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Cotton Pickers, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (19.7 x 24.8 cm)
Apr 4, 2024 • Phillips
Cotton Pickers, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (19.7 x 24.8 cm)
Apr 4, 2024
Phillips • New York
Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation
Lot 120
Boone County, Arkansas, The Family of a Resettlement Administration Client in the Doorway of Their Home
Gelatin silver print, printed 1950s.
9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. (24.8 x 19.4 cm)
Apr 4, 2024 • Phillips
Boone County, Arkansas, The Family of a Resettlement Administration Client in the Doorway of Their Home
Gelatin silver print, printed 1950s.
9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. (24.8 x 19.4 cm)
Apr 4, 2024
Phillips • New York
Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation
Lot 118
"American Gothic" (Rehabilitation Clients, Boone County, Arkansas), 1935
ferrotyped gelatin silver print
19.7 x 25.1 cm
Apr 1, 2024 • Sotheby's
"American Gothic" (Rehabilitation Clients, Boone County, Arkansas), 1935
ferrotyped gelatin silver print
19.7 x 25.1 cm
Apr 1, 2024
Sotheby's
Photographs
Lot 156
Man with Amputated Leg at Shoe Shine Stand, Natchez, Mississippi, 1935
ferrotyped gelatin silver print
16.5 x 24.1 cm
Apr 1, 2024 • Sotheby's
Man with Amputated Leg at Shoe Shine Stand, Natchez, Mississippi, 1935
ferrotyped gelatin silver print
16.5 x 24.1 cm
Apr 1, 2024
Sotheby's
Photographs
Lot 157
Medicine Show, Huntingdon, Tennessee, 1935
gelatin silver print
16.5 x 24.4 cm
Apr 1, 2024 • Sotheby's
Medicine Show, Huntingdon, Tennessee, 1935
gelatin silver print
16.5 x 24.4 cm
Apr 1, 2024
Sotheby's
Photographs
Lot 158
Tennis Court, 1948
tempera on paper laid down to board
21.0 x 53.3 cm
Sep 22, 2023 • Sotheby's
Tennis Court, 1948
tempera on paper laid down to board
21.0 x 53.3 cm
Sep 22, 2023
Sotheby's
Modern Discoveries
Lot 653
Boys Lying in Street, 1932
gelatin silver print, mounted on board
15.8 x 23.4 cm
Aug 18, 2023 • Christie's
Boys Lying in Street, 1932
gelatin silver print, mounted on board
15.8 x 23.4 cm
Aug 18, 2023
Christie's
Tales of the City: New York Prints and Photographs of the Early 20th Century
Lot 19
Woman with Short Bob, 1926
oil on canvasboard
40.6 x 23.2 cm
Aug 13, 2023 • Bonhams
Woman with Short Bob, 1926
oil on canvasboard
40.6 x 23.2 cm
Aug 13, 2023
Bonhams
American Art Online
Lot 82
Rainer M. Rilke, For the Sake of a Single Verse, 1968
the complete portfolio comprising of 23 lithographs in colors, on richard de bas handmade paper
61.6 x 48.3 x 7.62 cm
Apr 25, 2023 • Christie's
Rainer M. Rilke, For the Sake of a Single Verse, 1968
the complete portfolio comprising of 23 lithographs in colors, on richard de bas handmade paper
61.6 x 48.3 x 7.62 cm
Apr 25, 2023
Christie's
The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples: Online
Lot 601
Mine Building, 1956
Screenprint with hand coloring in watercolor
41.58 x 72.39 cm
Mar 23, 2023 • Swann
Mine Building, 1956
Screenprint with hand coloring in watercolor
41.58 x 72.39 cm
Mar 23, 2023
Swann
19th & 20th Century Art: Featuring Dada & Surrealism
Lot 123
Paris Review, 1968
lithograph in colors on arches paper
88.9 x 62.2 cm
Jan 19, 2023 • Bonhams
Paris Review, 1968
lithograph in colors on arches paper
88.9 x 62.2 cm
Jan 19, 2023
Bonhams • Los Angeles
Prints & Multiples | Live Online
Lot 29
Paris Review, 1968
lithograph in colors on tissue thin wove paper
66 x 53.3 cm
Jan 19, 2023 • Bonhams
Paris Review, 1968
lithograph in colors on tissue thin wove paper
66 x 53.3 cm
Jan 19, 2023
Bonhams • Los Angeles
Prints & Multiples | Live Online
Lot 30
Paris Review (Prescott 199), 1968
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper
88.9 x 62.2 cm
Jan 19, 2023 • Bonhams
Paris Review (Prescott 199), 1968
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper
88.9 x 62.2 cm
Jan 19, 2023
Bonhams
Prints & Multiples
Lot 29
Paris Review (Prescott 199, variant), 1968
Lithograph in colors on tissue thin wove paper
66 x 53.3 cm
Jan 19, 2023 • Bonhams
Paris Review (Prescott 199, variant), 1968
