Sotheby's - Photographs, October 7, New York - Something for everybody

Sotheby's October 7 photography sale in New York, has something to satisfy every taste. Here are a few of the works that caught my eye.

LOT 128 / Hans Bellmer -1902-1975 / LA POUPÉE (WITH CARPET BEATER)
hand-colored, 1937 / 6 1/2  by 6 5/8  in. (16.5 by 17 cm.) Estimate - 25,000 — 35,000 USD

 

LOT 144 / Robert Mapplethorpe -1946-1989 / MAN IN POLYESTER SUIT

signed, dated, and editioned '7/15' in ink in the margin, flush-mounted, the photographer's copyright stamp, signed and dated in ink, on the reverse, 1980 / 18 by 14 in. (45.7 by 35.6 cm.) Estimate 250,000 — 350,000 USD

LOT 177 / Irving Penn - 1917-2009 / 'MARCEL DUCHAMP'

numbered '16 6 - P - 20' in the negative, signed, titled, and annotated in pencil and stamped on the reverse, framed, 1948, one from an edition of no more than 25 gelatin silver prints (MoMA, pl. 13; Moments Preserved, p. 128) 9 3/4  by 7 3/4  in. (24.8 by 19.7 cm.) 

Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 USD

LOT 173 / Collier Schorr - B. 1963 /ARRANGEMENT #15 (HERRHAUSEN)

archival pigment print, framed, a 303 Gallery label on the reverse, 2008, no. one in an edition of 5 / 39 by 31 in. (99 by 78.7 cm.) Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD

LOT 204 / Stephen Shore - B. 1947 /'US 10, POST FALLS, IDAHO, 8/25/74'

chromogenic print, signed, titled, and dated in ink on the reverse, framed, an Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, label on the reverse, 1974 (Uncommon Places, p. 98)
7 3/4  by 9 3/4  in. (19.7 by 24.8 cm.) Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD 

 

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