Be-hold auction number 72: Photographs

William Mortensen, Portfolio unusually fine prints

Harold Edgerton. Drop of milk crown. Brilliant colors

Children in a schoolyard. Quarter plate daguerreotype

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Yonkers, NY, United States

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Be-hold auction number 72: Photographs

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A curated selection of vintage photographs and material that has to do with photography from the 19th and 20th centuries. Featured are a very important volume with photographs by William Mortensen and a portfolio with photographs in exceptional condition. Aside from material by major artists there is interesting material of documentary interest.

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Doris Ulmann, Portrait of Clarence White, vintage 1920.: 8 x 6 matte gelatin silver print on a 14 x 11 inch mount, signed beneath the photograph, 1920. This is one of several portraits by Ulmann of her mentor, some at the same sitting. It is a little dark

0023: Doris Ulmann, Portrait of Clarence White, vintage 1920.Est. $1,200-$2,000Lot Passed

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Yousuf Karsh, Portrait of George Bernard Shaw, 1943,: 19 ½ x 16 inch gelatin silver print on a 28 x 22 inch mount. Signed on the mount

0024: Yousuf Karsh, Portrait of George Bernard Shaw, 1943,Est. $750-$1,200

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William Mortensen, Extremely rare volume KING OF KINGS: The luxurious volume has 160 pages with illustrations from DeMilleÂ’s blockbuster silent film dealing with the life of Jesus. It measures 17 x 14 inches and is 3 inches thick. There are 60- 9½ x

0025: William Mortensen, Extremely rare volume KING OF KINGSEst. $40,000-$60,000Lot Passed

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William Mortensen, Portfolio unusually fine prints: 20 -8 x 10 prints in a hard-bound box titled Â“Pictorial Photography.Â” Customers who came to MortensenÂ’s studio in Laguna Beach California would look through a sample book and select their

0026: William Mortensen, Portfolio unusually fine printsEst. $6,000-$9,000

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Arthur Rothstein, Resettled family, Alabama, 1935.: 8 x 10 ¼ inch gelatin silver print. The FSA stamp and Rothstein’s credit stamp are on the verso, with a light pencil negative number. The typed caption is on the top and bottom with “1270

0027: Arthur Rothstein, Resettled family, Alabama, 1935.Est. $600-$900Lot Passed

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Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother printed by Rothstein.: There is a pencil inscription on the verso, probably written by Rothstein: Â“Migrant Mother Nipomo, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange Â– 1936. Printed by Arthur Rothstein November

0027A: Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother printed by Rothstein.Est. $1,000-$2,000

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Pearl Harbor during and right after the bombing.: These are Official US Navy photographs, published soon after the events. They have blue printed descriptions on the verso. 13 gelatin silver photographs, 6 x 9 inches, showing the results of the

0028: Pearl Harbor during and right after the bombing.Est. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

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0029: Robert Capa, US soldiers ready to disembark in SicilyEst. $250-$900

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Black and Hispanic in Harlem, other cities 1960's 70's: A collection of about 70 original press photographs dealing with events in Harlem and other places. These are not famous dramatic events. They are the kind of events that were of interest to a

0030: Black and Hispanic in Harlem, other cities 1960's 70'sEst. $2,500-$3,000Lot Passed

BILL WITT, “Crossing Ludlow St. Lower E. Side, NY: 7 x 9 inch gelatin silver print on an 11 x 14 inch mount, Titled and signed in pencil with date 1947 – 48. There are many notations by Witt. On the very bottom of the mount, recto, he has written

0031: BILL WITT, “Crossing Ludlow St. Lower E. Side, NYEst. $1,500-$2,500Lot Passed

LEONARD FREED, “Beer Sheba, Israel (Bedouin women: Gelatin silver print, 9 ¼ x14 inch image on a 16 x 20 inch sheet. Titled and signed verso, with Freed’s Magnum stamp and VINTAGE PRINT stamp. This is a fine examples of Freed composing a

0032: LEONARD FREED, “Beer Sheba, Israel (Bedouin womenEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

LEONARD FREED Jazz funeral in New Orleans. 1965.: Printed later but with EARLY PRINT stamp. 9 1/4 x 13 inch image on a 16 x 19 ¼ inch sheet gelatin silver print. Signed on verso with Freed’s Magnum stamp, date and title information.

