
Eugène Atget
Selected Images of Sculpture
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
71
Eugène Atget
Hôtel Lambert (Île St. Louis)
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
72
Charles Clifford
Sevilla, El Alcazar
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $52,500
73
Carleton Watkins
Virginia City From Water Flume
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
74
Stephen Shore
Horseshoe Bend Motel, Lovell, Wyoming, 1973
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
75
Richard Learoyd
Long Black
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $56,250
76
Thomas Struth
Gerhard Richter 1, Köln
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $61,250
77
Rineke Dijkstra
Thomas Struth, Düsseldorf, Germany, March 24
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
78
Rineke Dijkstra
Nida, Lithuania, July 30
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,500
79
Nan Goldin
Skyline from my window, NY
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $21,250
80
Annie Leibovitz
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, The Dakota, New York, December 8
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $23,750
81
Jenny Saville and Glen Luchford
Closed Contact A-D
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $21,250
82
Various Artists
Tate Modern: Ten Artists, Ten Images Portfolio
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
83
Mark Klett
Around Toroweap Point, just before and after sundown, beginning and ending with views used by J.K. Hillers over 100 years ago, Grand Canyon
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $12,500

A Constant Pursuit: Photographs from the...

New York Auction 4 October 2018

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Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Lucybelle Crater and Lucybelle Crater

A Constant Pursuit: Photographs from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw