Jasper52 showcases the glories of Vintage Gravures, July 19

Alfred Eisenstadt, ‘Ernie Pyle, Pulitzer Prize Awarded Reporter,’ est. $150-$250
Alfred Eisenstadt, ‘Ernie Pyle, Pulitzer Prize Awarded Reporter,’ est. $150-$250

NEW YORK – On Tuesday, July 19, starting at 4 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will present an auction of Vintage Gravures, featuring a total of 113 lots. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Iconic fashion photos lead April 12 Gravures & Heliogravures sale

Cecil Beaton, ‘Marlene Dietrich 1935,’ est. $100-$200

Cecil Beaton, ‘Marlene Dietrich 1935,’ est. $100-$200

Cecil Beaton, ‘Marlene Dietrich 1935,’ est. $100-$200

NEW YORK – On Tuesday, April 12, starting at 4 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will conduct an 81-lot sale of Gravures and Heliogravures. The lineup contains black-and-white or mildly tinted images from some of the greatest names in photography, including William Klein, Horst P. Horst, Helmut Newton, Man Ray, Sebastiao Salgado, Herb Ritts, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Robert Capa, Peter Lindbergh, Mario Giacomelli, Margaret Bourke-White, Diane Arbus, Lewis Carroll, Tina Modotti, Lewis Hine, Eadweard Muybridge, Nadar, Cecil Beaton and Erwin Blumenfeld. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Great images captured in Gravures & Heliogravures sale, Feb. 22

Diane Arbus, ‘A castle in Disneyland, California,’ est. $100-$120
Diane Arbus, ‘A castle in Disneyland, California,’ est. $100-$120
Diane Arbus, ‘A castle in Disneyland, California,’ est. $100-$120

NEW YORK – On Tuesday, February 22, starting at 11 am Eastern time, Jasper52 will present a sale of Gravures and Heliogravures. the auction consists of just 74 lots but includes some of the greatest names and images in photography. Several photographs by Diane Arbus are featured, among them a brooding night shot of Disneyland Castle in California; several by Henri Cartier-Bresson, including a compelling shot of a cell in a model prison in the United States; and photographs by Margaret Bourke-White, Tina Modotti, Cecil Beaton, Horst P. Horst, Eadweard Muybridge, Erwin Blumenfeld and Lewis Hine. The Man Ray offerings include his iconic 1924 work Le Violon d’Ingres (The Violin of Ingres); Helmut Newton is represented by his masterpiece Big Nude III, Henrietta, Paris, 1980; and Robert Doisneau’s contribution is his 1950 black-and-white Le Baiser de l’hotel de ville (The Kiss by the Hotel de Ville). Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Snap up photo lithographs and gravures at Jasper52’s Feb. 16 sale

David Byrne portrait by Annie Leibovitz, est. $200-$250
David Byrne portrait by Annie Leibovitz, est. $200-$250

NEW YORK – A 1988 Mary Ellen Mark image of a Black child seated and dreaming, a portrait of David Byrne taken in 1986 by Annie Leibovitz, and a 1947 John Gutmann photograph of a man working on the Golden Gate Bridge are among the top lots in Jasper52’s Photo Lithographs and Gravures auction. It will take place on Wednesday, February 16, starting at 4 pm Eastern time. Other artists represented in the 132-lot sale include Ansel Adams, Alfred Stieglitz, Yousuf Karsh, Dorothea Lange, Edward Weston, Man Ray, Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon, Diane Arbus, Bruce Weber, Edward Steichen, Linda McCartney, Bunny Yeager, Jock Sturges, Robert Mapplethorpe, Brassai and Ruth Bernhard, to name a few. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Vintage gravures grab attention in June 15 auction

Diane Arbus, ‘Backwards Man in his hotel room, N.Y.C. 1961,’ estimated at $400-$500
Diane Arbus, ‘Backwards Man in his hotel room, N.Y.C. 1961,’ estimated at $400-$500
Diane Arbus, ‘Backwards Man in his hotel room, N.Y.C. 1961,’ estimated at $400-$500

NEW YORK – A gravure is the product of the process of printing from an intaglio plate; photogravure is a form of photoengraving, relying on plates or cylinders to reproduce the image. A June 15 Jasper52 sale of Vintage Gravures, which begins at 4 pm Eastern time, offers 150 lots of images by great photographers. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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