0033: LEONARD FREED Jazz funeral in New Orleans. 1965.Est. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

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LEONARD FREED. “Angola Prison, Louisiana, USA.: 10 x 14 ¾ inch gelatin silver print, 1965. Freed’s Amsterdam stamp and Paris Library stamp on the verso with his signature above his Magnum stamp. There are other notations including some in

0034: LEONARD FREED. “Angola Prison, Louisiana, USA.Est. $2,000-$3,000

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LEONARD FREED. Body of a dead prisoner in handcuffs.: Gelatin silver print, 15 3/4 x 10 2/3 image on a 29 x 16 inch sheet. Signed in pencil above his Magnum stamp. Pencil notations give the negative number and note that it was part of Freed’s

0035: LEONARD FREED. Body of a dead prisoner in handcuffs.Est. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

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LEONARD FREED, WHITE FEMALE 1965.: 13 ¾ x 9 ½ inch gelatin silver print. Signed in pencil verso above his Magnum Stamp, also a VINTAGE PRINT stamp. Another Magnum label indicates this was in a New Orleans prison. There are a few

0036: LEONARD FREED, WHITE FEMALE 1965.Est. $1,500-$2,000

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LEONARD FREED. Building the Berlin Wall, 1966.: 9 ½ x 13 inch gelatin silver print, signed with FreedÂ’s Magnum stamp and with other stamps, labels and notations on verso. Illustrated in The Berlin Wall” p.23. Signed with Freedsa Magnum

0038: LEONARD FREED. Building the Berlin Wall, 1966.Est. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

LEONARD FREED. Berlin children at play building a wall: One boy leans over with a toy rifle on his back. 13 1/2 x 9 ½ inch gelatin silver print, 1966. A stunning subject to contemplate. Signed with Freed’s Magnum stamp. Magnum label with typed

0039: LEONARD FREED. Berlin children at play building a wallEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

LEONARD FREED. West Berliners looking into E. Berlin: 9 x 12 ½ inch gelatin silver print Signed with Freed’s Magnum stamp and Magnum Paris Archive stamp. A large Magnum label has the typed title. Pencil notations and French title in red pen. A

0040: LEONARD FREED. West Berliners looking into E. BerlinEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

LEONARD FREED, Lesbian and Beautiful: 1968 gay rights march, New York City. 18 7/8 x 14 ¾ on 10 ¾ x 15 7/8 inch sheet. Signed and with FreedÃ‚Â’s Magnum stamp. Title and date in pencil. LATER PRINT stamp.

0041: LEONARD FREED, Lesbian and BeautifulEst. $1,750-$2,000Lot Passed

LEONARD FREED. “Woman repatriated from Indonesia.: She has just arrived in Amsterdam to greet the members of her family who came long before…” 1960. Indonesia had been a Dutch colony. 14 ½ x 10 inch gelatin silver print signed with

0042: LEONARD FREED. “Woman repatriated from Indonesia.Est. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

Gordon Coster, Experimental photogram with scissors.: This is a fine example of Costers abstract work. It is signed in pencil on the narrow bottom margin and dated with the exact date December 17th 1930. The writing runs partially over the bottom of the

0043: Gordon Coster, Experimental photogram with scissors.Est. $500-$900Lot Passed

Gordon Coster, Advertisement for Marshall Field,: 13 ½ x 10 ½ inch vintage gelatin silver print dry mounted to a board. This is an intriguing image. The mask seems to look down at an arrangement of objects in an open clutch that includes a glove

0044: Gordon Coster, Advertisement for Marshall Field,Est. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

Gordon Coster, The first woman treasurer of the US. In: This was made for a story in the June 27th 1949 issue of LIFE. A variant was published in that issue. The woman is Georgia Neese Clark, who is shown walking towards the family store in Richland

0045: Gordon Coster, The first woman treasurer of the US. InEst. $1,000-$2,000Lot Passed

Arnold Newman, Portrait of abstract expressionist: 14 x 11 gelatin silver print. This is a complex composition. Motherwell is seated before a gray board, with a tilted large painting to his right and others on the wall behind. There is a white space

0046: Arnold Newman, Portrait of abstract expressionistEst. $700-$1,000Lot Passed

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