Lithograph in colors on tissue thin wove paper
66 x 53.3 cm
Jan 19, 2023
Bonhams
Prints & Multiples
Lot 30
Haggadah for Passover, Copied and Illustrated by Ben Shahn, with a Translation, Introduction, and Notes by Cecil Roth, Paris & London: The Trianon Press, 1966
136, xxiv pages (15 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.; 392 x 300 mm) printed on auvergne handmade pure rag paper; hebrew and english, hebrew section titles and select other texts printed in shahn’s distinctive hebrew typeface; unsewn sheets, as issued, folded into original stiff wrappers in the grand luxe style, with the deckle-edges of the paper left untrimmed. lithographed multicolor frontispiece and decorated title; twelve full-page collotype and pochoir plates after shahn’s original watercolors; ten collotype deep brick red plates after drawings of the scenes of had gadya (an only kid); floral decorations on pp. 8, 90. slight scattered staining; minor dampstaining along lower edges. title gilt in hebrew and english on respective covers; original glassine overwrap, wrapped in tissue paper. additional materials, each housed in a numbered and custom-labeled folder: 1) original illustration from an only kid (the butcher); 2) colour plates on japanese nacré handmade paper; 3) colour plates on arches grand vélin; 4) uncoloured plates on arches vergé paper; 5) a series of thirty-four progressives showing the stages in the hand-stencil coloring of a single plate (“in every generation men rise up against us”); 6) three original guide-sheets and stencils (“in every generation men rise up against us”); 7) two proof states of the lithograph frontispiece. all folders tied within a custom burlap enclosure. accompanied by a promotional pamphlet, slightly scuffed and worn, and sample collotype and pochoir plate (“the reckoning of the miracles”). the whole ensemble housed in a parchment-covered handmade folding case, slightly scuffed; title gilt on upper and lower boards and on spine (together with press and artist name); two intact silver-gilt clasps on fore-edge.
15 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.
392 x 300 mm
Jun 16, 2022 • Sotheby's
Haggadah for Passover, Copied and Illustrated by Ben Shahn, with a Translation, Introduction, and Notes by Cecil Roth, Paris & London: The Trianon Press, 1966
136, xxiv pages (15 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.; 392 x 300 mm) printed on auvergne handmade pure rag paper; hebrew and english, hebrew section titles and select other texts printed in shahn’s distinctive hebrew typeface; unsewn sheets, as issued, folded into original stiff wrappers in the grand luxe style, with the deckle-edges of the paper left untrimmed. lithographed multicolor frontispiece and decorated title; twelve full-page collotype and pochoir plates after shahn’s original watercolors; ten collotype deep brick red plates after drawings of the scenes of had gadya (an only kid); floral decorations on pp. 8, 90. slight scattered staining; minor dampstaining along lower edges. title gilt in hebrew and english on respective covers; original glassine overwrap, wrapped in tissue paper. additional materials, each housed in a numbered and custom-labeled folder: 1) original illustration from an only kid (the butcher); 2) colour plates on japanese nacré handmade paper; 3) colour plates on arches grand vélin; 4) uncoloured plates on arches vergé paper; 5) a series of thirty-four progressives showing the stages in the hand-stencil coloring of a single plate (“in every generation men rise up against us”); 6) three original guide-sheets and stencils (“in every generation men rise up against us”); 7) two proof states of the lithograph frontispiece. all folders tied within a custom burlap enclosure. accompanied by a promotional pamphlet, slightly scuffed and worn, and sample collotype and pochoir plate (“the reckoning of the miracles”). the whole ensemble housed in a parchment-covered handmade folding case, slightly scuffed; title gilt on upper and lower boards and on spine (together with press and artist name); two intact silver-gilt clasps on fore-edge.
