SPOTLIGHT ON PHOTOGRAPHY AUCTION 2014-04-26 Auction - 166 Price Results - Santa Monica Auctions in CA
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Ruud van Empel, World #9, 2005William Eggleston, Untitled, 1973/2005Larry Clark Dead (Billy Mann, Tulsa), 1968
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Santa Monica, CA, United States
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SPOTLIGHT ON PHOTOGRAPHY AUCTION

Anchoring the catalogue is Irving Penn’s Optician’s Shop Window, New York, 1939 (Printed 1983) gelatin silver print, from the edition of 65, estimated at $20,000/$25,000 (pictured left). “Made at the very beginning of Penn's career, this photograph is emblematic of his life's work. At once a still-life and a portrait, even a kind of self-portrait, this modest bit of vernacular advertising is portrayed by Penn simultaneously as a document of folk art and a work of surrealism--then at its apogee.” -John Szarkowski. Vintage offerings include a George Platt Lynes - likely, a self-portrait - taken during an exhibition of his ballet scenes at Pierre Matisse’s New York gallery in 1941 estimated at $2,500/$3,500, an Andre de Dienes Breakfast in Bed portrait of Marilyn Monroe from 1953, estimated at $5,000/$7,000 (de Dienes famously hired Monroe, then Norma Jean, for her first modeling job at age 19) and two Weegee prints: Stripper in a Dressing Room, 1950, estimated at $4,000/$6,000 and Milwaukee (Woman Knocked Over in a Brawl) from 1948, estimated at $5,000/$7,000. Contemporary photography will be represented as well with World #9 from Ruud van Empel’s breakthrough 2005 series (pictured right), estimated at $20,000/$25,000. Major prints by Ansel Adams, Sebastio Salgado and Wallace Berman will also be featured. An assortment of iconic vintage fashion photographs follow, among them- Horst P. Horst’s Lisa With Harp shot on assignment for Vogue in 1939, estimated at $10,000/$12,000/ Renowned architectural and celebrity portraits from Julius Shulman (an Artist Proof of Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, CA, Pierre Koenig, Architect, acquired directly from his studio, estimated at $10,000/$12,000), George Tice (Petit’s Mobil Gas Station, Cherry Hill, NJ, 1974, estimated at $7,500/$8,500) and Ron Galella (vintage print of Andy Warhol and Truman Capote arriving at Studio 54 in 1978, estimated at $1,800/$2,200) will be offered.
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David Allee, Field House, Amenia, NY, 2002: Chromogenic print From the edition of 12 Signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil on verso Image: 25.75 x 32 inches; Sheet: 30 x 40 inches
0004: David Allee, Field House, Amenia, NY, 2002Est. $3,000-$4,000
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Cecil Beaton, Helen Jacobs, c. 1930: Gelatin silver print Printed before 1950 Stamped “Library Copy” on verso; Annotated “Helen Jacobs Horst” in red pencil on verso; Sheet: 10 x 8 inches; Image: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; Unframed
0009: Cecil Beaton, Helen Jacobs, c. 1930Est. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed
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Cecil Beaton, Yul Brynner, c. 1930: Gelatin silver print Printed before 1950 Artist studio stamp on verso; Sheet: 9.825 x 8 inches; Image: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; Unframed
0010: Cecil Beaton, Yul Brynner, c. 1930Est. $1,000-$1,500
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Cecil Beaton, Marlon Brando, c. 1947: Gelatin silver print Printed before 1950; Vogue Studios, New York Proof ink stamp and Artist studio stamp on verso; Annotated “Marlon Brando” in pencil on verso Sheet: 10 x 8 inches; Image: 9.5
0011: Cecil Beaton, Marlon Brando, c. 1947Est. $1,000-$1,500
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Sibylle Bergemann, Lot of Two: Prenzlauer Berg, Schönhauser Allee Station, 1980; From the Berlin Series Gelatin silver print Signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso Provenance: Collector acquired directly from the artist;
0012: Sibylle Bergemann, Lot of TwoEst. $2,000-$2,500Lot Passed
Horace Bristol, Lot of Two: Untitled, 1935/Printed Later From Ballet Russe Gelatin silver print Signed and dated on mat in pencil on verso; Signed in pencil on recto Image: 7.5 x 12; Sheet: 11 x 14 inches Untitled,
0019: Horace Bristol, Lot of TwoEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed
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Michael Childers, Untitled: Gelatin silver print Signed in ink on recto Image: 19 x 15.5 inches; Framed: 28.5 x 23.5 inches
0024: Michael Childers, UntitledEst. $600-$800
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