Rounding out the live auction, Ansel Adams and the American West, an online-only auction dedicated to the work of Ansel Adams, open to offers from 25 March to 8 April.
Ansel Adams and the American West is an online monographic sale focusing on the work of one of the most renowned and beloved photographers of the XNUMXth century. Ansel Adams captured the American landscape in an unforgettable way and driven by a deep love of nature. This sale will include works from various owners, including a selection that is the last of three planned sets of prints sold in association with the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Tucson, an invaluable institution of which Adams was a founder member ; the proceeds from these lots go towards an acquisition fund for the Centre.
PHOTOGRAPHS | NEW YORK | APRIL 6 The Photography Sale will feature properties by leading XNUMXth century photographers including Diane Arbus, Peter Beard, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Constantin Brâncuși, Robert Mapplethorpe and Irving Penn together with contemporary artists such as Marco Breuer, Nick Brandt, Alex Prager, Alec Soth and Hiroshi Sugimoto , among others.
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)The Steerage, 1907
Pixy
USD 15,000 - USD 25,000
FLORENCE HENRI (1893–1982)Figure composition, reclining woman with shell, 1930
Pixy
USD 15,000 - USD 25,000
ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1891–1956)Pioneer Trubach (Bugler), 1930
Pixy
USD 8,000 - USD 12,000
LOUIS FAURER (1916–2001) Eddie, New York, NY, 1948
Pixy
USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
Among the collections featured in the sale will be a section of works by an American private collector with an emphasis on influential 20th century street photography by Diane Arbus, Louis Faurer, Robert Frank and others. The department is also proud to highlight a section of work by female photographers active in the industry today.
