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Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009)
Cuzco Children, Peru, December, 1948
Platinum-palladium, flush-mounted to aluminum, 1978
19-1/2 x 20-1/4 inches (49.5 x 51.4 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned '40/60' with notation '1428' in pencil with the Penn/Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp and stamped 'In addition to 60 numbered prints of this image in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed silver prints not exceeding a total of 30 may exist' on verso.

Auction 5358 | Lot: 73058 | Jun 5, 2018

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Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020)
756 Elephants
Gelatin silver prints with blood, glitter, snake skin, and a dragon fly collage
40-1/2 x 50-1/2 inches (102.9 x 128.3 cm) (overall)
Signed and inscribed in ink throughout the sheet.

SELECTIONS FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF PETER BEARDS

Auction 8014 | Lot: 73359 | Oct 6, 2020

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Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941
Gelatin silver, printed circa 1963
14-5/8 x 18-1/4 inches (37.1 x 46.4 cm)
Signed in ink, mount recto. Titled in ink in the photographer's title stamp, with (BMFA 6) and (BMFA 5) stamps, mount verso.

Auction 8041 | Lot: 73014 | Apr 12, 2021

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Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009)
The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986
Selenium toned gelatin silver print
14-7/8 x 14-3/4 inches (37.8 x 37.5 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed, titled, and dated in ink, and with photographer's copyright stamps, verso.

Auction 8220 | Lot: 73210 | Oct 3, 2025

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Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946-1989)
Calla Lily, 1986
Gelatin silver print
19-1/4 x 19-1/4 inches (48.9 x 48.9 cm) (image)
23-1/4 x 19-3/4 inches (sheet)
Signed, dated, and editioned 1/10 in ink, lower margin recto. Signed and dated in ink in photographer's copyright stamp, mount verso.

Auction 8178 | Lot: 73014 | Oct 1, 2024

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Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, circa 1944
Gelatin silver print, printed 1973-1977
15-5/8 x 19-1/4 inches (39.7 x 48.9 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed in pencil, mount recto. Titled and dated in ink in photographer's stamp (BMFA 11), mount verso.

Auction 8220 | Lot: 73011 | Oct 3, 2025

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Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, 1960
Gelatin silver print, printed 1973-1977
19 x 14-3/4 inches (48.3 x 37.5 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed in pencil, lower mount recto, titled and dated in ink in photographer's Route 1 Carmel stamp (BMFA 11), verso.

Auction 14192 | Lot: 39220 | Dec 14, 2022

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W. Eugene Smith (American, 1918-1978)
Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath, 1971
Gelatin silver print
7-7/8 x 13 inches (19.9 x 33.0 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed in ink, mount recto.

The Collection of Hal Gould, Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver.

Auction 8178 | Lot: 73268 | Oct 1, 2024

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Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Oak Tree, Snowstorm, 1948
Gelatin silver print, printed 1973-1977
19 x 15-1/8 inches (48.3 x 38.4 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed in pencil, mount recto. Titled and dated in ink, and with photographer's studio stamp, mount verso.

Auction 8158 | Lot: 73004 | Apr 30, 2024

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Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Moonrise Over Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941
Gelatin silver print, printed 1963-1965
10-1/2 x 13-5/8 inches (26.7 x 34.6 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed in ink, mount recto. Titled in ink in photographer's Title/Negative No./Credit stamp and with his Carmel, California stamp, mount verso.

Auction 14177 | Lot: 39001 | Dec 8, 2021

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Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941
Gelatin silver print, printed 1973-1977
15-1/8 x 19-3/8 inches (38.4 x 49.2 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed in pencil, mount recto. Titled and dated in ink in photographer's stamp (BMFA 11), mount verso.

Auction 8178 | Lot: 73006 | Oct 1, 2024

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David Hockney (b. 1937)
The Metropolitan Opera House #6, 1982
Photographic collage on paper
52 x 62 inches (132.1 x 157.5 cm) (sheet)
Signed, titled, and dated lower center: The Metropolitan Opera House / New York / Dec 14th 1982 / #6 / David Hockney

Property from the Collection of Lana & Richard Cooper, Winnetka, Illinois

Auction 8102 | Lot: 77025 | Nov 17, 2022

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Steve McCurry (American, b. 1950)
Afghan Girl, 1984
Oversized dye destruction, 2005
36-1/2 x 24-1/2 inches (92.7 x 62.2 cm)
Signed in ink lower margin recto. Dated and editioned '1/30' in photographer's studio stamp mount verso.

