20th Century Photographs

DIGARD AUCTION is an operator of voluntary auction sales regulated by the law articles L312-4 and following of the Code de Commerce. In such capacity, DIGARD AUCTION acts as the agent of the seller who contracts with the buyer. The relationships between DIGARD AUCTION and the buyer are subject to the present general conditions of purchase which can be modified by saleroom notices or oral indications before the sale, which will be recorded in the official sale record. 1 ? Goods for auction Description of the lots (including characteristics such as dimensions, colors, edition size, conditions of the packaging) resulting from the catalog, the reports, the labels, and the verbal statements or announcements are only the expression by DIGARD AUCTION of its perception of the lot, but cannot constitute the proof of a fact. Photos are not contractual and stay the property of DIGARD AUCTION. The auction house reserves the right to make changes or add additional information to lot descriptions. They will be announced during presale exhibitions, at the time of written bid registration and auctioning. The statements made by DIGARD AUCTION about any restoration, mishap, or harm arisen concerning the lot are only made to facilitate the inspection thereof by the prospective buyer and remain subject to his own or to his expert?s appreciation. The absence of statements DIGARD AUCTIONby relating to a restoration, mishap, or harm, whether made in the catalog, condition reports, on labels, or orally, does not imply that the item is exempt from any current, past, or repaired defect. Inversely, the indication of any defect whatsoever does not imply the absence of any other defects. Lots will be sold as-is. No condition report will be prepared. Estimates are provided for guidance only and cannot be considered as implying the certainty that the item will be sold for the estimated price or even within the bracket of estimates. Estimates cannot constitute any warranty assurance whatsoever. The estimations cab e provided in several currencies?; the conversions may, in this case, or, be rounded off differently than the legal rounding. Lot with an ? have properties involve from DIGARD AUCTION or one partner 2 ? The sale In order to assure the proper organization of the sales, prospective buyers are invited to make themselves known to DIGARD AUCTION before the sale, so as to have their personal identity data recorded. DIGARD AUCTION reserves the right to ask any prospective buyer to justify his identity as well as his bank references and to request a deposit. DIGARD AUCTION reserves the right to refuse admission to the auction sales premises to any prospective buyer for legitimate reasons. Any person who is a bidder undertakes to pay personally and immediately the hammer price increased by the costs to be born by the buyer and any all taxes or fees/expenses which could be due. Any bidder is deemed acting on his own behalf except when the prior notification, accepted by DIGARD AUCTION, is given that he acts as an agent on behalf of a third party. The usual way to bid consists of attending the sale on the premises. However DIGARD AUCTION may graciously accept ta receive some bids by telephone from a prospective buyer who has expressed such a request before the sale. DIGARD AUCTION will bear no liability/responsibility whatsoever, notably, if the telephone contact is not made, or if it is made too late, or in case of mistakes or omissions relating to the reception of the telephone. For a variety of purposes, DIGARD AUCTION reserves its right to record all the telephone communications during the auction. Such record shall be kept until the complete payment of the auction price, except claims. DIGARD AUCTION may accept to execute orders to bid which will have been submitted before the sale and which have been deemed acceptable by DIGARD AUCTION DIGARD AUCTION is entitled to request a deposit which will be refunded within 48hours after the sale if the lot is not sold to this buyer. Should DIGARD AUCTION receive several instructions to bid for the same amounts, it is the instruction to bid first received which will be given preference. DIGARD AUCTION will bear no liability/responsibility in case of mistakes or omission of performance of the written order. In the event where a reserve price has been stipulated by the seller, DIGARD AUCTION reserves the right to bid on behalf of the seller until the reserve price is reached. The seller will not be admitted to bid himself directly or through an agent. The reserve price may not be higher than the low estimate for the lot printed in or publicly modified