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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Robert Doisneau, Le petit balcon, 1953.: This is a nightclub. Spectators watch the performance on the stage behind the camera. In the foreground a man happily watches, while his wife looks down at the seated dancer. This is reminiscent of

0047: Robert Doisneau, Le petit balcon, 1953.Est. $1,200-$1,500

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Jean Straker (1913 – 1984). Nude, ca.1960.: 8 x 10 inch gelatin silver print. Straker founded the Visual Arts Club in post-war London’s Soho In 1951. It was devoted to the appreciation of the female body and against censorship. His

0048: Jean Straker (1913 – 1984). Nude, ca.1960.Est. $700-$1,000Lot Passed

Jerry Uelsmann, Untitled, figure on filing cabinet.: 14 ½ x 9 inch gelatin silver printed on a 20 x 16 inch mount, 1976. UelsmannÂ’s signature, date and address label are on the mount, verso. The open drawers of the filling cabinet reveal skeletons

0049: Jerry Uelsmann, Untitled, figure on filing cabinet.Est. $1,000-$2,000Lot Passed

Jerry Uelsmann, Untitled, Clouds on a sign between: 10 3/8 x 11 ½ inch gelatin silver print on a 16 x 20 inch mount. 1956. Uelsmann’s signature, date and address label are on the mount, verso. The upward angle gives this a twisted composition

0050: Jerry Uelsmann, Untitled, Clouds on a sign betweenEst. $850-$1,200Lot Passed

Jerry Uelsmann, Untitled, Bench and chain, landscape: 13 ½ x 9 5/8 inch gelatin silver print on a 20 x 16 inch mount, 1977. Uelsmann’s signature, date and address label are on the mount, verso.

0051: Jerry Uelsmann, Untitled, Bench and chain, landscapeEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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Jerry Uelsmann, Untitled.. Monument with lifted slab.: 13 ½ x 10 5/8 inch gelatin silver print on a 20 x 16 inch mount, 1979. Uelsmann’s signature, date and address label are on the mount, verso.

0052: Jerry Uelsmann, Untitled.. Monument with lifted slab.Est. $800-$1,200

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Jerry Uelsmann, Tree Cathedral, 1975,: 19 ½ x 13 ½ inch gelatin silver print on a 28 x 22 inch mount. This is larger than the previous lots. It is one of Uelsmann’s most popular photographs. His signature, date and

0053: Jerry Uelsmann, Tree Cathedral, 1975,Est. $1,200-$2,000

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George Tice, “Oak Tree Holmdel New Jersey 1970,: Signed on the mat under the print, with the title in pencil on the verso along with the technical information that this is “ Brovira, Selenium, Brown.” The photograph is 19 ½ x 15 inch, the mat

0054: George Tice, “Oak Tree Holmdel New Jersey 1970,Est. $1,000-$2,000

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Joyce Tenneson, Susanne in Chair.: 32 1/2 x 22 inch original Polacolor, 1980s. The consigner worked with Tenneson on these images that were set up in the Polaroid studio in NYC. She helped with many of the arrangements, such as the

0055: Joyce Tenneson, Susanne in Chair.Est. $1,500-$3,500

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Joyce Tenneson, Old Man and Diana.: 32 ½ x 22 inch original Polacolor, 1980’s. A delicate superimposition. Tenneson liked the Polaroid’s rendition of skin color. There is a brief vertical cut at the very top of the white

0056: Joyce Tenneson, Old Man and Diana.Est. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Joyce Tenneson. Woman with bird.: 25 x 20 inch original Polacolor, ca. 1990. The paper has been trimmed close to the image.

0057: Joyce Tenneson. Woman with bird.Est. $1,000-$3,000Lot Passed

Joyce Tenneson, Woman and Child.: 32 1/2 x 22 inch original Polacolor, 1980’s.

0058: Joyce Tenneson, Woman and Child.Est. $1,000-$2,000Lot Passed

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Joyce Tenneson. Reclining group.: 32 ½ x 22 inch original Polacolor, 1980’s.

0059: Joyce Tenneson. Reclining group.Est. $600-$1,000

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Joyce Tenneson. Suzanne in Shark Jaw.: 18 x 12 inch image on a 24 x 20 inch sheet, Gelatin Silver print, ca. 1992.

0060: Joyce Tenneson. Suzanne in Shark Jaw.Est. $1,000-$2,000

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Joyce Tenneson. The Queen. Reclining nude,: 32 ½ x 22 inch original Polacolor. This is a curious and intereeting subject.

0061: Joyce Tenneson. The Queen. Reclining nude,Est. $600-$2,500Lot Passed

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