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Sale 38
Manuscript and Collectibles Auction
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Lot 575 |
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Bret Lopez. Tamara. 24" x 20" (15½" 10" visible) photograph of a woman wearing a filmy, transparent top and dark bottom, signed on the verso by Lopez; negative date: 1993; print date: 1994. Type R print; edition of 20. Matted and framed to 28¼" x 22¼". The photograph has slipped and needs to be readjusted. Very fine. Lopez is a former commercial photographer who also shot album covers, including Alice Cooper's "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell" and "Welcome to My Nightmare."
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
Purchased from G. Ray Hawkins Gallery.
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| Unsold |
Lot 576 |
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E.J. Bellocq. (Reclining Nude With Mask). 8" x 10" Contact Print from a c. 1912 glass negative (Plate #27), gelatin-silver print on printing-out paper, printed and signed by Lee Friedlander. Photograph of a woman wearing black stockings, a black mask, a playful smile, and nothing else. Matted and framed to an overall size of 15¼" x 17". E. J. Bellocq was an early 20th century commercial photographer in New Orleans whose pre-World War I photographs of the prostitutes working in Storyville, the city's legal Red Light district, were not discovered until years after his death (1949), when photographer Lee Friedlander discovered, purchased, restored and printed them. The photographs were primarily taken inside the brothels of Storyville. Many of the negatives were badly damaged, with the women's faces scraped away, possibly to protect their identity, or possibly by Bellocq's Jesuit brother, who inherited his brother's estate. In a few photos, such as the present one, the women wore masks in the original photos and were not touched. Damage to the original glass negative can be seen in the corners, but the image itself is very clear and beautiful.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
Purchased from Paul Kopeikin Gallery.
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$3,000 |
Lot 577 |
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Robert Maxwell. Bent Tulip. 8" x 10" platinum photograph, Edition 5/20, Paris, 1994. Matted and framed to an overall size of 20½" x 21½". Very fine. Maxwell is a successful fashion photographer also known for his nudes, portraits, and still lifes.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
Purchased from Fahey/Klein Gallery.
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Lot 578 |
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Unknown. Untitled. 9½" x 12" original print, c. 1920s, of a seated young woman leaning forward on her hands, which are bound in front of her by a leather thong attached to a chain that is draped across her legs; her long hair falls across her right breast. In front of her is a cup, saucer, and spoon. A study in light and dark.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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Lot 579 |
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W. & D. Downey. (Collection of 55 Photographs). C. 1880-1900. The group includes a variety of portraits, all on 9¾x7¼ cardstock, all with the address "57 & 61 Ebury Street, London" at lower right and the company's name at lower left. Subjects include the Czarevitch, the Danish Royal Family with the Princess of Wales, The King of Saxony, the Crown Prince of Siam, Prince Henry of Battenberg, The Maharajah of Kuch Behar, Sir Algernon Borthwick, Sir Charles Russell, and a wide variety of others--clergy, officers, regular people, etc. Overall fine; some toning in margins. W. (William) and D. (Daniel) Downey was one of the leading firms of portrait photographers in London during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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$240 |
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