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Brunk Auctions Presents Black-and-White Prints by Iconic American Photographers
This May, Brunk Auctions will present nearly 400 works of fine and decorative art in its Premier Auction. Leading the catalog is a selection of black-and-white images from prominent American photographers such as Irving Penn, Alfred Stieglitz, and Ansel Adams. Learn more about some of the top lots in this…
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Around the Auction World: February 2022
Images from around the auction world this February. Image credit from left to right: Sotheby’s, Stair, and Christie’s. Collage by Heemin Moon (Auction Daily). February is the month of love and, for those in the Northern Hemisphere, the last official month of winter. The auction world responded appropriately. Notable sales…
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Sotheby’s Photographs Celebrates 50 Years by Auctioning 50 Masterworks
Harry Callahan, Barbara and Eleanor, Chicago, 1953. Image from Sotheby’s. Sotheby’s Photographs department will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a major timed sale that crosses the Atlantic Ocean. The auction house will present 50 photographic masterworks, with lots 1 - 25 available in New York and lots 26 - 50…
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Sotheby's sets new record for Ansel Adams in $6.4 million Photographs sale in NY
Ansel Adams, The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Estimate $400/600,000. Sold for $988,000. Courtesy Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks, the most comprehensive and important collection of Ansel Adams photographs to come to market, concluded…
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Masters on the Market: Ansel Adams’ “Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico”
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico by Ansel Adams. Photo by Sotheby’s. Ansel Adams knew he couldn't control fate, but he tried anyway. He used his knowledge of landscapes and how they look in each season to try for a lucky shot more often than other photographers. "He would often PLAN to…
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Important Peter Beard Collection Could Bring $300,000+ at Heritage Photographs Auction
Event also features Andy Warhol’s Polaroid camera Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020). 756 Elephants. DALLAS, Texas (September 16, 2020) – An important collection from Peter Beard and a selection from Leonard Freed’s Black in White America photo essay, as well as powerful images from renowned photographers ranging from Ansel Adams to Ruth…
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A Full Month of Fine Art Sales at Swann Shows Strength
Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, silver print, 1985, printed 1997. Sold June 11, 2020, in Fine Photographs for $27,500. New York—Swann Galleries offered four sales of Fine Art this June, each one proving audiences are undeterred by the remote bidding format due to social distancing guidelines. Feral Benga, cast bronze,…
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Artist to Know: Imogen Cunningham
Three Flower and Portrait Prints Available in Swann Auction Galleries Sale Imogen Cunningham, Self Portrait with Korona View, 1933. Image from the Imogen Cunningham Trust. Imogen Cunningham, a photographer who rose to prominence in the early 20th century, was faced with the challenge of establishing herself in a traditionally male-dominated…