15 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.
392 x 300 mm
Jun 16, 2022
Sotheby's • New York
Important Judaica
Lot 17
Credo, 1966
screenprint in colors on japon paper
66.7 x 53 cm
Jun 10, 2022 • Bonhams
Credo, 1966
screenprint in colors on japon paper
66.7 x 53 cm
Jun 10, 2022
Bonhams • New York
Modern Decorative Art + Design
Lot 89
Maximus of Tyre, 1963
lithograph in colors on wove paper, with the artist's stamp signature
92.1 x 67.6 cm
Jun 10, 2022 • Bonhams
Maximus of Tyre, 1963
lithograph in colors on wove paper, with the artist's stamp signature
92.1 x 67.6 cm
Jun 10, 2022
Bonhams • New York
Modern Decorative Art + Design
Lot 90
Crowd Listening, 1936
tempera on paper
30.5 x 29.2 cm
Mar 4, 2022 • Sotheby's
Crowd Listening, 1936
tempera on paper
30.5 x 29.2 cm
Mar 4, 2022
Sotheby's
Modern Discoveries
Lot 370
Main and Court Streets Circleville Ohio, 1938
Silver print, in pencil
24.1 x 16.2 cm
Feb 10, 2022 • Swann
Main and Court Streets Circleville Ohio, 1938
Silver print, in pencil
24.1 x 16.2 cm
Feb 10, 2022
Swann
Fine Photographs: Celebrating 70 Years of Photographs at Swann
Lot 92
Maynardville Tennessee, 1935, 1960
Silver print, in pencil
6.5 x 8.5 cm
Jan 27, 2022 • Swann
Maynardville Tennessee, 1935, 1960
Silver print, in pencil
6.5 x 8.5 cm
Jan 27, 2022
Swann
The Artists of the WPA
Lot 131
Scene at Smithland Kentucky, 1935
Silver print, in pencil
158.7 x 215.9 cm
Jan 27, 2022 • Swann
Scene at Smithland Kentucky, 1935
Silver print, in pencil
158.7 x 215.9 cm
Jan 27, 2022
Swann
The Artists of the WPA
Lot 132
Study of Man and Woman in Hats, 1935
Gouache and watercolor on wove paper
40.5 x 26.7 cm
Jan 27, 2022 • Swann
Study of Man and Woman in Hats, 1935
Gouache and watercolor on wove paper
40.5 x 26.7 cm
Jan 27, 2022
Swann
The Artists of the WPA
Lot 133
Martin Luther King (Prescott 72), 1966
Wood engraving, on Japan paper
47.3 x 38.7 cm
Jan 11, 2022 • Bonhams
Martin Luther King (Prescott 72), 1966
Wood engraving, on Japan paper
47.3 x 38.7 cm
Jan 11, 2022
Bonhams
Prints & Multiples
Lot 116
Cine metro rama Warner super vision D. D. D. vista vast confusion scope, 1955
oil on panel
99 x 48.5 cm
Nov 30, 2021 • Dorotheum
Cine metro rama Warner super vision D. D. D. vista vast confusion scope, 1955
oil on panel
99 x 48.5 cm
Nov 30, 2021
Dorotheum
Modern Art
Lot 111
Frederick Douglass Portfolio (Prescott 97-100), 1965
4 photo-silkscreens, on Japan paper
55.2 x 42.5 cm
Sep 28, 2021 • Bonhams
Frederick Douglass Portfolio (Prescott 97-100), 1965
4 photo-silkscreens, on Japan paper
55.2 x 42.5 cm
Sep 28, 2021
Bonhams
Prints & Multiples
Lot 34
Martin Luther King (Prescott 72), 1966
Wood engraving, on Japan paper
47.3 x 38.7 cm
Sep 28, 2021 • Bonhams
Martin Luther King (Prescott 72), 1966
Wood engraving, on Japan paper
47.3 x 38.7 cm
Sep 28, 2021
Bonhams
Prints & Multiples
Lot 35
Head Study: A Diptych
ink on joined paper
33.3 x 46.4 cm
Dec 3, 2020 • Sotheby's