Auction 5376 | Lot: 73430 | Oct 12, 2018

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Chuck Close (American, b. 1940)
Mark (Morrisroe) Diptych II, 1984
Polaroid polacolor prints flush-mounted to aluminum
84-1/2 x 40-1/2 inches (214.6 x 102.9 cm)
Unique
Signed, titled, and dated in ink in lower margins

(Total: 2 Items)

Auction 5224 | Lot: 70144 | Nov 14, 2015

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Renee Cox (b. 1960)
Yo Mama's Last Supper (5 works), 1996
Cibachrome prints
30 x 30 inches (76.2 x 76.2 cm) (image, each)
Ed. 2/3
(Total: 5 Items)

Auction 8060 | Lot: 77059 | Nov 17, 2021

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Chuck Close (American, 1940-2021)
Kate Moss (diptych), 2008
Digital pigment prints
25 x 20 inches (63.5 x 50.8 cm); each (images/sheets)
Signed, dated, and editioned P.P. IV/IV in pencil, mount recto.

Auction 8053 | Lot: 73380 | Oct 8, 2021

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Hiroshi Sugimoto (Japanese, b. 1948)
Castro, San Francisco (from Theater series), 1992
Gelatin silver print
16-5/8 x 21-1/2 inches (42.2 x 54.6 cm) (image)
18-7/8 x 23-1/2 inches (sheet)
Embossed with title, date, and editioned 20/25 278, lower margin recto. Signed in pencil, mount recto.

Auction 8158 | Lot: 73240 | Apr 30, 2024

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Man Ray (American, 1890-1976)
Le Violon d'Ingres, 1924
Pink toned gelatin silver print, printed after 1968 from a copy negative
13-1/4 x 10-1/2 inches (33.7 x 26.7 cm) (image)
14 x 11 inches (sheet)
Signed and dated in the negative.

The Collection of Hal Gould, Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver.

Auction 8178 | Lot: 73246 | Oct 1, 2024

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VIK MUNIZ (Brazilian, b. 1961)
Haystack #3, after Monet (from Pictures of Color), 2001
Cibachrome print
49-1/2 x 70 inches (125.7 x 177.8 cm)
Ed. AP 2/5

Auction 5099 | Lot: 64087 | May 22, 2012

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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (American, 1946-1989)
Urn with Fruit, 1987
Dye-transfer, 1987
18-5/8 x 18-1/4 inches (47.2 x 46.4 cm)
Ed. 5/7

Auction 5060 | Lot: 74132 | May 2, 2011

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Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley National Park, California, 1948
Gelatin silver print, printed 1979
18 x 14 inches (45.7 x 35.6 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed in pencil, mount recto. Titled and dated in photographer's stamp, mount verso.

From the Collection of Milton Esterow

Auction 8255 | Lot: 73001 | Apr 7, 2026

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Abramovic & Ulay
Friday/Saturday Series (seven works), 1986
Polaroid
24 x 20 inches (60.9 x 50.8 cm) (Image, each)
28 x 22 inches (71.1 x 55.9 cm) (Sheet, each)
Each signed, titled and panel numbered on verso

(Total: 7 Items)

Auction 5300 | Lot: 77096 | May 22, 2017

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Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, 1898-1995)
Drum Major and Children, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1951
Gelatin silver print, printed 1990 by the Life Gallery of Photography
16-1/2 x 21-3/8 inches (41.9 x 54.3 cm); sight (image)
Signed and editioned 210/250 in ink, lower margin recto.

This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Life Gallery of Photography.

Auction 8053 | Lot: 73259 | Oct 8, 2021

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Steve McCurry (American, 1950)
Afghan Girl, 1984
Oversized dye bleach print, printed 2006
36-1/2 x 24 inches (92.7 x 61.0 cm); sight (image)
Signed in ink, verso. Dated and editioned 19/30 in photographer's studio stamp, verso.

Auction 8053 | Lot: 73316 | Oct 8, 2021

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Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946-1989)
Lydia Cheng, 1985
Platinum-palladium print
23-3/8 x 19-1/2 inches (59.2 x 49.5 cm)
Signed, dated, and editioned '1/3' in pencil lower margin recto. Signed and dated in pencil in the photographer's stamp verso.

Auction 5409 | Lot: 73148 | Apr 6, 2019

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Lee Friedlander (American, b. 1934)
15 Photographs Portfolio (complete with 15 works), 1962-1972
Selenium-toned gelatin silver prints, printed 1973
5-3/4 x 8-7/8 inches (14.6 x 22.5 cm) to 8-3/8 x 12-3/4 inches (21.3 x 32.4 cm) (image)
15-1/2 x 20 inches (39.4 x 50.8 cm) (mount)
Each signed and editioned 40/75 in pencil, lower margin recto. With colophon and introduction by Walker Evans, in silver cloth-covered clamshell case with embossed title. One of an edition of 75 + 15 artists proofs. Published by The Double Elephant Press, New York.

