André Kertész

Untitled (Distortion #146); and Untitled (Distortion #142)

1933
Two gelatin silver prints.
(i) 7 x 9 3/8 in. (17.8 x 23.8 cm)
(ii) 7 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. (18.1 x 17.1 cm)
Each numbered in red wax pencil on the recto; each numbered in pencil and '32 bis, Rue du Cotentin, Paris-XV' copyright credit stamp on the verso.

Estimate
$6,000 - 8,000

Contact Specialist
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Photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago - Online Only

Online-Only Auction 8 – 22 December 2014

1
Berenice Abbott
Fishermen, Fulton Street Dock, New York
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
2
Berenice Abbott
John Watts Statue: From Trinity Churchyard, Looking Toward One Wall Street, Manhattan
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,250
3
Berenice Abbott
Lower Broadway, Bowling Green and Bay
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $2,750
4
Ansel Adams
Burnt Stump and New Grass, Sierra Nevada, California
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $9,375
5
Ansel Adams
Selected Images
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
6
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Cruce de Chalma (Cross at Chalma)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
7
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Diá de Todos Muertos (Day of All Dead)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
8
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Margarita de Bonampak (Margarita of Bonampak)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
9
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Ventana al Coro (Window to the Choir)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
10
Anonymous
Selected Images
Estimate $500 - 700
Sold for $813
11
Bisson Frères: Louis-Auguste Bisson and August-Rosalie Bisson
Rouen Cathedral, West Facade
Estimate $500 - 800
12
Bisson Frères: Louis-Auguste Bisson and August-Rosalie Bisson
South Transept Portal, Amiens Cathedral with Trameau Figure, Vierge Doree
Estimate $500 - 800
13
Bisson Frères: Louis-Auguste Bisson and August-Rosalie Bisson
Strasbourg Cathedral, West Facade; Side Portal
Estimate $500 - 800
14
Bill Brandt
Crowded, Improvised Air-Raid Shelter in a Liverpool Street Tube Tunnel
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
15
Bill Brandt
Chiswick House Gardens
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
16
Bill Brandt
Dressmaker's Dummy, Paris
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
17
Bill Brandt
Evening in Kew Gardens
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
18
Bill Brandt
East Sussex
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
19
Bill Brandt
In the Garden of Christ's College, Cambridge
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
20
Bill Brandt
St. Paul's Cathedral in the Moonlight
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,000
21
Bill Brandt
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
22
Bill Brandt
Maiden Castle, Dorset
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
23
Elizabeth Buehrmann
Selected Images
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
24
Julia Margaret Cameron
Clinton Parry
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
25
Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Jackson
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
26
Julia Margaret Cameron
Mrs. Herbert Duckworth, September
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
27
Julia Margaret Cameron
Mrs. Herbert Duckworth, August
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
28
Julia Margaret Cameron
Sir Edward Ryan
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
29
Julia Margaret Cameron
Mrs. Herbert Duckworth
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
30
Julia Margaret Cameron
Woman, Ceylon
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $3,500
31
Edward Sheriff Curtis
Selected Images from The North American Indian
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
32
Michael Disfarmer
Selected Images
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
33
Harold Eugene Edgerton
Bullet Through Bulb
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $1,625
34
Harold Eugene Edgerton
Driving the Golf Ball
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
35
Harold Eugene Edgerton
Football Kick
Estimate $800 - 1,200
36
Harold Eugene Edgerton
Golf Tee-Off
Estimate $800 - 1,200
37
Harold Eugene Edgerton
"Home brew": Getting Off the Horse Quickly
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
38
Harold Eugene Edgerton
Milk Drop Coronet
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
39
Harold Eugene Edgerton
Moscow Circus Acrobats
Estimate $800 - 1,200
40
Harold Eugene Edgerton
Tumblers
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $1,625
41
Harold Eugene Edgerton
Pigeon in flight
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
42
Harold Eugene Edgerton
Tap Water Splashing from a Glass
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $875
43
Harold Eugene Edgerton
Football Kick - Wesley E. Fesler
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
44
Eliot Elisofon
The Coast of Chile, 1950; and Virginia's Coast
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
45
Walker Evans
Company Store, Hecla, West Virginia; and Storefront, Selma, Alabama
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
46
Walker Evans
Selected Images
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
47
Walker Evans
Selected Images
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
48
Walker Evans
View of Ossining, New York
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
49
Walker Evans
Selected Images
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
50
Roger Fenton
Selected Images
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
51
Lee Friedlander
Flowers and Trees
Estimate $800 - 1,200
52
Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden
Selected Images
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
53
Johan Hagemeyer
William H. Orrick, Attorney, 1931; Henry Miller
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
54
Johan Hagemeyer
Selected Images
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
55
Lewis Wickes Hine
Carousel, Coney Island, New York
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
56
Lewis Wickes Hine
Selected Images
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
57
Lewis Wickes Hine
Selected Images
Estimate $600 - 900
Sold for $500
58
Lewis Wickes Hine
Selected Images
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
59
Lewis Wickes Hine
Selected Images
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
60
Lewis Wickes Hine
Selected Images
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
61
Robert Howlett
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Builder of the Steamship “Leviathan (The Great Eastern),” Standing Against the Launching Chains
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,750
62
Gertrude Käsebier
Portrait of a Boy; Flora
Estimate $800 - 1,200
63
Gertrude Käsebier
Cornelia Montgomery, full face, holding flowers, square-necked gown
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
64
Gertrude Käsebier
Cornelia Montgomery, full face, holding flowers, square-necked gown
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
65
Gertrude Käsebier
Portrait of the Artist's Daughter (Hermine Käsebier)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
66
Gertrude Käsebier
Yoked and Muzzled - Marriage
