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Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation

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    • 158 Lots

    1
    Lewis Baltz
    South Wall, Semicoa, 333 McCormick, Costa Mesa from The New Industrial Parks
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $17,780
    2
    Lewis Baltz
    South Wall, Hand K Industries, 1611 S. Boyd Street, Santa Ana from The New Industrial Parks
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $10,160
    3
    Lewis Baltz
    West Wall, Business Systems Division, Pertex, 1881 Langley, Costa Mesa from The New Industrial Parks
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $10,160
    4
    Robert Adams
    Fort Collins, Colorado
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $33,020
    5
    Robert Adams
    New Housing (View of Pike's Peak)
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    6
    Robert Adams
    Nebraska State Highway 2, Box Butte County, Nebraska
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    7
    Henry Wessel, Jr.
    Walapai, Arizona
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $8,255
    8
    Bernd and Hilla Becher
    Wassertürmen (Water Towers)
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    9
    Bernd and Hilla Becher
    Moglingen, Stuttgart, D
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $25,400
    10
    Andreas Feininger
    Water Towers
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    11
    Lee Friedlander
    15 Photographs By Lee Friedlander
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    12
    Ray K. Metzker
    Philadelphia (63 Gt-10)
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $3,810
    13
    Ray K. Metzker
    Chicago (Reading in the Train Window) (59 CC-38)
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $5,080
    14
    Frank Gohlke
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    15
    Ed Ruscha
    Gasoline Stations
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $133,350
    16
    Ed Ruscha
    Vacant Lots
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $7,620
    17
    Henry Wessel, Jr.
    Buena Vista, Colorado
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $5,080
    18
    Robert Adams
    Pikes Peak Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $12,700
    19
    Henry Wessel, Jr.
    Selected Images from Night Walk, Los Angeles
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $8,890
    20
    Robert Adams
    Northglenn, Colorado
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $7,620
    21
    Robert Adams
    Lakewood, Colorado
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    22
    Mary Ellen Mark
    Homeless Damm Family in Their Car, Los Angeles, Ca.
    Estimate
    $1,500–2,500
    Sold For
    $1,905
    23
    William Eggleston
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $5,080
    24
    William Eggleston
    Untitled (Couple in Red Car at Drive-In Restaurant), Memphis, TN
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $57,150
    25
    Neal Slavin
    Sabrett Hot Dog Vendors, New York City
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $5,080
    26
    William Eggleston
    Untitled (Torch Café Billboard), Mississippi
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $16,510
    27
    William Eggleston
    Untitled (Old Ford and Stores)
    Estimate
    $15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    $38,100
    28
    William Christenberry
    Selected Images
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $4,445
    29
    Jeff Brouws
    Freshly Painted Houses
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    30
    William Eggleston
    Untitled (Coke Cooler & Pearl Sign)
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $16,510
    31
    Walker Evans
    Untitled (Roadside Advertisement for the Back Porch Restaurant), Destin, Florida, August 6
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $6,350
    32
    Walker Evans
    Untitled (Advertisment for the Back Porch Restaurant), Destin, Florida, August 12
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $4,826
    33
    Walker Evans
    Untitled (Beachside Sign), Destin, Florida, August 12
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $3,302
    34
    William Eggleston
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $16,510
    35
    William Eggleston
    Untitled (20 m.p.h, School Zone Sign)
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $9,525
    36
    Walker Evans
    Selected Polaroids
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    37
    Danny Lyon
    The Bikeriders
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $50,800
    38
    Danny Lyon
    Conversations with the Dead
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    39
    Lee Friedlander
    Florida
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $8,890
    40
    Lee Friedlander
    Baltimore
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $6,350
    41
    Lee Friedlander
    Syracuse
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    42
    Peter Hujar
    Columbia Service Station
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    43
    Peter Hujar
    Wrecked Diner
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $10,160
    44
    Francesca Woodman
    From Space 2, Providence, Rhode Island
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $63,500
    45
    Francesca Woodman
    N.307.1 / New York
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    $11,430
    46
    Cindy Sherman
    Untitled (Bus Riders I)
    Estimate
    $150,000–250,000
    Sold For
    $190,500
    47
    Tseng Kwong Chi
    Disneyland, CA
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    $12,700
    48
    Tseng Kwong Chi
    Notre Dame, Paris, France
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $3,810
    49
    Thomas Struth
    Pergamon Museum 1, Berlin
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    Sold For
    $190,500
    50
    Thomas Ruff
    Portrait (V. Liebermann)
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $13,970
    51
    Thomas Ruff
    H.E.K. 02
    Estimate
    $15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    $26,670
    52
    Thomas Ruff
    Portrait (M.Schell) Young Man
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $17,780
    53
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    o.T. München
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $16,510
    54
    Wolfgang Tillmans
    O.M.
