the deLIGHTed eye: Modernist Masterworks from a Private Collection
N e w Y o r k , 4 A p r i l 2 0 1 3 , S a l e #2 7 6 7
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
54 lots sold
71 lots offered
Lot
17
54
Total: $7,654,125/£5,051,723/€5,893,676
£0.66= $1 / € 0.77=$1
Description
Estimate ($)
Man Ray (1890-1976), Untitled Rayograph, unique gelatin
silver photogram,1922
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A PHOTOGRAPH BY THE
ARTIST
250,000 - 350,000
Paul Strand (1890-1976) , Akeley Motion Picture Camera, 2
gelatin silver prints, flush-mounted back-to-back, 1922
250,000 - 350,000
76% sold by lot
91% sold by value
Price Realized
Buyer
$1,203,750
£794,475
Anonymous
€926,888
$783,750
£517,275
Anonymous
€603,488
56
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) , Untitled (Photogram),
gelatin silver print, 1923-1925, printed 1929
$507,750
200,000 - 300,000
£335,115
Anonymous
€390,968
$483,750
Edward Weston (1886-1958), Nude, palladium print, 1925
7
400,000 - 600,000
£319,275
European Private
€372,488
35
Man Ray (1890-1976), Untitled, Cannes,
gelatin silver print, 1924
$387,750
80,000 - 120,000
£255,915
Anonymous
€298,568
10
Tina Modotti (1896-1942), Untitled (Texture and Shadow),
palladium print, 1924-1926
$363,750
200,000 - 300,000
£240,075
Anonymous
€280,088
22
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), From the Back Window -"291", platinum print, Summer 1914
$363,750
300,000 - 500,000
£240,075
Anonymous
€280,088
31
Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966), Vortograph (The
Eagle), gelatin silver print, 1917
$339,750
200,000 - 300,000
£224,235
Anonymous
€261,608
42
28
$243,750
Man Ray (1890-1976), Monte Carlo Banknote (Marcel
Duchamp), 1921, gelatin silver print on carte postale,
printed 1930s
200,000 - 300,000
Man Ray (1890-1976), Untitled, gelatin silver print, 19211922
250,000 - 350,000
£160,875
US Private
€187,688
$219,750
£145,035
European Private
€169,208
Deborah Bell, VP, Specialist Head of Photographs: “The success of the deLIGHTed eye collection is demonstrative of the value of focused and
passionate collecting. It shows the demand that exists within the global marketplace for prime examples of modernist photography. We are
honored to have been able to offer this historic collection and were pleased to have set 10 world auction records, including those for Francis
Bruguière, Georg Muche and Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack. Additionally, Man Ray's Untitled Rayograph, 1922, achieved $1.2 million, against its
estimate of $250,000 - $350,000, setting a new world auction record for a photograph by the artist.”
PRESS CONTACT: Rebecca Riegelhaupt | +1 212 636 2680| [email protected]
Next Sale: New York, 5 April 2013, Photographs
London, 15 May 2013, Photographs
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Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs,
financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.