2014 Auction Catalog – The Photo Review

These photographs were available for bidding at our Benefit Auction in October 2014.

Antonio Beato (after 1832–1906): Pyramide de Saggarah
c. 1870, albumen print, signed “A Beato” recto lower right in negative
Image size: 9.875"x14.375"
Sheet size: mounted to 16"x20" board
($500–$1,000)

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John A. Benigno: Shadow and Leaf Study
1992, archival pigment print, signed verso
Image size: 3.25"x5"
Sheet size: 5"x7"
($150–$200) — Minimum bid: $95

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Bill Bernstein: Lorin Maazel
2001/later, archival pigment print, signed, titled, dated recto
Image size: 12"x9.125"
Sheet size: 14"x11"
($600–$1,200)
Shot for promotion when Maazel was made head conductor of New York Philharmonic

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Charles Bierstadt: Niagara Falls with Tour Boat
1880, albumen print
Image size: 7.5"x9.5"
Sheet size: 7.5"x9.5"
($600–$1,200)

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Gay Block: Untitled (2 women at yellow wall, from Miami, South Beach, 1982–85)
1982, archival pigment print, signed verso
Image size: 19"x23.5"
Sheet size: 19"x23.5"
($1,000–$2,000)
About Love: Gay Block-Photographs and Films,1973–2011, Radius Books 2011, (p. 93)

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Karl Blossfeldt: a. Equisetum hiemale. Winter Horsetail: enlarged 10 times. b. Rhamnus purshiana. Californian Bear-berry. Young shoot enlarged 25 times. c. Equisetum hiemale. Winter Horsetail: enlarged 10 times. Plate 8 from "Urformen der Kunst" ["Art Forms in Nature"]
1929 (2nd edition), photogravure
Image size: 10.25"x7.5"
Sheet size: 12.25"x9.625" (Courtesy the Tartt Gallery)
($200–$400)

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Karl Blossfeldt: a. Equisetum hiemale. Winter Horsetail: enlarged 12 times. b. Hosta japonica. Savannah-wood. Young shoot enlarged 4 times. c. Equisetum hiemale. Winter Horsetail: enlarged 12 times. Plate 7 from "Urformen der Kunst" ["Art Forms in Nature"]
1929 (2nd edition), photogravure
Image size: 10.25"x7.5"
Sheet size: 12.25"x9.625" (Courtesy the Tartt Gallery)
($200–$400)

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Karl Blossfeldt: Achillea clypeolata. Milfoil. Cyme enlarged 15 times. Plate 119 from "Urformen der Kunst" ["Art Forms in Nature"]
1929 (2nd edition), photogravure
Image size: 10.25"x7.5"
Sheet size: 12.25"x9.625" (Courtesy the Tartt Gallery)
($200–$400)

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Karl Blossfeldt: Symphytum officinale. Common Comfrey, Consound, Black-wort, Alum, Back-wort. Inflorescence enlarged 8 times. Plate 93 from "Urformen der Kunst" ["Art Forms in Nature"]
1929 (2nd edition), photogravure
Image size: 10.25"x7.5"
Sheet size: 12.25"x9.625" (Courtesy the Tartt Gallery)
($200–$400)

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A. Aubrey Bodine: Susquehanna Flats
c. 1950, silver print, signed recto
Image size: 14"x17"
Sheet size: 15"x17"
($1,500–$2,000) — Minimum bid: $750

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Leon Borensztein: Untitled (dancer)
1985, silver print, signed, titled, dated, and editioned verso
Image size: 17.375"x14"
Sheet size: 20"x16" (Courtesy the Tartt Gallery)
($200–$400)
After emigrating to the United States from Poland, Leon Borensztein took a fly-by-night job as a traveling portrait photographer, visiting homes and businesses across the country and making portraits for working-class clientele in the style of the Sears Portrait Studios. During these sessions, Borensztein would set up a generic backdrop behind the subject, while moving the camera back far enough so that the camera captured glimpses of the subjects' personal spaces or belongings. The resulting body of work provides a rich sociological document; individually, these are some of the most compelling and touching portraits of their time. Leon Borensztein is an internationally renowned photographer whose work has appeared in Life, Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, and Vogue International. His photographs can be found in the collections of major museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The recipient of a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, Borensztein lives and works in Oakland, California.

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Leon Borensztein: Untitled (woman in makeup)
1985, silver print, signed, titled, dated, and editioned verso
Image size: 16.75"x13"
Sheet size: 20"x16" (Courtesy the Tartt Gallery)
($200–$400) — Minimum bid: $100
After emigrating to the United States from Poland, Leon Borensztein took a fly-by-night job as a traveling portrait photographer, visiting homes and businesses across the country and making portraits for working-class clientele in the style of the Sears Portrait Studios. During these sessions, Borensztein would set up a generic backdrop behind the subject, while moving the camera back far enough so that the camera captured glimpses of the subjects' personal spaces or belongings. The resulting body of work provides a rich sociological document; individually, these are some of the most compelling and touching portraits of their time. Leon Borensztein is an internationally renowned photographer whose work has appeared in Life, Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, and Vogue International. His photographs can be found in the collections of major museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The recipient of a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, Borensztein lives and works in Oakland, California.

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Leon Borensztein: Untitled (young woman)
1985, silver print, signed, titled, dated, and editioned verso
Image size: 16.75"x13"
Sheet size: 20"x16" (Courtesy the Tartt Gallery)
($200–$400)
After emigrating to the United States from Poland, Leon Borensztein took a fly-by-night job as a traveling portrait photographer, visiting homes and businesses across the country and making portraits for working-class clientele in the style of the Sears Portrait Studios. During these sessions, Borensztein would set up a generic backdrop behind the subject, while moving the camera back far enough so that the camera captured glimpses of the subjects' personal spaces or belongings. The resulting body of work provides a rich sociological document; individually, these are some of the most compelling and touching portraits of their time. Leon Borensztein is an internationally renowned photographer whose work has appeared in Life, Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, and Vogue International. His photographs can be found in the collections of major museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The recipient of a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, Borensztein lives and works in Oakland, California.

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Samuel Bourne (1834–1912): Indian Architectural View with Figure (#1234)
c. 1870, albumen print, on original mount, signed recto lower right in negative
Image size: 9.375"x11.25"
Sheet size: 9.375"x11.25" (Courtesy Robert Burge/20th Century Photographs, Ltd.)
($400–$800)

Brassaï: Picasso with His Arms Crossed
1966, silver print, unmounted. The photographer has written on the verso "Pic. 390." and "du 8 juillet 1966".
Image size: 9.375"x12"
Sheet size: 9.375"x12"
($2,500–$3,500)

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Anne Brigman: Father and Daughter
1930, silver print, double mounted, signed and dated recto
Image size: 7.5"x9.5"
Sheet size: 7.5"x9.75"
($2,500–$3,500) — Minimum bid: $2,000

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Melitte Buchman: Untitled, from the Illumination Array
2011, wet-plate collodion tintype, signed verso
Image size: 8.5"x6.5"
Sheet size: 8.5"x6.5"
($300–$600)

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Douglas Busch: Fog over Ocean, "Silent Wave" series, 0068CR
2006, archival pigment print, signed recto with stamp
Image size: 18"x18"
Sheet size: 24"x24"
($900–$1,800) — Minimum bid: $500
Wilhelm Hack Museum, Germany
Red Pipe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Book, Silent Waves, published by Braus Editions, Heidelberg, Germany

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