Focus on Women
Collectors' List 126 2007

149 Elaine Pelot-Syron (American/Aus., b.1945)
Miss L, 1982. Silver gelatin photograph, signed "Elaine Pelot Kitchener" in ink in lower margin, titled in ink verso, titled and dated in pencil in another hand on mount verso, 32.7 x 20.2cm.
$1,100
150 Elaine Pelot-Syron (American/Aus., b.1945)
[Woman Performing With Silver Cylinder], c1982. Silver gelatin photograph, signed "Elaine Pelot Kitchener" in ink in lower margin, 32.6 x 24.1cm. Crease to lower right corner of margin.
$1,100
151 Elaine Pelot-Syron (American/Aus., b.1945)
Tracey Moffatt Filming Early Land Rights March, c1980. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated "circa 1980" in pencil verso, 14.8 x 19.8cm. Slightly worn lower left corner, stains verso.
$2,200
152 David Potts (Aust., b.1926)
Cat Show, London, 1953. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed (twice) in ink and pencil verso, 43.8 x 39.6cm. Chips to edges and slight scuffing to image, laid down on original backing with foxing verso.
$3,300
153 David Potts (Aust., b.1926)
Buckingham Palace, London, 1953. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer's stamp, signed (twice), titled and annotated "London" in pencil verso, 37.5 x 25.8cm. Minor chips to edges of image.
Illustrated in exhibition catalogue Ennis & Crombie, Australian Photographs, ANG, 1988, p39.
$3,300
154 Willy Ronis (French, b.1910)
Le Nu Provençal, Gordes, 1949/2005. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink in lower margin, titled and dated in pencil, photographer's stamp, printing date and signed in ink verso, 31.5 x 25.6cm.
Illustrated in Gautrand, Willy Ronis: Stolen Moments, 2005, p181. Ronis became a full-time photographer in 1945 and later joined Doisneau and Brassaï at the Rapho Agency. He was the first French photographer to work for Life magazine. Steichen exhibited him in the Four French Photographers at MoMA in 1953 and later in the Family of Man.
$9,900
155 Willy Ronis (French, b.1910)
Les Amoureux De La Bastille, 1957/2006. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink in lower margin, titled and dated in pencil, photographer's stamp, printing date and signed in ink verso, 23.9 x 35.7cm.
Illustrated in Gautrand, Willy Ronis: Stolen Moments, 2005, p60. Ronis became a full-time photographer in 1945 and later joined Doisneau and Brassaï at the Rapho Agency. He was the first French photographer to work for Life magazine. Steichen exhibited him in the Four French Photographers at MoMA in 1953 and later in the Family of Man.
$9,900
156 Sebastião Salgado (Brazilian, b.1944)
Vietnam ["Boat People", Beach Of Vung Tau], 1995/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer's blind stamp in lower margin, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso, 29.4 x 43.7cm.
Brazilian documentary photographer and photojournalist, noted for his images of workers in less developed countries. Initially an economist, he switched to photography in 1973. In 1979 he joined the international cooperative of photographers, Magnum, which he left in 1994 to establish the agency Amazonas Images in Paris.
$7,700
157 Sebastião Salgado (Brazilian, b.1944)
Ecuador [Women Going To Market In Chimbote], 1998/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer's blind stamp in lower margin, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso, 29.2 x 43.3cm.
Illustrated and captioned in Aperture, NY, 2000, pp276-277: "With the men away in the cities, the women carry their goods to the market of Chimbote, region of Chimborazo, Ecuador, 1998." Brazilian documentary photographer and photojournalist, noted for his images of workers in less developed countries. Initially an economist, he switched to photography in 1973. In 1979 he joined the international cooperative of photographers, Magnum, which he left in 1994 to establish the agency Amazonas Images in Paris.
$6,600