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Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015) Amanda Smoking with Her Cousin Amy Watching, Valdese, North Carolina, 1990 Gelat...

Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015) Amanda Smoking with Her Cousin Amy Watching, Valdese, North Carolina, 1990 Gelat...

Auction amount: $5,500.00

Sold: Oct 3, 2025

Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)

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Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Amanda Smoking with Her Cousin Amy Watching, Valdese, North Carolina, 1990
Gelatin silver print, printed later
12-5/8 x 18-3/4 inches (32.1 x 47.6 cm) (image)
16 x 19-7/8 inches (sheet)
Signed, tilted, dated, and editioned 10/75, in pencil, verso.

Auction 8220 | Lot: 73453 | Oct 3, 2025

Sold For: $5,500.00
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Beautiful Emine Posing, Trabzon, Turkey, 1965
Gelatin silver print, printed later
13-1/4 x 9 inches (33.7 x 22.9 cm) (image)
14 x 10-7/8 inches (sheet)
Signed and dated in pencil, verso.

Auction 14183 | Lot: 38081 | Mar 9, 2022

Sold For: $5,125.00

Make Offer to Owner
$7,688 or more
Mary Ellen Mark (American, b. 1941)
In America (portfolio of ten photographs), 1986-91
Gelatin silver, 1991
10-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches (26 x 26 cm) (each)
Each signed, titled, and dated in pencil on verso; editioned '3' out of 30 in ink on the colophon.

(Total: 3)
Auction 5253 | Lot: 73111 | Apr 17, 2016

Sold For: $4,875.00
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Mother Teresa, Calcutta, 1980
Gelatin silver print on Agfa paper
11-3/4 x 7-7/8 inches (29.8 x 20.0 cm) (image)
13-5/8 x 10 inches (sheet)
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso.

Collection of Dr. Steven L. Smith

Auction 8071 | Lot: 73276 | May 24, 2022

Sold For: $2,625.00

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$3,938 or more
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Calcutta, 1980
Gelatin silver prints
8-5/8 x 12-7/8 inches (21.9 x 32.7 cm) (image) and smaller
10-7/8 x 13-7/8 inches (sheet)
Signed, dated, and titled in pencil, verso.
(Total: 4)
Auction 14183 | Lot: 38082 | Mar 9, 2022

Sold For: $2,500.00
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Homeless Damm Family Life, Los Angeles, 1987
Gelatin silver print
10-3/8 x 10-1/4 inches (26.4 x 26.0 cm) (image)
14 x 11 inches (sheet)
Signed and dated in pencil, verso.

Auction 8134 | Lot: 73298 | Oct 17, 2023

Sold For: $2,125.00

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$3,188 or more
MARY ELLEN MARK (American, b. 1941)
Untitled (Federico Fellini on the Set of 'Satyricon', Rome, Italy), 1969
Gelatin silver, printed later
9 x 13-1/2 inches (22.9 x 34.3 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned '30/75' with pencil verso.

Auction 5153 | Lot: 74051 | Nov 2, 2013

Sold For: $1,875.00

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$2,812 or more
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Jessie with His Shaved Head, Damm Family Revisited, 1994
Gelatin silver print
14-3/4 x 18-3/4 inches (37.5 x 47.6 cm) (image)
16 x 20 inches (sheet)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned 6/25 in pencil, verso.

Auction 8195 | Lot: 73338 | Apr 30, 2025

Sold For: $1,500.00

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$1,875 or more
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Ram Prakash Signh with His Elephant, Shyama at the Golden Circus, Ahmedabad, India (from The Year of Tibet Portfolio I), 1990
Platinum Palladium print, printed later
10 x 10 inches (25.4 x 25.4 cm) (image)
16 x 13-1/8 inches (sheet)
Signed and editioned AP 7/24 in pencil, lower margin recto.
Published by Tibet House, New York.

From the Estate of the Photographer Kurt Markus

Auction 14225 | Lot: 39106 | Jun 11, 2025

Sold For: $1,500.00
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Young Bull Riders, 1991
Gelatin silver print
9-1/4 x 12 inches (23.5 x 30.5 cm) (image)
10-3/4 x 13-7/8 inches (sheet)
Signed, dated, annotated, and editioned 81/100 in pencil, verso.

Auction 14189 | Lot: 38126 | Sep 14, 2022

Sold For: $1,500.00
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Boy with a Mask and His Sister, Gypsy Camp, Barcelona, Spain, 1987
Gelatin silver
13-1/4 x 19-1/2 inches (33.7 x 49.5 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, inscribed, and numbered '#10' in ink lower margin recto.

Auction 8014 | Lot: 73228 | Oct 6, 2020

Sold For: $1,500.00
MARY ELLEN MARK (American b.1941)
Mother Teresa, Calcutta, 1980
Gelatin silver print
12 x 8-1/2 inches (30.5 x 21 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated verso:Mary Ellen Mark/ Mother Theresa Calcutta/1980

Provenance:
The Collection of Mrs. Rowena Nadig (San Antonio, Texas)

Auction 652 | Lot: 26061 | May 25, 2007

Sold For: $1,314.50
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Calcutta, 1980
Selenium toned gelatin silver print
8-5/8 x 12-7/8 inches (21.9 x 32.6 cm) (image)
11 x 14 inches (sheet)
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso.

Auction 8195 | Lot: 73237 | Apr 30, 2025

Sold For: $1,250.00

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$1,562 or more
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Juvenile Prison, Texas, 1987
Gelatin silver print
10-1/2 x 10-3/8 inches (26.7 x 26.4 cm) (image)
12 x 11 inches (sheet)
Signed, titled, and dated in ink, lower margin recto.