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $12,700
    55
    Alec Soth
    Charles, Vasa, Minnesota
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $152,400
    56
    Joel Sternfeld
    The Bronx, New York (Sculpture by John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres), November
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $8,890
    57
    Joel Sternfeld
    Looking West on 29th Street on a September Evening
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $5,715
    58
    Richard Misrach
    Diving Board, Salton Sea
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $16,510
    59
    Olafur Eliasson
    The Glacier Series
    Estimate
    $70,000–90,000
    Sold For
    $76,200
    60
    Roni Horn
    Still Water (The River Thames, For Example), D, O, I
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $27,940
    61
    Isaac Julien
    Waves (Ten Thousand Waves)
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    62
    Hank Willis Thomas
    Bread and Roses
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $11,430
    63
    Awol Erizku
    Heads
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $27,940
    64
    Hank Willis Thomas
    So Glad We Made It
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $22,860
    65
    Hank Willis Thomas
    It’s The Real Thing
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $20,320
    66
    Carrie Mae Weems
    Golden Yella Girl
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    67
    Dawoud Bey
    Marc & Eric
    Estimate
    $15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    $19,050
    68
    Dawoud Bey
    Shalanta from Class Pictures
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $7,620
    69
    Dawoud Bey
    Christopher, South Shore High School from Class Pictures
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $6,350
    70
    Zanele Muholi
    Yonela Nyumbeka, Makhaza, Khayelitsha, Cape Town from Faces and Phases
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $7,620
    71
    Zanele Muholi
    Zuki Gaca, Grand Parade, Cape Town from Faces and Phases
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $8,255
    72
    Christopher Wool
    Road
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    73
    Robin Rhode
    Table of Contents
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $33,020
    74
    Jackie Nickerson
    Xhosa, Masiphumelele Township, Western Cape, South Africa
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $3,556
    75
    Seydou Keïta
    Untitled (A Father with His Two Daughters)
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $6,350
    76
    Seydou Keïta
    Untitled (A Malian Patriarch)
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    $5,080
    77
    Malick Sidibé
    Au Cours D'une Soiree- les positions
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $5,715
    78
    Taryn Simon
    Ronald Jones, Scene Of Arrest, Southside, Chicago, Illinois, Served 8 years of a death sentence for Murder and Rape
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $8,255
    79
    Barbara Probst
    Exposure #9: N.Y.C., Grand Central Station, 12.18.01, 1:21 P.M.
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $20,320
    80
    Gregory Crewdson
    Untitled (house in the road)
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $35,560
    81
    Pieter Hugo
    Escort Kama. Enugu, Nigeria from Nollywood
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $7,620
    82
    Stan Douglas
    Masonic Lodge, Barkerville
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    83
    Erwin Olaf
    Ice Cream Parlour from Rain
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $15,240
    84
    Erwin Olaf
    The Gym from Rain
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $6,350
    85
    Paolo Ventura
    Eclissi Totale #3
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    $16,510
    86
    Paolo Ventura
    War Souvenir #9 (Milan, Nov. 1944)
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $5,715
    87
    Zoe Leonard
    Century Photo Centre
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    $6,350
    88
    Zoe Leonard
    Yellow Restaurant
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    $6,985
    89
    Saul Leiter
    House Bar, Harlem, New York
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $12,700
    90
    Gordon Parks
    Segregation Story
    Estimate
    $70,000–90,000
    Sold For
    $114,300
    91
    Helen Levitt
    N. Y. (children with laundry cart)
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    $8,255
    92
    Helen Levitt
    N.Y.C. (masked children on stoop)
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    93
    Walker Evans
    Subway Portrait (two men, Hunt's Point Road, City Hall)
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $11,430
    94
    Helen Levitt
    Untitled (graffiti surrounded by torn posters)
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    $4,826
    95
    Helen Levitt
    N.Y.C. (graffiti of figures on metal door)
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $3,810
    96
    Walker Evans
    Subway Portrait (Lenox Avenue)
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $9,525
    97
    Bruce Davidson
    Subway, New York City from Brooklyn Gang
    Estimate
    $2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    $2,413
    98
    Robert Frank
    New York City
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $8,890
    99
    Lewis Hine
    Connecting Beams on Skyscraper (Empire State Building)
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    $12,700
    100
    Helen Levitt
    Subway Portrait (three women)
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $7,620
    101
    Helen Levitt
    Subway Portrait (woman sleeping on man's shoulder)
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $7,620
    102
    Helen Levitt
    Subway Portrait (woman looking at man in hat)
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $7,620
    103
    Berenice Abbott
    Roast Corn Man, New York
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $17,780
    104
    Walker Evans
    Roadside Sandwich Shop, Ponchatoula, Louisiana
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    105
    Dorothea Lange
    A Sign of the Times–Mended Stockings, Stenographer, San Francisco
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $31,750
    106
    何藩 Fan Ho
    Back Alley Shine
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    Sold For
    $10,160
    107
    Dorothea Lange
    Unemployed Men on Howard Street, San Francisco
