 Focus on WomenCollectors' List 126 2007 |
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10 Lillian Bassman (American, b.1917) "It's A Cinch. Carmen", 1951/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, signed, annotated "plate 2" and editioned 13/25 in pencil verso, 36.2 x 45cm. Illustrated in Harper's Bazaar, New York, September 1951. 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." |
$5,800 |
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11 Lillian Bassman (American, b.1917) Barbara Mullen, New York. Harper's Bazaar, c1958/2006. Silver gelatin photograph, signed and editioned 12/25 in pencil verso, 56.4 x 42.7cm. Illustrated in Harper's Bazaar, New York, 1958. 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 |
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12 Lillian Bassman (American, b.1917) Anne Saint-Marie, New York. Chanel Ad Campaign, 1958/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, signed and editioned 19/25 in pencil verso, 36.5 x 46.6cm. Similar images illustrated in Harper's Bazaar in 1958. 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." |
$5,800 |
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13 Ruth Bernhard (German/American, 1905-2006) In The Box, Horizontal, 1962/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil on backing below image, titled, dated and signed in pencil on backing verso, 19.3 x 34.3cm. Bernhard's most important photograph in the nude series. Born in Berlin in 1905, Bernhard moved to New York in 1927 to pursue a career in photography. Inspired by Edward Weston she eventually moved to the West Coast and, in 1953, she went to San Francisco and became a colleague of Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham and Minor White. Adams declared her to be the "greatest photographer of the nude." |
$41,900 |
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14 Robert Besanko (Australian, b.1951) Mandy [Standing], 1971/1999. Kodalith paper print, signed, dated and titled in pencil verso, 29.3 x 19.7cm. |
$5,500 |
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15 Robert Besanko (Australian, b.1951) Mandy, No. 1, 1971-1972/2007. Ink jet print, signed, dated, titled and annotated in pencil verso, 33.9 x 52.2cm. Annotation reads "Melbourne. A.P. First ink jet print made July 2007." |
$3,300 |
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16 Robert Besanko (Australian, b.1951) Denise, No. 2, 1976/2007. Ink jet print, signed, dated, titled and annotated in pencil verso, 52.1 x 33.9cm. Annotation reads "Melbourne. A.P. First ink jet print made July 2007." |
$3,300 |
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17 Robert Besanko (Australian, b.1951) Denise No. 3, 1976/2007. Ink jet print, signed, dated, titled and annotated in pencil verso, 51.6 x 33.9cm. Annotation reads "Melbourne. A.P. First ink jet print made July 2007." |
$3,300 |
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18 Robert Besanko (Australian, b.1951) Denise, No. 1, 1976/2007. Ink jet print, signed, dated, titled and annotated in pencil verso, 52.1 x 33.9cm. Annotation reads "Melbourne. A.P. First ink jet print made July 2007." |
$3,300 |
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19 Robert Besanko (Australian, b.1951) San Francisco, 1976/1999. Kodalith paper print, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso, 29.3 x 19.8cm. |
$5,500 |
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20 Isle Bing (German/American, 1899-1998) The Honourable Daisy Fellowes, Harper's Bazaar (Hat), 1933. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in ink on image upper left, titled in pencil and photographer's stamp with date on backing above image, 27.3 x 22.2cm. Hinged to original album page. Vintage prints on matte paper by Bing are very rare, especially when they are on her own album pages. Bing was one of several leading European women photographers of the inter-war period. She gave up an academic career for photography, moving to Paris in 1930 during the Modernist period. She earned a living as a commercial photographer, working for Le Monde Illustré and Harpers Bazaar. Bing's proficiency with the camera earned her the title "Queen of the Leica." |
$23,000 |
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