Tag: Peter Hujar

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Around the Auction World: September 2022

What were the top stories in the auction industry this month? Illustrations for Moby-Dick. Image courtesy of Christie’s. Auction Highlights Book lovers flocked to Christie’s for a timed auction of all things Herman Melville this month. The auction house presented a timed sale of the Herman Melville Collection of William…

Sep 30, 22
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LGBTQ+ History and Material Culture Draws Bids at Swann Auction Galleries

The spirit of Pride Month has extended well past June this year. Swann Auction Galleries presented its fourth annual LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History sale on August 18, 2022, attracting active bidding and strong results. The auction catalog took in the wealth of LGBTQ+ history and art, including photographs…

Sep 2, 22
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Photographs & Photobook at Swann May 27

American Icons Feature with Roy DeCarava, Dorothea Lange, Alma Lavenson, Robert Frank & more Robert Frank, Covered Car, Long Beach, California, silver print, 1955–56, printed 1971. Estimate $50,000 to $70,000. New York—Exploring the thematic and visual diversity of the photographic medium, Swann Galleries’s auction of Photographs & Photobooks on Thursday,…

May 21, 21
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Dorothea Lange, Ed van der Elskin, Peter Hujar & More Shine in March Sale of Fine Photographs at Swann

Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother (Horizontal), silver print, 1936. Sold for $63,750. FINE PHOTOGRAPHS Sale 2561; March 11, 2021 Sale total: $1,463,298 Estimates for sale as a whole: $1,304,900–$1,945,700 We offered 409 lots; 332 sold (82% sell-through rate by lot) All prices include Buyer’s Premium. New York—Swann Galleries’ March 11 sale…

Mar 30, 21
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Fine Photographs at Swann March 11

Irving Penn, Tulip.Tulipa: China Pink, New York, pigment print, 2006. Estimate $25,000 to $35,000. New York—Fine Photographs feature at Swann Galleries on March 11 with works spanning from the late 1800s to the 2000s with exceptional images from European and American masters including works by Alfred Stieglitz, Brassaï, Dorothea Lange,…

Mar 11, 21
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Swann Galleries Presents Second Annual Auction of LGBTQ+ History and Culture

August Auction to Benefit NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Following the success of their inaugural Pride Sale in June of 2019, Swann Galleries will offer the upcoming LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture, & History auction on August 13th, 2020. Nearly 300 lots will be presented, including key pieces from Robert Mapplethorpe,…

Aug 10, 20