Monday, April 11, 2022

Fine Photographs: April 14, 2022 Auction Highlights




Lot 186: Horst P. Horst, Carmen Face Massage, platinum-palladium print, 1946, printed 1980s. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000.

Edward S. Curtis — The North American Indian

The April 14 auction will be headlined by the seminal Portfolio I from Edward S. Curtis’ The North American Indian, featuring many of his most important and iconic images, including his portrait of Geronimo, Cañon de Chelly, A Chief of the Desert – Navaho, Son of the Desert—Navaho, The Vanishing Race, and many more.

Lot 12: Edward S. Curtis, Portfolio I from The North American Indian, complete with 39 photogravures on Van Gelder paper, 1907. Estimate $60,000 to 90,000.
Lot 11: Edward S. Curtis, Volume I from The North American Indian, complete with 79 photogravures, signed by Curtis, 1907. Estimate $15,000 to $25,000.


Edward S. Curtis, Portfolio I, from The North American Indian, complete with 39 photogravures, 1907. Estimate $60,000 to $90,000.

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The Human Form, Landscape & Nature

An impressive selection of classical twentieth-century photographs for the new and seasoned collector includes work by Ansel Adams, Horst P. Horst, Edward Weston, Berenice Abbott, and Lisette Model among others.

Lot 36: Ansel Adams, Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Sierra Nevada, Sequoia National Park, California, silver print, 1932; printed 1970s. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
Lot 220: Robert Adams, Amongst the last trees and lilacs surrounding a farmhouse, Edge of Longmont, Colorado, gelatin silver print, 1982. $7,000 to $10,000.

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