Property from the Collection of Dr. Paul A. Greenberg

Auction 8128 | Lot: 73043 | Apr 4, 2023

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Vik Muniz (Brazilian, b. 1961)
Sigmund (from Pictures of Chocolate), 1999
Dye destruction
39 x 30 inches (99.1 x 76.2 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned 'AP 1/3' in ink on verso.

Auction 5220 | Lot: 74275 | Nov 13, 2015

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Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946-1989)
Untitled (Lily) from Flowers Portfolio, 1983
Toned photogravure
21-1/2 x 17-1/2 inches (54.6 x 44.5 cm) (image)
31 x 24 inches (sheet)
Signed and editioned 26/40 in pencil, lower margin recto. New York: Barbara Gladstone Gallery, 1983, printed by Deli Sacilotto.

Auction 8255 | Lot: 73108 | Apr 7, 2026

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Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Monolith, the Face of Half Dome (from Yosemite Valley, Portfolio Three), 1927
Gelatin silver print, printed 1959
11-1/8 x 8-1/4 inches (28.3 x 21.0 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed in pencil, mount recto. Editioned 45/200 in publisher's stamp and label of authenticity affixed to mount verso.
Published by The Sierra Club, San Francisco.

Auction 8220 | Lot: 73014 | Oct 3, 2025

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Richard Avedon (American, 1923-2004)
Francis Bacon, artist, Paris 4-11-79, 1979
Gelatin silver print on linen
40 x 60 inches (101.6 x 152.4 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed and editioned 8/10 in pencil, and with photographer's copyright stamp, verso.

Auction 8220 | Lot: 73207 | Oct 3, 2025

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Carrie Mae Weems
Blue Black Boy (triptych, from the "Colored People" series)
1987-1988
Toned gelatin silver prints in artist's frame with applied lettering
6-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches (17.1 x 17.1 cm) (each image, sight)
16-3/4 x 49-1/2 inches (overall)
AP 1/1

Auction 8217 | Lot: 63070 | May 15, 2025

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Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908-2004)
Île de la Cité, Paris, 1932
Gelatin silver print, printed later
9-1/2 x 14-1/8 inches (24.1 x 35.9 cm) (image)
12 x 16 inches (sheet)
Signed in ink and embossed with photographer's blindstamp, lower margin recto. Titled and dated in pencil by an unknown hand, verso.

Auction 8093 | Lot: 73078 | Oct 11, 2022

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Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, 1898-1995)
VJ Day, Times Square, New York, 1945
Gelatin silver print, printed 1979
12-1/2 x 9 inches (31.8 x 22.9 cm) (image)
14 x 11 inches (sheet)
Signed and editioned 50/50 in ink, lower margin recto. Photographer's stamp, verso. Titled and dated in pencil in photographer's Time, Inc. stamp, verso.

Auction 8053 | Lot: 73256 | Oct 8, 2021

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Bernd Becher (German, 1931-2007) and Hilla Becher (German, 1934-2015)
Blast Furnaces, Pittsburgh PA and Cleveland OH, (6 works), circa 1980
Ferrotyped gelatin silver, one toned
Each 12-1/8 x 9-3/8 inches (30.8 x 23.8 cm)
Sequence of 6 prints each numbered sequentially, the first signed, five titled Pittsburgh and one titled Cleveland Ohio in pencil, verso.
(Total: 6)

Auction 8041 | Lot: 73034 | Apr 12, 2021

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NED SCOTT (American, 1907-1964)
Redes Commemorative Portfolio
32 Silver gelatin, platinum, and hand...

Auction 5015 | Lot: 75232 | Dec 12, 2008

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Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020)
Bicentennial Diary (diptych), 1976
Halftone print, printed 1988
34-1/2 x 44-3/4 inches (87.6 x 113.7 cm) (image)
Signed and faintly inscribed 'Bicentennial Diary 1976, Montauk Pt. Memorial Day 1988' in red ink, lower margin recto.

