SPOTLIGHT ON PHOTOGRAPHY AUCTION 2014-04-26 Auction - 166 Price Results - Santa Monica Auctions in CA - Page 3
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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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Ralph Gibson, San Francisco, 1960/Printed Later: Gelatin silver print From the edition of 25 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on verso Image: 12.5 x 8.5 inches; Sheet: 14 x 11 inches; Framed: 18.5 x 14.5 inches
0048: Ralph Gibson, San Francisco, 1960/Printed LaterEst. $4,000-$5,000
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Ralph Gibson, Untitled (nude), 1971: Gelatin silver print on Agfa paper Signed, dated and annotated “AP” in pencil on verso Image: 8 x 12 inches; Sheet: 11 x 14 inches
0049: Ralph Gibson, Untitled (nude), 1971Est. $800-$1,200
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Nan Goldin, Joey and Andres in Bed, Hotel Anschifer: Hof, Berlin, 1992 Chromogenic print From the edition of 25 Signed, titled, numbered and dated on mount Image: 25.5 x 38 inches; Framed: 28.5 x 41 inches
0053: Nan Goldin, Joey and Andres in Bed, Hotel AnschiferEst. $10,000-$12,000
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Paul Himmel, Grand Central 2, 1947: Vintage gelatin silver print Signed in pencil on verso Provenance: Collector acquired directly from the artist Image: 10.5 x 19.5 inches; Framed: 13.25 x 22.25 inches
0059: Paul Himmel, Grand Central 2, 1947Est. $3,000-$5,000Lot Passed
Josef Hoflehner, Chrysler, NYC, 2009: Gelatin silver print From the edition of 15 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on verso Image: 12 x 12 inches; Framed: 17.5 x 16 inches
0062: Josef Hoflehner, Chrysler, NYC, 2009Est. $1,500-$1,800Lot Passed
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Horst P. Horst, Triangles, 1955: Platinum print From the edition of 15 Signed in ink on recto Image: 16 x 14.5 inches; Sheet: 22 x 18.5 inches; Framed: 31.5 x 27.5 inches
0064: Horst P. Horst, Triangles, 1955Est. $12,000-$14,000
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