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    108
    Dorothea Lange
    Men Waiting
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    109
    Walker Evans
    Sidewalk and Shopfront, New Orleans
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    110
    W. Eugene Smith
    Ernest Ceriani on his way to a house call in foul weather, Kremmling, Colorado
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $3,810
    111
    W. Eugene Smith
    6th Avenue at 28th Street During a Snowstorm
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    112
    Marc Riboud
    The Antique Dealer’s Shop Windows, Beijing
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $10,160
    113
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Long Distance Haul, Raleigh, North Carolina
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $7,620
    114
    Dorothea Lange
    Ditched, Stalled,and Stranded, San Joaquin Valley, California (A Missouri Farmer, Now A Migratory Farm Laborer on the Pacific Coast)
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $63,500
    115
    Walker Evans
    The Burroughs Family, Hale County, Alabama
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    116
    Walker Evans
    Washstand in the Dog Run of Floyd Burroughs' Cabin, Hale County, Alabama
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    117
    Dorothea Lange
    Wife of Migratory Laborer with Three Children, Near Childress, Texas, Nettie Featherston
    Estimate
    $15,000–25,000
    118
    Ben Shahn
    Boone County, Arkansas, The Family of a Resettlement Administration Client in the Doorway of Their Home
    Estimate
    $2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    $2,032
    119
    Dorothea Lange
    Small Cotton Farm, Kern County, California
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    120
    Ben Shahn
    Cotton Pickers, Pulaski County, Arkansas
    Estimate
    $2,000–3,000
    121
    Dorothea Lange
    Ex Slave With A Long Memory, Alabama
    Estimate
    $15,000–25,000
    122
    Dorothea Lange
    Migrants, Family Of Mexicans, On the Road with Tire Trouble. Looking for Work in the Peas
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    123
    Dorothea Lange
    Woman On Porch
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    124
    Lewis Hine
    Young Slavic Immigrant at Ellis Island
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    125
    Lewis Hine
    5 P.M., Boys Going Home from Glass Works
    Estimate
    $2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    $4,826
    126
    Vik Muniz
    Dallas Mill, Huntsville: 1910 After Lewis Hine Pictures of Paper
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $27,940
    127
    Lewis Hine
    Joseph Tucci
    Estimate
    $2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    $2,032
    128
    Walker Evans
    Bridgeport, Connecticut
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    129
    Bruce Davidson
    Untitled, East 100th Street (young couple with heads together)
    Estimate
    $2,500–3,500
    Sold For
    $2,794
    130
    Arthur Leipzig
    Stickball
    Estimate
    $2,500–3,500
    Sold For
    $3,175
    131
    Bruce Davidson
    Playing Stickball on Seventeenth Street and Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y., from Brooklyn Gang
    Estimate
    $2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    $3,810
    132
    Helen Levitt
    N.Y.C. (kids fighting over door)
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $8,255
    133
    Helen Levitt
    N.Y. (four girls against car)
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    $5,080
    134
    Helen Levitt
    N.Y.C. (four girls running)
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $4,445
    135
    Andreas Feininger
    N.Y. Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn Shore
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    136
    Bruce Davidson
    Outside Mike’s Tattoo Shop in Coney Island, N.Y., from Brooklyn Gang
    Estimate
    $2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    $1,905
    137
    Arthur Leipzig
    Coney Island Parachute Jump
    Estimate
    $2,500–3,500
    Sold For
    $2,540
    138
    Brett Weston
    Dunes, Oceano, California
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    139
    Arthur Leipzig
    Divers, East River
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $4,826
    140
    Morris Engel
    Harlem Merchant, NYC
    Estimate
    $1,500–2,500
    141
    John Gutmann
    Shoeshine, Harlem, N. Y.
    Estimate
    $2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    $2,032
    142
    John Gutmann
    Arizona Cafe, Los Angeles
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    143
    Peter Sekaer
    Election Posters 10th Ave. New York
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $9,525
    144
    Helen Levitt
    Untitled (grafitti on brick wall, 'Oh! He Said 'What a Beautiful Day. . .')
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $7,620
    145
    Helen Levitt
    N.Y.C.
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $4,064
    146
    Berenice Abbott
    New York IV
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $8,255
    147
    Berenice Abbott
    L & S Dairy, 22nd Street and 9th Avenue, New York
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $5,080
    148
    Man Ray
    Electricité
    Estimate
    $15,000–25,000
    Sold For
    $15,240
    149
    Werner Mantz
    Werner Mantz: Photographien, 1927-1935
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    150
    Werner Mantz
    Warehouse Façade
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $3,048
    151
    August Sander
    Westerwälder Bauernfamilie
    Estimate
    $7,000–9,000
    152
    August Sander
    Pastry Chef
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    $5,715
    153
    Alfred Eisenstaedt
    Premiere at La Scala
    Estimate
    $5,000–7,000
    Sold For
    $4,445
    154
    André Kertész
    Mondrian's Pipe and Glasses, Paris
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $5,334
    155
    Various Photographers
    Bauhaus Portfolio I: 10 Photographs 1919-1933
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    156
    Albert Renger-Patzsch
    Heating System in a Factory
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $5,715
    157
    Albert Renger-Patzsch
    Grimberg Mine Washroom
    Estimate
    $2,000–3,000
    Sold For
    $3,048
    158
    Albert Renger-Patzsch
    Sonnenstrahlen
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $7,620