Property from the Estate of Richard L. Weisman, Beverly Hills, California

Auction 8053 | Lot: 73379 | Oct 8, 2021

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Vik Muniz (Brazilian, 1961)
Medusa, After Caravaggio from Pictures of Junk, 2009
Digital dye coupler
88 x 71 inches (223.5 x 180.3 cm)
Signed and dated in ink and editioned AP 1 of 4, label verso

Auction 8045 | Lot: 77085 | May 13, 2021

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Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Sierra Nevada, Winter, from the Owen Valley, California, circa 1944
Gelatin silver, 1978
15 x 19-1/4 inches (38.1 x 48.9 cm)
Signed in pencil mount recto. Titled and dated in ink in the photographer's 'Carmel, California' stamp mount verso.

Auction 8014 | Lot: 73008 | Oct 6, 2020

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Manuel Álvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902-2002)
Fifteen Photographs Portfolio, 1929-1972
Gelatin silver prints, printed 1974
7-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches (18.4 x 24.1 cm) or the reverse (images/sheets)
Each signed by the artist and editioned 32/75 in an unknown hand in pencil, mount recto.
Published by Double Elephant Press, New York.

Auction 8255 | Lot: 73349 | Apr 7, 2026

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Diane Arbus (American, 1923-1971)
Blaze Starr in her Living Room, Baltimore, Maryland, 1964
Gelatin silver print on Agfa paper, printed later by Neil Selkirk
14-1/2 x 14-1/2 inches (36.8 x 36.8 cm) (image)
20 x 16 inches (sheet)
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned 31/75 in ink by Doon Arbus, and with photographer's copyright and estate stamps, verso.

Auction 8178 | Lot: 73199 | Oct 1, 2024

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Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867-1959)
Drawings and Renderings of the Mr. & Mrs. A. D. Barton House (twelve works), 1955-1957
Cyanotype, graphite, ink, and colored pencil on paper
30-1/2 x 36 inches (77.5 x 91.4 cm) (largest, sheet)

Frank Lloyd Wright's unrealized A. D. Barton dwelling was to be built in Downers Grove, Illinois. (Total: 12 Items)

Auction 5355 | Lot: 67061 | Apr 16, 2018

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Yang Yongliang (Chinese, b. 1980)
Sitting Alone by a Stream, 2019
Digital pigment print over lightbox
63 x 46-1/2 inches (160.0 x 118.1 cm) (image)
From an edition of 8.

Auction 17199 | Lot: 55 | Jun 12, 2024

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Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)
Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958
Gelatin silver, printed between 1963 and 1973
15-3/8 x 19-3/8 inches (39.1 x 49.2 cm)
Signed in pencil mount recto. Signed, titled, and dated in ink with the photographer's 'Route 1' stamp (BMFA 7) mount verso.

Auction 8002 | Lot: 73094 | Apr 4, 2020

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ANSEL EASTON ADAMS (American, 1902-1984)
Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Manzanar, 1944
Gelatin...

Auction 5056 | Lot: 74039 | Dec 3, 2010

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Tina Modotti (Italian, 1896-1942)
Louis Bunin Puppets from Eugene O'Neil's "The Hairy Ape" (5 works), 1929
Gelatin silver prints
9-3/8 x 7-1/2 inches (23.8 x 19.1 cm) to 3-5/8 x 2-1/2 inches (image/sheets)
Three with photographer's stamp, verso.
(Total: 5)

Auction 8178 | Lot: 73222 | Oct 1, 2024

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Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, 1898-1995)
V.J. Day , Times Square, New York City, 1945
Gelatin silver, printed late 1970s
12-1/8 x 9-1/2 inches (30.8 x 24.1 cm)
Signed in ink, lower mat. Annotated "Life" in ink, lower margin recto.

Auction 8041 | Lot: 73062 | Apr 12, 2021

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Ryan McGinley (American, b. 1977)
Olympic Swimmers Portfolio (fifteen photographs), 2004
Digital pigment prints
13-1/8 x 20 inches (33.3 x 50.8 cm), or the reverse
Each is signed, dated, and editioned '3/15' in ink on verso; signed and editioned '3/15' on the certificate of authenticity; includes a printed booklet with plate list.
Printed by Pochron Studios, New York.
Self published.

All contained in a cream linen covered clamshell box, gilt stamped with the Olympic rings.

These photographs were taken on assignment for The New York Times Magazine while the athletes were training for the 2004 Summer Olympic games in Athens, Greece.

Auction 5328 | Lot: 73222 | Oct 11, 2017

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Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958)
Hand of the Potter Amado Galvan, Tonala, Mexico, 1925
Gelatin silver print, printed later
9-1/2 x 7-1/8 inches (24.1 x 18.1 cm) (image/sheet)
Partial signature and 'Carmel' in the photographer's hand. Credited and titled in pencil by an unknown hand, mount verso.

Auction 8071 | Lot: 73127 | May 24, 2022

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