Focus on Women
Collectors' List 126 2007

1 Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991)
Portrait Of Solita Solano, c1920/1981. Silver gelatin photograph, editioned 39/60 and signed in pencil on backing below image, "Parasol Press" publishing stamp on backing verso, 34.2 x 25.9cm. Laid down on original backing.
From the portfolio, Berenice Abbot: Faces of the 20s, published by Parasol Press in 1981, as detailed in stamp.
$4,400
2 Roswell Angier (American, b.1940)
Elizabeth Harris, Two O'Clock Club, 1976. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and initialled in ink in lower margin, 38.7 x 29.2cm. Old crease to upper left corner, laid down on original backing.
Illustrated in A Kind of Life: Conversations in the Combat Zone, 1976, p65.
$5,500
3 Anon
Society Of Artists Selection Committee [Australian], 1907. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, names of sitters, titled and dated in pencil on accompanying original backing, 15 x 20.6cm. Some retouching to centre of image, missing upper left corner, ink stain to lower left corner, slight cracking to surface centre left, minor chips to edges of image.
Sitting left to right are Julian Ashton, Rose Lindsay, Harry Weston, Will Dyson, Norman Lindsay, D.H. Souter's son, Sid Long, D.H. Souter. Shows an indoor picnic after selecting art works for the annual exhibition.
$1,950
4 Anon
[Seated Woman Wearing Sheer Veil], c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, 22.5 x 17.5cm.
Possibly from Ottoman Empire.
$1,100
5 Anon
Maltese Countrywoman & Maltese Lady, c1880s. Pair of albumen paper photographs, titled in ink in an unknown hand on original backing below each image, 12.5 x 9.4cm (each). Laid down on original backing.
The pair
$1,250
6 Anon
[European, Middle-Eastern And African Women], c1880s. Collection of 8 albumen paper photographs on one proof sheet, 18.4 x 26.2cm (sheet). Laid down on original backing.
$1,650
7 David Bailey (British, b.1938)
Tahiti [Scratched Nude With Fish], 1983/1989. Silver gelatin photograph, editioned "one of 12", signed, dated and titled "Tahiti" in pencil verso, 55.6 x 45.6cm. Tears, creases and cracks to margins.
$3,300
8 Greg Barrett (Aus., b.1943)
Rachel Dougherty, Joshua Consadine, 1998/2000. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil verso, 46.5 x 37.4cm. Minor creases to margins.
$1,650
9 Lillian Bassman (American, b.1917)
Mary Jane Russell, New York, "Harper's Bazaar", 1950/2006. Silver gelatin photograph, signed and editioned 11/25 in pencil verso, 41.2 x 57cm.
Illustrated in Harper's Bazaar, 1950. A fashion photographer at Harper's Bazaar from the 1940s to the 1960s, Bassman's unique, abstract and elegant images earned her praise by Vanity Fair as one of photography's "grand masters."
$7,700