Head Study: A Diptych
ink on joined paper
33.3 x 46.4 cm
Dec 3, 2020
Sotheby's
Two Centuries: American Art
Lot 154
Destitute Ozark Resident, Arkansas, 1898
ferrotyped gelatin silver print
15.9 x 22.9 cm
Nov 27, 2020 • Sotheby's
Destitute Ozark Resident, Arkansas, 1898
ferrotyped gelatin silver print
15.9 x 22.9 cm
Nov 27, 2020
Sotheby's
Photographs from the Ginny Williams Collection
Lot 128
Thus Proving, Of Course, The Futility of Fighting Unionism and Ben Shan in an Adamant Mood as Gruff Says: A Pair of Works
watercolor, ink and whiting on paper, ink on artists sketch paper laid down on board
25.4 x 17.5 cm
Nov 24, 2020 • Bonhams
Thus Proving, Of Course, The Futility of Fighting Unionism and Ben Shan in an Adamant Mood as Gruff Says: A Pair of Works
watercolor, ink and whiting on paper, ink on artists sketch paper laid down on board
25.4 x 17.5 cm
Nov 24, 2020
Bonhams
American Art
Lot 42
CULTURE
screenprint and collagraph
56.8 x 47.7 cm
Nov 14, 2020 • Mainichi
CULTURE
screenprint and collagraph
56.8 x 47.7 cm
Nov 14, 2020
Mainichi
Paintings, Prints and Sculpture
Lot 685
Side Show at the Ashville, Ohio July 4th Celebration, 1938, 1962
gelatin silver print
16.5 x 24.7 cm
May 13, 2020 • Christie's
Side Show at the Ashville, Ohio July 4th Celebration, 1938, 1962
gelatin silver print
16.5 x 24.7 cm
May 13, 2020
Christie's • Online
From Pictorialism into Modernism: 80 Years of Photography
Lot 37
Sunday Morning in Linworth, Ohio, 1938, 1962
gelatin silver print
16.5 x 24.1 cm
May 13, 2020 • Christie's
Sunday Morning in Linworth, Ohio, 1938, 1962
gelatin silver print
16.5 x 24.1 cm
May 13, 2020
Christie's • Online
From Pictorialism into Modernism: 80 Years of Photography
Lot 38
Untitled (Two workers), 1930
Gelatin silver print
19.7 x 25 cm
Apr 28, 2020 • Bonhams
Untitled (Two workers), 1930
Gelatin silver print
19.7 x 25 cm
Apr 28, 2020
Bonhams • Online, New York
Photographs
Lot 93
Martin Luther King, 1966
Wood engraving on Japan paper
48 x 39.5 cm
Mar 5, 2020 • Swann
Martin Luther King, 1966
Wood engraving on Japan paper
48 x 39.5 cm
Mar 5, 2020
Swann
19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings
Lot 232
The Harpie, 1898-1969
gouache and ink on paper
65.7 x 98.1 cm
Dec 9, 2019 • Christie's
The Harpie, 1898-1969
gouache and ink on paper
65.7 x 98.1 cm
Dec 9, 2019
Christie's • New York
First Open | Online
Lot 258
FAMILY OF NEGRO SHARECROPPER, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 1935
photograph
15.9 x 24.1 cm
Oct 3, 2019 • Sotheby's
FAMILY OF NEGRO SHARECROPPER, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 1935
photograph
15.9 x 24.1 cm
Oct 3, 2019
Sotheby's • New York
Classic Photographs
Lot 153
Bowery, 1933
gelatin silver print
19.7 x 24.7 cm
Oct 2, 2019 • Christie's
Bowery, 1933
gelatin silver print
19.7 x 24.7 cm
Oct 2, 2019
Christie's • New York
Photographs
Lot 122
Untitled (New York City)
Gelatin silver print.