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,375
67
André Kertész
Day of Paris: Photographs by André Kertész
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800
68
André Kertész
Untitled (Distortion #146); and Untitled (Distortion #142)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
69
André Kertész
Untitled (Distortion #117)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,000
70
André Kertész
Untitled (Distortion #135)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,375
71
André Kertész
Untitled (Distortion #116)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,000
72
André Kertész
Untitled (Distortion #52)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
73
Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $3,000
74
Clarence John Laughlin
Selected Images
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
75
Leon Levinstein
India
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
76
Leon Levinstein
Mexico
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
77
Leon Levinstein
New York
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
78
George Platt Lynes
Selected Images
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
79
Danny Lyon
Pictures from the New World: Photographs and Text by Danny Lyon
Estimate $400 - 600
80
Man Ray
Portrait of Walter S. Brewster, Paris; Portrait of Kate Lancaster Brewster, Paris
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
81
Man Ray
Portrait of Walter S. Brewster, Paris; Portrait of Kate Lancaster Brewster, Paris
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
82
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,250
83
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
84
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
85
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
86
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,250
87
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Untitled
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
88
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,250
89
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
90
Irving Penn
Moments Preserved: Eight Essays in Photographs and Words by Irving Penn
Estimate $200 - 300
Sold for $250
91
Aaron Siskind
Boston 21 (Homage to Franz Kline)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,250
92
Aaron Siskind
Boston 47
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
93
Aaron Siskind
Chicago 11
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,250
94
Aaron Siskind
Chicago 11
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
95
Aaron Siskind
Chicago 11
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $3,750
96
Aaron Siskind
Chicago 13A
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
97
Aaron Siskind
Chicago 231B
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,875
98
Aaron Siskind
Chicago 25
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
99
Aaron Siskind
Chicago Facade 21
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
100
Aaron Siskind
Durango 17
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
101
Aaron Siskind
Gloucester
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
102
Aaron Siskind
Gloucester 25
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
103
Aaron Siskind
Iron Work, NYC 3
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
104
Aaron Siskind
Lima 25
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
105
Aaron Siskind
Louise 26
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
106
Aaron Siskind
Maine 4
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,250
107
Aaron Siskind
Maine 8
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,250
108
Aaron Siskind
Martha's Vineyard
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
109
Aaron Siskind
Martha's Vineyard 7
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
110
Aaron Siskind
Martha's Vineyard 76
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $3,750
111
Aaron Siskind
Mexico 75
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
112
Aaron Siskind
Morocco 328
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
113
Aaron Siskind
New York 143
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
114
Aaron Siskind
Olive Tree, Corfu 33
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
115
Aaron Siskind
Olmec, Villahermosa, Mexico
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
116
Aaron Siskind
Peru 280
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
117
Aaron Siskind
Rome 76
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
118
Aaron Siskind
San Luis Potosi 28
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
119
Aaron Siskind
South Street 13
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
120
Aaron Siskind
Terracotta 13
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
121
Aaron Siskind
Terracotta 19
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
122
Aaron Siskind
Terracotta 6
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
123
Aaron Siskind
The Tree 108
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
124
Aaron Siskind
The Tree, Martha's Vineyard 15
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $875
125
Aaron Siskind
Utah 24
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
126
Aaron Siskind
Utah 32
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
127
Aaron Siskind
Veracruz 130
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
128
W. Eugene Smith
Selected Images
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
129
W. Eugene Smith
Untitled from A Man of Mercy: Albert Schweitzer
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
130
W. Eugene Smith
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
131
Else Thalemann
Eiffelturm, Paris, No. 31456 (Eiffel Tower, Paris)
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
132
Todd Webb
Selected Images
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
133
Edward Weston
7 a.m. Pacific War Time
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,750
134
Edward Weston
Boats, San Francisco
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
135
Edward Weston
David H. McAlpine, New York
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
136
Edward Weston
Eel River Ranch
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
137
Edward Weston
Fence, Old Road, Big Sur
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $7,500
138
Edward Weston
Fort Ross
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
139
Edward Weston
Snow, Yosemite
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
140
Edward Weston
Manly Beacon from Golden Canyon, Death Valley
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
141
Edward Weston
Nude on Navajo
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
142
Edward Weston
Pond, Meyer's Ranch, Yosemite
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
143
Edward Weston
San Simeon Highway
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $7,500
144
Edward Weston
Trees, Lake Tenaya
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
145
Edward Weston
Arizona Nymph
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
146
Garry Winogrand
Untitled from Women Are Beautiful
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,000

Photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago -...

Online-Only Auction 8 – 22 December 2014

Provenance

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André Kertész

Untitled (Distortion #146); and Untitled (Distortion #142)

Photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago - Online Only