Fall 2019: Classic & Contemporary Photographs At Auction October 17 Upcoming Highlights Lot 320: Richard Misrach, Stonehenge #1, split-toned silver print, 1976. $12,000 to $18,000. Portraiture, today’s ubiquitous social currency, forms the foundation of this sale with Irving Penn’s platinum-palladium print Cuzco Children, 1960, printed 1978, and Reclining Woman by Seydou Keïta, 1958, printed 2001, exploring the universal appeal of the formal portrait. Pieter Hugo’s Abudulai Yahaya, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana, 2010 and Roy DeCarava’s Man with Bent Head and Folded Arms, 1961, printed early 1970s, as well as humanist portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Dorothea Lange are among the rare and exciting photographs to come to market. Landscapes will feature Richard Misrach’s Stonehenge #1, 1976, Joel Sternfeld’s McLean, Virginia, 1978, printed 1984, and Ansel Adams’s Aspen, Northern New Mexico, 1958, printed 1978. Contemporary photographers include cult figures Jimmy DeSana, Nick Brandt, Vik Muniz and Catherine Opie, as well as Chris McCaw’s stunning Sunburn series; Nan Goldin’s Clemens in My Bed with Saris, Paris, 2000; Andres Serrano’s White Christ, 1989; and a 1987 photogram by Adam Fuss. A headliner among the rare photobook offerings is a 1950s–1972 Edward Ruscha archive featuring a signed first edition of his Twentysix Gasoline Stations—as well as other signed artist’s books, a signed lithograph Have a Soup Souper Season, ephemeral material, and a Polaroid. Collections and albums round out the auction in a dynamic vernacular selection with pre-revolution Cuba, Yosemite National Park, the Greyhound bus company, crime, advertising and space exploration. Fall 2019 Photographs Catalogue Portraits Lot 238: Irving Penn, Cuzco Children, platinum-palladium print, 1960, printed 1978. $80,000 to $120,000. Lot 310: Seydou Keïta, Reclining Woman, silver print, 1958, printed 2001. $9,000 to $12,000. Lot 311: Pieter Hugo, Abudulai Yahaya, Agbogbloshie Market, Ghana, chromogenic print, 2010. $8,000 to $12,000. Lot 115: Irving Penn, American Ballet Theatre, platinum-palladium print, 1948, printed 1968. $15,000 to $25,000. Contemporary Photographers Lot 288: Joel Sternfeld, McLean, Virginia, December 4, 1978, dye transfer print, 1978, printed 1984. $12,000 to $18,000. Lot 316: Vik Muniz, Shoes, selenium-toned silver print, 1994. $4,000 to $6,000. Lot 281: John Divola, Five Prints, complete portfolio, dye transfer prints, 1983https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/WALEAD-BESHTY-(1976–)-X-Ray-Amethyst-(photographic-transpar-2520+++++312+-++757762-86, printed 1987. $8,000 to $12,000. Lot 312: Walead Beshty, X-Ray Amethyst (photographic transparency, LAX/JFK/JFK/LAX, 240 0.7rp 6.0 6.9 #BB6c8A) [Alternate names: Crocus, Cuban Orchid, Eupatorium Purple, First Lady, Laelia Pink, Lilacinus, Livido-Purpureus, Wild Orchid], color photographic print, 2008. $4,000 to $6,000. Lot 307: Andres Serrano, White Christ, cibachrome print, 1989. $15,000 to $25,000. Lot 321: Adam Fuss, Untitled, unique silver print photogram, 1987. $10,000 to $15,000. Classic Photographers Lot 145: Ansel Adams, Aspens, Northern New Mexico, silver print, 1958, printed 1978. $20,000 to $30,000. Lot 194: Brassaï, Place de la Concorde, ferrotyped silver print, circa 1932, printed circa 1950. $15,000 to $25,000. Lot 280: Julius Schulman, Los Angeles, Pierre Koening, Case Study House #22, chromogenic print, 1960, printed 1990s. $2,000 to $3,000. Lot 55: Man Ray, Les Ponts Brulé [Burned Bridges], silver print, 1935. $10,000 to $15,000. Lot 261: Diane Arbus, Wax Museum Strangler, Coney Island, N.Y., silver print, 1960. $6,000 to $9,000. Photobooks Lot 414: Edward Ruscha, archive of artist books and ephemeral material documenting Ruscha’s early career, including signed first edition of Twentysix Gasoline Stations. $10,000 to $15,000. Documentary Lot 96: Robert Peary, His Flag Waves above Cape Stallworthy (Cape Thomas Hubbard), ferrotyped silver print, 1906. $8,000 to $12,000. Lot 64: Dorothea Lange, San Francisco Waterfront (demonstration), silver print, 1934. $10,000 to $15,000. Nineteenth Century Lot 6: Eadweard Muybridge, Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill (cropped detail), 11 joined albumen prints, 1877. $10,000 to $15,000. Exhibition Open October 12–17 The exhibition is free to attend and open to the public. We welcome special and educational groups with advance notice–send an inquiry to rsvp@swanngalleries.com. Exhibition Hours Saturday, October 12 — 12 pm to 5 pm Monday, October 14 — 12 pm to 5 pm Tuesday, October 15 — 12 pm to 5 pm Wednesday, October 16 — 12 pm to 5 pm Thursday, October 17 — 10 am to 12 pm Sign up for Auction Updates to get email notifications about new catalogues, or download our Live Bidding App and enable push alerts. Buying at Swann Selling with Swann Complete Auction Schedule Share Facebook Twitter August 29, 2019Author: Swann CommunicationsCategory: Photographs & Photobooks Tags: Andres Serrano Brassaï Diane Arbus Eadweard Muybridge Fall 2019 Auctions Irving Penn Joel Sternfeld John Divola Julius Schulman Man Ray Photographs & Photobooks Pieter Hugo Richard Misrach Seydou Keïta Vik Muniz Walead Beshty Previous 19th & 20th Century Literature: Hemingway, Morrison & Tolkien—Fall 2019 Next Artist Profile: Norman Lewis Recommended Posts Swann Summer Reading List 2017 Swann July 13, 2017 Cornelius Marion Battey Photographic Portraits Discovered African American Art September 16, 2009 JEB & Shelby Sharie Cohen on Photographing the Lesbian Community LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History August 12, 2022