6 3/8 x 9 in. (16.2 x 22.9 cm)
Oct 1, 2019 • Phillips
Untitled (New York City)
Gelatin silver print.
6 3/8 x 9 in. (16.2 x 22.9 cm)
Oct 1, 2019
Phillips • New York
Photographs
Lot 19
Martin Luther King, 1966
Wood engraving
48 x 39.5 cm
Sep 19, 2019 • Swann
Martin Luther King, 1966
Wood engraving
48 x 39.5 cm
Sep 19, 2019
Swann • Unknown
19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings
Lot 269
The Harpie, 1898-1969
gouache and ink on paper
65.7 x 98.1 cm
Jul 9, 2019 • Christie's
The Harpie, 1898-1969
gouache and ink on paper
65.7 x 98.1 cm
Jul 9, 2019
Christie's • New York
First Open | Online
Lot 164
Men on a Bench, 1940
Gouache on paper
49.5 x 61 cm
Jun 13, 2019 • Swann
Men on a Bench, 1940
Gouache on paper
49.5 x 61 cm
Jun 13, 2019
Swann • New York
American Art
Lot 248
Two Turtle Doves, 1949
Pen and color inks on cream wove paper mounted on heavy wove paper
19 x 16 cm
Jun 13, 2019 • Swann
Two Turtle Doves, 1949
Pen and color inks on cream wove paper mounted on heavy wove paper
19 x 16 cm
Jun 13, 2019
Swann • New York
American Art
Lot 249
DETAIL NO. 2: LABYRINTH, 1952
paintings
153 x 57.8 cm
Mar 6, 2019 • Sotheby's
DETAIL NO. 2: LABYRINTH, 1952
paintings
153 x 57.8 cm
Mar 6, 2019
Sotheby's • New York
American Art
Lot 23
IMMIGRATION NO. 2 (DESIGN #7)
tempera on board
13.9 by 39.4 cm
Oct 2, 2018 • Sotheby's
IMMIGRATION NO. 2 (DESIGN #7)
tempera on board
13.9 by 39.4 cm
Oct 2, 2018
Sotheby's
Lot 11
FREEDOM OF SPEECH (DESIGN #2)
tempera on board
13.9 by 39.4 cm
Oct 2, 2018 • Sotheby's
FREEDOM OF SPEECH (DESIGN #2)
tempera on board
13.9 by 39.4 cm
Oct 2, 2018
Sotheby's
Lot 10
Deserted Fairground, 1948
Color screenprint on cream wove paper
29.3 x 37.7 cm
Sep 20, 2018 • Swann
Deserted Fairground, 1948
Color screenprint on cream wove paper
29.3 x 37.7 cm
Sep 20, 2018
Swann • New York
19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings
Lot 299
Birds Over The City, 1968
Color lithograph
74 x 55 cm
Sep 20, 2018 • Swann
Birds Over The City, 1968
Color lithograph
74 x 55 cm
Sep 20, 2018
Swann • New York
19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings
Lot 300
Wheat Field, 1958
Offset lithograph
27 x 62 cm
Sep 20, 2018 • Swann
Wheat Field, 1958
Offset lithograph
27 x 62 cm
Sep 20, 2018
Swann • New York
19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings
Lot 298
The News (lucky Dragon), 1957
Pen and ink on cream laid paper
17.5 x 15 cm
Jun 14, 2018 • Swann
The News (lucky Dragon), 1957
Pen and ink on cream laid paper
17.5 x 15 cm
Jun 14, 2018
Swann • New York
American Art
Lot 165
River
oil on carton
10 x 15.3 cm
Jun 9, 2018 • Mainichi
River
oil on carton
10 x 15.3 cm
Jun 9, 2018
Mainichi
Paintings, Prints and Sculpture
Lot 793