Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 7 May 1985, lot 205

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT A. TAUB, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITION FUNDS

61

Robert Howlett

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Builder of the Steamship “Leviathan (The Great Eastern),” Standing Against the Launching Chains

1857
Albumen print.
10 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (27.3 x 20.6 cm)

Estimate
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $2,750

Contact Specialist
Vanessa Kramer Hallett
Worldwide Head, Photographs
vhallett@phillips.com

Caroline Deck
Head of Sale
cdeck@phillips.com

General Enquiries:
+1 212 940 1245

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

61

Robert Howlett

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Builder of the Steamship “Leviathan (The Great Eastern),” Standing Against the Launching Chains

Photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago - Online Only