before the sale. DIGARD AUCTION will conduct auction sales at its discretion, ensuring freedom of auction and equality among all bidders, in accordance with established practices. DIGARD AUCTION reserves the right to refuse any bid, to organize the bidding in such manner as may be the most appropriate, to move some lots in the course of the sale, to combine or to divide some lots in the course of the sale. In case of challenge or dispute, DIGARD AUCTION reserves the right to designate the successful bidder, to continue the bidding or to cancel it, or to put the lot back up for bidding. Subject to the decision of the person conducting the bidding for DIGARD AUCTION, the successful bidder will be the bidder who will have made the highest bid provided the final is equal to or higher than the reserve price if such a reserve price has been stipulated. The hammer stroke will mark the acceptance of the highest bid and the pronouncing of the word «?adjugé?» or any equivalent will amount to the conclusion of the purchase contract between the seller and the last bidder taken into consideration. No lot will be delivered to the buyer until full payment has been made. In case of payment by an ordinary draft/check, payment will be deemed made only when the check will have been cashed. So as to facilitate the price calculation for prospective buyers, a currency converter may be operated by DIGARD AUCTION as guidance. Nevertheless, the bidding cannot be made in foreign currency and DIGARD AUCTION will not be liable for errors of conversion. 3 ? The performance of the sale In addition to the lot?s hammer price, the buyer must pay the following costs and fees/taxes?: Lots from the EEC?: Sales will be by cash purchase in Euros. In addition to the hammer price, purchasers will pay a buyer?s premium of?: ? 25?% + VAT under 250 000 euros ? 20?% + VAT 250 001 à 600 000 euros ? 12?% + VAT upper 600 001 euros and above The symbol used in the catalog?: ?, temporary importation. In addition to the regular Buyer?s premium, a commission of 5,5 or 7?% of the hammer price will be charged to the buyer. It will be refunded to the buyer upon proof of export of the lot outside the European Union within the legal time limit. The taxes (VAT on commissions and VAT on importation) can be retroceded to the purchaser on the presentation of written proof of exportation outside the EEC. An EEC purchaser who will submit his intracommunity VAT number will be exempted from paying the VAT on commissions. The payment of the lot will be made cash, for the whole of the price, costs, and taxes, even when an export license is required. The purchaser will be authorized to pay by the following means?: ? in cash?: up to 1 000 euros, costs, and taxes included, for French citizens, up to 15 000 euros, costs, and taxes included, for foreign citizens on presentation of their identity papers? ? By credit card?: VISA, MASTERCARD ? By bank transfer?: we will not accept foreign cheques. The payment must be effective immediately. In case of bank transfer, please find our references?: DIGARD AUCTION 17, rue Drouot -75009 PARIS Domiciliation?: Caisse des dépôts et consignations 56 rue de Lille ? 75007 Paris Code Banque?: 40031 Code Guichet?: 00001 ? N° Compte?: 0000422510Z Clé Rib?: 87 IBAN (Identification Internationale): FR64 4003 1000 0100 0042 2510 Z87 BIC?: CDCG FR PP Security Online payment?: paiement.digard.com DIGARD AUCTION will be authorized to reproduce in the official sale record and on the bid summary the information that the buyer will have provided before the sale. The buyer will be responsible for any false information given. Should the buyer have neglected to give his personal information before the sale, he will have to give the necessary information as soon as the sale of the lot has taken place. Any person having been recorded by DIGARD AUCTION has right of access of rectification to the nominative data provided to DIGARD AUCTION pursuant to the provisions of Law of the 6 July 1978. The lot must be insured by the buyer immediately after the purchase. The buyer will have no recourse against DIGARD AUCTION, in the event where, due to a theft, a loss, or a deterioration of his lot after the purchase, the compensation he will receive from the insurer of DIGARD AUCTION would prove insufficient. The lot will be delivered to the buyer only after the entire payment of the price, costs, and taxes. If payment is made by cheque, the lot will be delivered after cashing, eight working days after the cheque deposit. In the meantime, DIGARD AUCTION may invoice to the buyer the costs of storage of the lot, and if applicable the costs of