FINE PHOTOGRAPHS

Auction: 29 Sep 2017 – 2 Oct 2017
Opening: 2 Oct 2017, 14

FINE PHOTOGRAPHS
lot 45, ANSEL ADAMS, The Golden Gate Before the Bridge, 1933, Gelatin silver print, probably unique, flush-mounted on Crescent Illustration board,, printed between 1940 and 1953, signed with stylus in the image;, titled in ink and credit stamp on the flush-mount verso., Image/flush-mount 19 ½ x 27 3/4in (49.5 x 70.5cm), Estimate $150,000-250,000

FINE PHOTOGRAPHS

Auction: Monday, 2 October, 2017, 2pm, New York

Preview:
Friday, 29 September, 10am-5pm
Saturday, 30 September, noon-5pm
Sunday, 1 October, noon-5pm
Monday, 2 October, 10am-1pm

Talk by Sherry DeCarava on her partner Roy DeCarava’s photographs:
On Sunday, 1 October, at noon

Artists

Works

  • Lot 48, ROY DECARAVA, Face out of Focus, c. 1960, Gelatin silver print, credit ‘DeCarava’, annotation ‘Unknown Head, N.Y.’ and dated, by Susan DeCarava in the ink in the margin; titled ‘Face out of focus’, dated,, annotated ‘Taken, processed and printed by Roy DeCarava. Signed on the recto in artist’s name, by his daughter Susan DeCarava in 2017’ and copyright credit reproduction limitation, in ink on the verso., Image 12 7/8 x 10in (32.6 x 25.4cm), Sheet 14 x 11in (35.6 x 28cm), Estimate $70,000-$90,000
  • Lot 21, VITO ACCONCI , Applications / She To Me To Him, December 1970, Gelatin silver print diptych with text panel, printed 1990s, each flush-mounted,, each signed, titled, dated and consecutively numbered ‘1-3 of 3’ in wax pencil on the flush-mount,, verso; one of a set of 2 (originals stills destroyed.) (3), Sheet/flush-mount (prints) each 39 ½ x 29 1/2in (100.3 x 74.9cm); text panel 29 x 29 ½in (73.7 x 74.9cm), Estimate $80,000-$120,000
  • Lot 2, CARLETON E. WATKINS, Section of the Sentinels with Pavilion Built over the Stump of the Big Tree, Calaveras Grove, 1878, Mammoth-plate albumen print., 16 3/8 x 11 1/8in (41.5 x 29.7cm), Mount 20 x 26in (50.8 x 66cm)
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