Auction 14200 | Lot: 38102 | May 10, 2023

Sold For: $1,250.00

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$1,875 or more
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Vashira and Tashira Hargrove, New York, 1993
Gelatin silver print
10-3/8 x 13-1/8 inches (26.4 x 33.3 cm) (image)
11 x 14 inches (sheet)
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso.

Collection of Dr. Steven L. Smith

Auction 8071 | Lot: 73406 | May 24, 2022

Sold For: $1,250.00
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Young Rodeo Bull Riders, 1991
Gelatin silver print
13 x 10-1/4 inches (33.0 x 26.0 cm) (image)
14 x 11 inches (sheet)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned 6/75 in pencil, verso.

Auction 8178 | Lot: 73069 | Oct 1, 2024

Sold For: $1,125.00

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$1,688 or more
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Ram Prakash Singh with his elephant "Shyama," Great Golden Circus, Ahmedabad, India, 1990
Gelatin silver
7-1/2 x 7-5/8 inches (19.1 x 19.4 cm)
Signed, titled, and dedicated in pencil verso.

Auction 8014 | Lot: 73227 | Oct 6, 2020

Sold For: $1,093.75
MARY ELLEN MARK (American, b. 1941)
Mother Teresa, Calcutta, 1980
Gelatin silver
11-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches (29.8 x 19.7 cm)
Signed, titled, dated in ink with artist's stamp verso.

FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
Auction 5176 | Lot: 74221 | Apr 5, 2014

Sold For: $1,062.50
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Girl with Dogs, Benares, India, 1989
Gelatin silver print
15 x 15 inches (38.1 x 38.1 cm) (image)
20 x 16 inches (sheet)
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso.

Auction 14174 | Lot: 38074 | Sep 8, 2021

Sold For: $1,062.50

Make Offer to Owner
$1,594 or more
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Calcutta, 1980
Gelatin silver print
8-5/8 x 12-7/8 inches (21.9 x 32.7 cm) (image)
10-7/8 x 13-3/4 inches (sheet)
Signed, dated, and titled in pencil, verso.

Auction 14187 | Lot: 38057 | Jul 13, 2022

Sold For: $1,000.00
Mary Ellen Mark (American, b. 1941)
Mother Teresa, Calcutta, 1980
Gelatin silver
12 x 8 inches (30.5 x 20.3 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil verso.

Auction 8002 | Lot: 73203 | Apr 4, 2020

Sold For: $937.50
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Sifting Through The Ashes, India, 1989
Gelatin silver print
10-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches (26.7 x 26.7 cm) (image)
14 x 11 inches (sheet)
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso.

Auction 8178 | Lot: 73219 | Oct 1, 2024

Sold For: $937.50
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Rodeo Night, Big Spring Texas, 1991
Gelatin silver print
10-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches (26.0 x 26.0 cm) (image)
14 x 11 inches (sheet)
Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed in pencil, verso.

Auction 14219 | Lot: 39024 | Dec 11, 2024

Sold For: $875.00
MARY ELLEN MARK (American, b. 1941)
Marlon Brando in Between Takes on "The Missouri Breaks", circa 1975...
Auction 5031 | Lot: 63132 | Oct 7, 2009

Sold For: $836.50
Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1941-2015)
Marlon Brando on the Set of Apocalypse Now, 1977
Gelatin silver print, printed later
12 x 8 inches (30.5 x 20.3 cm) (image)
Photographer's stamp, verso.

Auction 14192 | Lot: 39111 | Dec 14, 2022

Sold For: $812.50
MARY ELLEN MARK (American, b. 1941)
Australia, 1987
Gelatin silver
10-1/2 x 10 inches (26.7 x 25.4 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil verso.

Auction 5194 | Lot: 74200 | Oct 16, 2014

Sold For: $812.50
Mary Ellen Mark (American, b. 1941)
Child on bed, 1969
Gelatin silver
9-1/8 x 13-3/4 inches (23.2 x 34.9 cm)
The photographer's credit stamp on verso.

Auction 5253 | Lot: 73526 | Apr 17, 2016

Sold For: $625.00

Make Offer to Owner
$938 or more
Mary Ellen Mark (American, b. 1941)
Boys with Dollars, Boerne, Texas, 1991
Gelatin silver
9-3/8 x 11-7/8 inches (23.8 x 30.2 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned '35/100' in pencil verso.

Auction 5409 | Lot: 73262 | Apr 6, 2019

Sold For: $625.00

Make Offer to Owner
$938 or more
MARY ELLEN MARK (American, b. 1941)
Women in Porthole, circa 1970
Gelatin silver, printed later
6-5/8 x 10 inches (16.8 x 25.4 cm)
Verso: stamped Photograph by Mary Ellen Mark from Lee Gross, Inc.

Auction 5077 | Lot: 74191 | Nov 19, 2011

Sold For: $597.50

Make Offer to Owner
$896 or more
MARY ELLEN MARK (American, b. 1941)
Australia, 1987
Gelatin silver, printed later
10-1/4 x 10 inches (26.0 x 25.4 cm)
Verso: signed, titled, and dated in pencil

Auction 5077 | Lot: 74192 | Nov 19, 2011

Sold For: $597.50

Make Offer to Owner
$896 or more
MARY ELLEN MARK (American, b. 1941)
Close-up of Marlon Brando as Colonel Kurtz Taken on the Set of Apocalypse Now
Gelatin silver
Paper: 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Image: 9-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches (21.4 x 15.9 cm)

Auction 5029 | Lot: 77111 | Nov 19, 2009

Sold For: $567.63

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