Walker Evans Cuba photographs could reach $300K at Doyle, Nov. 17

One of a group of 46 photographs taken by Walker Evans in Cuba in 1933, est. $200,000-$300,000
One of a group of 46 photographs taken by Walker Evans in Cuba in 1933, est. $200,000-$300,000
One of a group of 46 photographs taken by Walker Evans in Cuba in 1933 and which he gave to author Ernest Hemingway, est. $200,000-$300,000

NEW YORK – Doyle’s November 17 sale of Fine Photography features a major 19th century photographically illustrated work, Felice Beato’s Photographic Views of Japan with Historical and Descriptive Notes, which is very rarely found complete. Absentee and Internet live bidding for the sale will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Amon Carter Museum receives bequest from Finis Welch collection

Aaron Siskind (1903–1991), Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 9. ‘Levitation #99,’ 1954, gelatin silver print, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Bequest of Finis Welch, © Aaron Siskind Foundation
Aaron Siskind (1903–1991), Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 9. ‘Levitation #99,’ 1954, gelatin silver print, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Bequest of Finis Welch, © Aaron Siskind Foundation
Aaron Siskind (1903–1991), Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 9. ‘Levitation #99,’ 1954, gelatin silver print, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Bequest of Finis Welch, © Aaron Siskind Foundation

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter) today announced the acquisition of more than 240 photographs and works on paper that significantly expand the Museum’s renowned photography and works on paper holdings. A bequest from the estate of Texas economist, entrepreneur, and collector Finis Welch, who passed away in 2020, the gift includes prints by Ansel Adams, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, and more, which together greatly strengthen the Carter’s ability to tell the story of early photographic modernism in America. Works on paper by Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Lewis Rubenstein, and Rufino Tamayo add dimension to existing collection holdings by these artists, while three works by abstract expressionist Robert Motherwell are the first prints by the artist to enter the collection.

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