International & Australian PHOTOGRAPHY
20th Century Photography Collectors' List 119 2006

133 André Kertész (Hungarian/Amer., 1894-1985)
Mondrian's Pipe & Glasses, Paris, 1926/c1980. Silver gelatin photograph, estate stamp with text verso, 19.7 x 24.7cm.
Text reads "Print #2-0129-44-2-1-02-G, Estate of André Kertész. Print made under the artist's direction. In the printer's inventory at the artist's death." Illustrated in Pierre Borhan, André Kertész, His Life and Work, p174. Provenance: Estate of André Kertész.
 $10,900
134 André Kertész (Hungarian/Amer., 1894-1985)
Satyric Dancer, 1926/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, dated and signed in pencil on backing below image, 24.4 x 19.5cm. Laid down on original backing.
Illustrated in Pierre Borhan, André Kertész, His Life and Work, p145.
 $13,500
135 André Kertész (Hungarian/Amer., 1894-1985)
The Fork, Paris, 1928/c1980s. Silver gelatin photograph, estate stamp with text verso, 19.7 x 24.6cm.
Text reads "Print #2-30136-38-2-1-02-G, Estate of André Kertész. Print made under the artist's direction. In the printer's inventory at the artist's death." Illustrated in Pierre Borhan, André Kertész, His Life and Work, p175. Provenance: Estate of André Kertész.
 $9,900
136 André Kertész (Hungarian/Amer., 1894-1985)
Distortion #76C, 1933. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and dated in pencil with photographer's stamp surrounded by a star shape drawn in pencil and filled in with black ink verso, 19.6 x 19.6cm. Slight scratches and indentations to surface from drawing verso.
Stamp reads "67W. 44th St, N.Y.C." Illustrated in Pierre Borhan, André Kertész, His Life and Work, p 223. Provenance: Estate of André Kertész.
 $33,000
137 André Kertész (Hungarian/Amer., 1894-1985)
Melancholic Tulip, 1939/c1975. Silver gelatin photograph, editioned 77/150 and signed in ink in margin below, titled and dated "Feb. 10 1939" in ink with estate stamp and text verso, 24.5 x 17.6cm.
Text reads "Print #3-2143-46-1-0-02." Illustrated in Pierre Borhan, André Kertész, His Life and Work, p27. Provenance: Estate of André Kertész.
 $11,900
138 Laurence Le Guay (1917-1990)
Pope Pius Blessing American Soldiers in the Vatican, 1943/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, signed, titled and dated in ink with estate stamp verso, 36.7 x 28.4cm. Old creases overall.
One of Le Guay's popular images, often reproduced in publications.
 $4,400
139 Laurence Le Guay (1917-1990)
No. 2 Nude, c1949. Vintage toned silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil on backing below image, titled and annotated in ink with photographer's stamp verso, 47.4 x 38.8cm. Chips to edges, scratch to upper left corner of image, laid down on original backing.
Provenance: Max Dupain estate.
 $3,300
140 Laurence Le Guay (1917-1990)
New Guinea Couple, c1955/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, estate stamp verso, 36.7 x 28.9cm.
Le Guay was commissioned by Sir Edward Halstrom, director of Taronga Park Zoo, to take photographs in New Guinea. Illustrated in Edward Steichen, The Family of Man, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1955, p8.
 $4,500