• Auction 16041

    Avant-Garde: Photographs from the Shalom Shpilman Collection

    5 September 2017 - 14 September 2017, London

    SALE TOTAL: 120,438 (GBP)
33 Lots for Sale 16041
Lot 2
JOSEF SUDEK (1896-1976)
Still Life, circa 1963-1972
annotated in pencil on the verso
image 28.8 x 23.4 cm. (11 3/8 x 9 ¼ in.)
sheet 40 x 30.7 cm. (15 ¾ x 12 in.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,108 - $7,662)

price realized
£3,500
($4,623)
Lot 4
GYORGY KEPES (1906-2001)
Balance, 1980
signed, titled and dated in ink and pencil on the verso
image 50 x 40 cm. (19 ¾ x 15 ¾ in.)
sheet 50.8 x 40.8 cm. (20 x 16 in.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,277 - $1,915)

price realized
£687
($908)
Lot 5
RAOUL HAUSMANN (1886-1971)
Abstraction, circa 1920
signed and inscribed "APG 271" on the mount
image 23.7 x 17.8 cm. (9 3/8 x 7 in.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,554 - $3,831)

price realized
£937
($1,238)
Lot 6
LASZLO MOHOLY-NAGY (1895-1946)
Untitled (Photogram), 1946
annotated in pencil "Last Moholy-Nagy photograms Spring 1946, Arthur Siegel processed them" from Arthur Siegel's hand on the verso
image 35.2 x 27.9 cm. ( 13 7/8 x 11 in.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($25,540 - $38,310)

price realized
£20,000
($25,820)
Lot 7
RAYMOND HAINS (1926-2005)
Photogram, 1947
image 24.3 x 17.9 cm. (9 ½ x 7 in.)
estimate
£2,600 - £3,000
($3,320 - $3,831)

price realized
£3,500
($4,623)
Lot 8
CHRISTIAN SCHAD (1894-1982)
Schadographic, 1961
signed, titled and dated in pencil below image on the mount
image 26.5 x 20.2 cm. (10 ½ x 8 in.)
mount 47.7 x 37.4 cm. (18 ¾ x 14 ¾ in.)
estimate
£7,000 - £9,000
($8,939 - $11,493)

price realized
£6,250
($8,256)
Lot 9
RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD (1925-1972)
Untitled, 1953
signed and dated in pencil on the verso ; photographer's stamp in ink on the reverse of the mount
image 26.2 x 22 cm. (10 3/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
mount 31.5 x 25.3 cm. (12 3/8 x 10 in.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,554 - $3,831)

price realized
£1,187
($1,568)
Lot 10
ÉDOUARD LÉON THÉODORE MESENS (1903-1971)
Untitled (Photogram), c. 1930
certified in pencil by Adrien Dubucq, heir of Mesens (verso)
image/sheet 30 x 24 cm. (11 ¾ x 9 ½ in.)
estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($7,662 - $10,216)

price realized
£6,000
($7,746)
Lot 11
CECIL BEATON (1904-1980)
Portrait of Lady Loughborough, circa 1935
signed and titled in pencil on the verso
image 22.2 x 21.5 cm. (8 ¾ x 8 ½ in.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,831 - $6,385)

price realized
£2,750
($3,632)
Lot 12
GYORGY KEPES (1906-2001)
What Little Girls Are Made Of, 1938
signed and dated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 34 x 25.6 cm. (13 3/8 x 10 in.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,554 - $3,831)

price realized
£6,875
($8,875)
Lot 15
MAURICE TABARD (1897-1984)
Photomontage, 1928
image 23.7 x 17.8 cm. (9 3/8 x 7 in.)
estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($7,662 - $10,216)

price realized
£5,250
($6,935)
Lot 18
EDMUND KESTING (1892-1970)
Untitled, 1932
signed, dated in pencil and annotated in ink "To my friend Werner - In fond remembrance. Wenn Goodille" (mount)
image: 22.8 x 17.4 cm. (9 x 6 7/8 in.)
sheet: 35.8 x 29.6 cm. (14 x 11 5/8 in.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,915 - $2,554)

price realized
£1,375
($1,816)
Lot 19
IWAO YAMAWAKI (1898-1987)
Articulated Mannequin Arm, circa 1931
image 10.5 x 9.8 cm. (4 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,554 - $3,831)

price realized
£3,250
($4,293)
Lot 20
HANS BELLMER (1902-1975)
La poupée, 1935
annotated "84/A" in pencil on the verso
image 8 x 5.3 cm. (3 1/8 x 2 in.)
sheet 8.2 x 5.5 cm. (3 ¼ x 2 1/8 in.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,770 - $19,155)

price realized
£11,875
($15,686)
Lot 21
JAMES HAMILTON BROWN (1895/98-1980s)
Untitled, c. 1940
images/sheets: 11.2 x 17 cm. (4 3/8 x 6 ¾ in.) / 11.4 x 16.8 cm. (4 ½ x 6 5/8 in.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,277 - $1,915)

price realized
£625
($825)
Lot 24
JOEL-PETER WITKIN (b.1939)
Kertesz in Edo, 2005
signed, titled and dated in pencil on the verso
image 23.7 x 40 cm. (9 3/8 x 15 ¾ in.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,831 - $6,385)

