NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries Fall offering of Fine Photographs is set for Thursday, October 15.
Notable works from the nineteenth century include Francis Frith's The Pyramids of Dahshoor, from the East, 1857 ($6,000-9,000); and a rare daguerreotype by Felix Jacques Moulin, Two Prodigal Women, 1860s ($7,000-10,000). The auction further features a significant constructivist composition by Alexander Rodchenko, Pushkin Square, 1932 ($20,000-30,000), and a rare portfolio by Todd Webb previously unoffered on the market ($18,000-22,000).
Further highlights include imagery of the American West with Ansel Adams' Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California, 1944, printed April 1978 ($30,000-45,000), and Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941, printed 1963-70 ($30,000-45,000); and abstraction studies, including ten photographs from the Seaweed Martha's Vineyard Portfolio, 1943-53, printed 1982, by Aaron Siskind ($7,000-10,000).
The auction also features works associated with the Kamoinge Workshop, including Gordon Parks' American Gothic, 1942; printed circa 1970 ($6,000-9,000), and Roy DeCarava's Man Coming Up Subway Stairs, 1952 ($12,000-18,000).
Street photography features Fan Ho, Three Men Walking, Hong Kong, 1962, printed 2006 ($7,000-10,000); and Elliott Erwitt's oversized Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 1956, printed 2000s ($10,000-15,000). Contemporary highlights feature Peter HujarsKeith, N.Y, 1981 ($10,000-15,000), and Vik Munizs Aftermath (Emerson), from the Children of Brazil project, 1998 ($8,000-12,000). Fashion photography includes images by Richard Avedon, Bruce Webber, Helmut Newton and more.
A selection of press photographs documenting civil rights by Bob Adelman with No Man is an Island, Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama (Civil Rights demonstrators), 1963, printed 1970s ($4,000-6,000), and Fred McDarrah with George McGovern and Corretta King, Political Campaign, 1972 ($700-1,000), along with examples of vernacular photography, will further enrich the dynamic sale.
Bidding is available through online platforms, absentee, the phone, and live in-person. Live online bidding platforms will be the Swann Galleries website, Invaluable, and Live Auctioneers.