handling and transport. Should the buyer fail to pay the amount due, and after notice to pay has been given by DIGARD AUCTION to the buyer without success, at the seller?s request, the lot is re-offered for sale, under the French procedure known as «?procédure de folle enchère?.?» If the seller does not make this request within three months from the date of the sale, the sale will be automatically canceled, without prejudice to any damages owed by the defaulting buyer. In addition, DIGARD AUCTION reserves the right to claim against the defaulting buyer, at its option?: interest at the legal rate increased by five points, the reimbursement of additional costs generated by the buyer?s default the payment of the difference between the initial hammer price and the price of sale after «?procédure de folle enchère?» if it is inferior as well as the costs generated by the new auction. DIGARD AUCTION also reserves the right to set off any amount DIGARD AUCTION may owe the defaulting buyer with the amounts to be paid by the defaulting buyer. DIGARD AUCTION reserves the right to exclude from any future auction, any bidder who has been a defaulting buyer or who has not fulfilled these general conditions of purchase. Purchases uncollected on the day of the sale may be transferred to a storage venue at the buyer?s expense and DIGARD AUCTION will be authorized to release them only after payment of the corresponding cost in addition to the price, costs, and taxes. 4 ? The incidents of the sale In case of dispute, DIGARD AUCTION reserves the right to designate the successful bidder, to continue the sale or to cancel it or to put the lot up for sale. In case two bidders have bidden vocally, by mean of gesture or by telephone for the same amount and both claim title to the lot, after the bidding, the lot will immediately be offered again for sale at the previous last bid, and all those attending will be entitled to bid again. So as to facilitate the presentation of the items during the sales, DIGARD AUCTION will be able to use video technology. Should any error occur in the operation of such, which may lead to show an item during the bidding which is not the one on which the bids have been made, DIGARD AUCTION shall bear no liability/responsibility whatsoever and will have sole discretion to decide whether or not the bidding will take place again. 5 ? Pre-emption of the French state The French state is entitled to use a right of pre-emption on works of art, pursuant to the rules of law in force. The use of this right comes immediately after the hammer stroke, the representative of the French state expressing then the intention of the State to substitute for the last bidder, provided he confirms the pre-emption decision within fifteen days. DIGARD AUCTION will not bear any liability/responsibility for the conditions of the pre-emption by the French state. 6 ? Intellectual Property Right ? Copyright The copyright in any and all parts of the catalog are the property of DIGARD AUCTION Any reproduction thereof is forbidden and will be considered as counterfeiting to its detriment. Furthermore, DIGARD AUCTION benefits from a legal exception allowing them to reproduce the lots for auction sale in its catalog, even though the copyright protection on an item has not lapsed. Any reproduction of DIGARD AUCTION catalog may therefore constitute an illegal reproduction of a work which may lead its perpetrator to be prosecuted for counterfeiting by the holder of the copyright on the work. The sale of a work of art does not transfer to its buyer any reproduction or representation rights thereof. 7 ? Insurances The buyer has to ensure its purchase, and DIGARD AUCTION assumes no liability for any damaged items which may occur after the sale. All transportation arrangements are the sole responsibility of the buyer. 8 ? Severability The clauses of these general conditions of purchase are independent of each other. Should a clause whatsoever be found null and void, the others shall remain valid and applicable. 9 ? Law and Jurisdiction In accordance with the law, it is added that all actions in public liability instituted on the occasion of valuation and voluntary and court-ordered auction sales are barred at the end of five years from the hammer price or valuation. These Conditions of purchase are governed by French law exclusively. Any dispute relating to their existence, their validity, and their binding effect on any bidder or buyer shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of France. 10 ? Protection of cultural property DIGARD AUCTION applies a policy to prevent the sale of looted or stolen cultural property.