price realized
£3,250
($4,293)
Lot 25
HEINZ HAJEK-HALKE (1898-1983)
Warten ! (Waiting), circa 1928-1932
inventar stamp with archive number in pencil on the verso
image 29.2 x 23.3 cm. ( 11 ½ x 9 ¼ in.)
sheet 29.8 x 24 cm. ( 11 ¾ x 9 ½ in.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,770 - $19,155)

price realized
£8,750
($11,558)
Lot 28
HEINZ HAJEK-HALKE (1898-1983)
Untitled, circa 1930-1940
photographer's stamp and inventory stamp with archive number in pencil on the verso
image 23.4 x 17.4 cm. (9 ¼ x 6 7/8 in.)
sheet 24.3 x 17.9 cm. (9 ½ x 7 in.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,554 - $3,831)

price realized
£1,750
($2,311)
Lot 30
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898-1991)
Jean Cocteau couché avec le masque d'Antigone (variante), 1927
titled, dated et annotated in pencil from an unknown hand on the verso
image 11.9 x 16.9 cm. (4 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
sheet 13 x 17.8 cm. (5 1/8 x 7 in.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,831 - $6,385)

price realized
£3,250
($4,293)
Lot 31
PIERRE MOLINIER (1900-1976)
La Fleur du paradis ou La fille magique, 1958
image 10.2 x 6.2 cm. (4 x 2 ½ in.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,915 - $3,192)

price realized
£687
($908)
Lot 32
FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961)
Woman crucified, 1913
image / sheet 22 x 16.4 cm. ( 8 ¾ x 6 ½ in.)
estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
($6,385 - $8,939)

price realized
£5,625
($7,430)
Lot 34
RENÉ-JACQUES (1908-2003)
St. Lazare, 1947
signed in ink ; photographer's copyright stamp with title and date in pencil on the verso
image 36.7 x 29 cm. ( 14 ½ x 11 ½ in.)
sheet 38 x 30 cm ( 15 x 11 7/8 in.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,554 - $3,831)

price realized
£2,000
($2,642)
Lot 36
NATHAN LERNER (1913-1997)
Eye and Barbed Wire, 1939
signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image: 6.3 x 10.4 cm. (2 ½ x 4 in.)
sheet: 8.8 x 12.8 cm. (3 ½ x 5 in.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,021 - $1,532)

price realized
£3,000
($3,963)
Lot 38
ILSE BING (1899-1998)
Strassenlaterne, 1929
signed with initials, titled and dated in pencil below image on the mount
image 17.3 x 10.5 cm. (6 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
montage 29 x 25 cm. (11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,554 - $3,831)

price realized
£2,750
($3,632)
Lot 39
JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (1902-1990)
Untitled, 1960
signed with initials in felt pen and photographer's stamp on the verso
image / sheet 15 x 23.6 cm. (5 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,021 - $1,532)

price realized
£2,750
($3,632)
Lot 40
TINA MODOTTI (1896-1942)
Pacheco Painting a Mural, 1927
photographer's stamp (verso)
image/sheet: 17 x 24.3 cm. (6 ¾ x 9 ½ in.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,554 - $3,831)

price realized
£1,750
($2,311)
Lot 41
EMILA MEDKOVA (1928-1985)
Cup, 1955-1965
signed, titled, dated in ink, annotated and stamps on the verso
image / sheet 23.5 x 17.5 cm. (9 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.)
estimate
£400 - £500
($510 - $638)

price realized
£187
($247)
Lot 42
ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1891-1956)
La fille mal gardée, Ballet, Bolshoï Theater, 1937
signed, titled, dated in pencil and photographer's stamp (verso)
image/sheet: 12 x 17.5 cm. (4 ¾ x 6 7/8 in.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,831 - $6,385)

price realized
£2,750
($3,632)
Lot 43
BARBARA MORGAN (1900-1992)
Confrontation, circa 1970
signed, titled, dated in ink and photographer's copyright stamp on the reverse of the mount
image 37.5 x 37 cm. ( 14 ¾ x 14 ½ in.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,554 - $3,831)

price realized
£1,250
($1,651)
Lot 44
GERMAINE KRULL (1897-1985)
Forme nue (Naked form), 1929
photographer's stamp on the verso
image 10.3 x 15.4 cm. (4 x 6 in.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,554 - $3,831)

price realized
£1,500
($1,981)
Lot 45
FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961)
Étude de mouvement, c. 1929
image/sheet: 23.7 x 30 cm. (9 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,108 - $7,662)

price realized
£4,000
($5,284)
Lot 46
FRANCOIS KOLLAR (1904-1979)
Composition, c. 1935
photographer's copyright stamp (verso)
image/sheet: 30 x 22.7 cm. (11 7/8 x 9 in.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,277 - $1,915)

price realized
£1,000
($1,321)
Lot 47
VILEM REICHMANN (1908-1991)
Hlavác, from the cycle 'Agave', 1974
signed, titled, dated and inscribed in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 38.8 x 29.8 cm. (15 ¼ x 11 ¾ in.)
estimate
£200 - £400
($255 - $510)

price realized
£125
($165)
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