Catalog cover, one of the first photos of Diane Arbus National Junior Interstate Dance Champions (estimate $250/350,000). Given by the photographer to the current owner in 1967, this signed and dedicated photo .
Among the post-war photographs included in the catalog is a specimen of Robert Frank Untitled (Chicago Loop) (estimate $30/50,000), gift from the photographer to Robert Delpire, the influential French publisher responsible for the first edition of The Americans. There is also a first printing of Robert Adams Colorado (estimate $12/18,000), and a selection of four self-portraits di Frances Woodman, with an estimate between $12/18,000 and between $25/35,000
A copy of Alfred Stieglitz the portrait of Georgia O'keeffe (estimate $100/200,000): This is about one of the few images that immortalize the artist at work. This print was given by O'Keeffe to his sister, noted collector Anita O'Keeffe Young, and has remained in a private collection to this day. A photograph of Stieglitz is November Days (est. $70/100,000), an early shot by the artist, signed and dated.
Modernism is well represented by Photograms di László Moholy-Nagy, a large and very rare format from 1929 . Tina Modotti, with Campesinos Reading El Machete (estimate $200/300,000) e Geranium (estimate $70/100,000) shows its mastery of merging politics and art. Will be auctioned photographs of Hans Bellmer, Erwin Blumenfeld, Bill Brandt, e Brassai.
Among contemporary photographs stands out Baltic Sea, Rugen (estimate $100/200,000) by the conceptual photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, one of only two triptychs assembled by the photographer. Sotheby0's is pleased to present the triptych of Sally mann Untitled (Self Portraits) (estimate $40/60,000), the first ambrotypes by the artist never offered at auction.
There are also works by Gregory Crewdson Untitled (The Fort), from Beneath the Roses (estimate $30/50,000), Robert Heinecken Security Officer #1 (estimate $15/25,000), and photographs by Marina Abramovic, Richard Misrach, James Casebere, and Bettina Rheims