DIGARD AUCTION is an operator of voluntary auction sales regulated by the law articles L312-4 and following of the Code de Commerce. In such capacity, DIGARD AUCTION acts as the agent of the seller who contracts with the buyer. The relationships between DIGARD AUCTION and the buyer are subject to the present general conditions of purchase which can be modified by saleroom notices or oral indications before the sale, which will be recorded in the official sale record. 1 â€â€ Goods for auction Description of the lots (including characteristics such as dimensions, colors, edition size, conditions of the packaging) resulting from the catalog, the reports, the labels, and the verbal statements or announcements are only the expression by DIGARD AUCTION of its perception of the lot, but cannot constitute the proof of a fact. Photos are not contractual and stay the property of DIGARD AUCTION. The auction house reserves the right to make changes or add additional information to lot descriptions. They will be announced during presale exhibitions, at the time of written bid registration and auctioning. The statements made by DIGARD AUCTION about any restoration, mishap, or harm arisen concerning the lot are only made to facilitate the inspection thereof by the prospective buyer and remain subject to his own or to his expertâ€â„¢s appreciation. The absence of statements DIGARD AUCTIONby relating to a restoration, mishap, or harm, whether made in the catalog, condition reports, on labels, or orally, does not imply that the item is exempt from any current, past, or repaired defect. Inversely, the indication of any defect whatsoever does not imply the absence of any other defects. Lots will be sold as-is. No condition report will be prepared. Estimates are provided for guidance only and cannot be considered as implying the certainty that the item will be sold for the estimated price or even within the bracket of estimates. Estimates cannot constitute any warranty assurance whatsoever. The estimations cab e provided in several currenciesâ€â€°; the conversions may, in this case, or, be rounded off differently than the legal rounding. Lot with an â€â€ have properties involve from DIGARD AUCTION or one partner 2 â€â€ The sale In order to assure the proper organization of the sales, prospective buyers are invited to make themselves known to DIGARD AUCTION before the sale, so as to have their personal identity data recorded. DIGARD AUCTION reserves the right to ask any prospective buyer to justify his identity as well as his bank references and to request a deposit. DIGARD AUCTION reserves the right to refuse admission to the auction sales premises to any prospective buyer for legitimate reasons. Any person who is a bidder undertakes to pay personally and immediately the hammer price increased by the costs to be born by the buyer and any all taxes or fees/expenses which could be due. Any bidder is deemed acting on his own behalf except when the prior notification, accepted by DIGARD AUCTION, is given that he acts as an agent on behalf of a third party. The usual way to bid consists of attending the sale on the premises. However DIGARD AUCTION may graciously accept ta receive some bids by telephone from a prospective buyer who has expressed such a request before the sale. DIGARD AUCTION will bear no liability/responsibility whatsoever, notably, if the telephone contact is not made, or if it is made too late, or in case of mistakes or omissions relating to the reception of the telephone. For a variety of purposes, DIGARD AUCTION reserves its right to record all the telephone communications during the auction. Such record shall be kept until the complete payment of the auction price, except claims. DIGARD AUCTION may accept to execute orders to bid which will have been submitted before the sale and which have been deemed acceptable by DIGARD AUCTION DIGARD AUCTION is entitled to request a deposit which will be refunded within 48hours after the sale if the lot is not sold to this buyer. Should DIGARD AUCTION receive several instructions to bid for the same amounts, it is the instruction to bid first received which will be given preference. DIGARD AUCTION will bear no liability/responsibility in case of mistakes or omission of performance of the written order. In the event where a reserve price has been stipulated by the seller, DIGARD AUCTION reserves the right to bid on behalf of the seller until the reserve price is reached. The seller will not be admitted to bid himself directly or through an agent. The reserve price may not be higher than the low estimate for the lot printed in or publicly modified before the sale. DIGARD AUCTION will conduct auction sales at its discretion, ensuring freedom of auction and equality among all bidders, in accordance with established practices. DIGARD AUCTION reserves the right to refuse any bid, to organize the bidding in such manner as may be the most appropriate, to move some lots in the course of the sale, to combine or to divide some lots in the course of the sale. In case of challenge or dispute, DIGARD AUCTION reserves the right to designate the successful bidder, to continue the bidding or to cancel it, or to put the lot back up for bidding. Subject to the decision of the person conducting the bidding for DIGARD AUCTION, the successful bidder will be the bidder who will have made the highest bid provided the final is equal to or higher than the reserve price if such a reserve price has been stipulated. The hammer stroke will mark the acceptance of the highest bid and the pronouncing of the word «â€â€°adjugéâ€â€°Ã‚» or any equivalent will amount to the conclusion of the purchase contract between the seller and the last bidder taken into consideration. No lot will be delivered to the buyer until full payment has been made. In case of payment by an ordinary draft/check, payment will be deemed made only when the check will have been cashed. So as to facilitate the price calculation for prospective buyers, a currency converter may be operated by DIGARD AUCTION as guidance. Nevertheless, the bidding cannot be made in foreign currency and DIGARD AUCTION will not be liable for errors of conversion. 3 â€â€ The performance of the sale In addition to the lotâ€â„¢s hammer price, the buyer must pay the following costs and fees/taxesâ€â€°: Lots from the EECâ€â€°: Sales will be by cash purchase in Euros. In addition to the hammer price, purchasers will pay a buyerâ€â„¢s premium ofâ€â€°: • 25â€â€°% + VAT 600 001 euros and above The symbol used in the catalogâ€â€°: Ω, temporary importation. In addition to the regular Buyerâ€â„¢s premium, a commission of 5,5 or 7â€â€°% of the hammer price will be charged to the buyer. It will be refunded to the buyer upon proof of export of the lot outside the European Union within the legal time limit. The taxes (VAT on commissions and VAT on importation) can be retroceded to the purchaser on the presentation of written proof of exportation outside the EEC. An EEC purchaser who will submit his intracommunity VAT number will be exempted from paying the VAT on commissions. The payment of the lot will be made cash, for the whole of the price, costs, and taxes, even when an export license is required. The purchaser will be authorized to pay by the following meansâ€â€°: • in cashâ€â€°: up to 1 000 euros, costs, and taxes included, for French citizens, up to 15 000 euros, costs, and taxes included, for foreign citizens on presentation of their identity papersâ€â€° • By credit cardâ€â€°: VISA, MASTERCARD • By bank transferâ€â€°: we will not accept foreign cheques. The payment must be effective immediately. In case of bank transfer, please find our referencesâ€â€°: DIGARD AUCTION 17, rue Drouot -75009 PARIS Domiciliationâ€â€°: Caisse des dépôts et consignations 56 rue de Lille â€â€ 75007 Paris Code Banqueâ€â€°: 40031 Code Guichetâ€â€°: 00001 â€â€ N° Compteâ€â€°: 0000422510Z Clé Ribâ€â€°: 87 IBAN (Identification Internationale): FR64 4003 1000 0100 0042 2510 Z87 BICâ€â€°: CDCG FR PP Security Online paymentâ€â€°: paiement.digard.com DIGARD AUCTION will be authorized to reproduce in the official sale record and on the bid summary the information that the buyer will have provided before the sale. The buyer will be responsible for any false information given. Should the buyer have neglected to give his personal information before the sale, he will have to give the necessary information as soon as the sale of the lot has taken place. Any person having been recorded by DIGARD AUCTION has right of access of rectification to the nominative data provided to DIGARD AUCTION pursuant to the provisions of Law of the 6 July 1978. The lot must be insured by the buyer immediately after the purchase. The buyer will have no recourse against DIGARD AUCTION, in the event where, due to a theft, a loss, or a deterioration of his lot after the purchase, the compensation he will receive from the insurer of DIGARD AUCTION would prove insufficient. The lot will be delivered to the buyer only after the entire payment of the price, costs, and taxes. If payment is made by cheque, the lot will be delivered after cashing, eight working days after the cheque deposit. In the meantime, DIGARD AUCTION may invoice to the buyer the costs of storage of the lot, and if applicable the costs of handling and transport. Should the buyer fail to pay the amount due, and after notice to pay has been given by DIGARD AUCTION to the buyer without success, at the sellerâ€â„¢s request, the lot is re-offered for sale, under the French procedure known as «â€â€°procédure de folle en