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Collectors' List 126 2007

158 Jan Saudek (Czech, b.1935)
The Bonds Of Love, 1958. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in white ink on image lower right, titled and dated in pencil by Saudek's agent on mount below image, 28.8 x 21.3cm. Minor chips to margins.
Illustrated in Mrázková, Jan Saudek, Taschen, 2005, u.p. Inspired in 1963 by Steichen's Family of Man, Saudek began to pursue art photography as a career. In Prague, he was forced to work in a clandestine manner to avoid the secret police, as his work turned to themes of eroticism, innocence and political corruption. From the late 1970s he gradually became recognised in the West as the leading Czech photographer, and also developed a following among photographers in his own country.
 $2,950
159 Jan Saudek (Czech, b.1935)
Destiny Walks Down To A River - She Carries Two Innocent Children, 1970. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink on image lower right, titled in pencil by Saudek's agent on mount below image, 22 x 33cm.
Illustrated in Mrázková, Jan Saudek, Taschen, 2005, u.p. Inspired in 1963 by Steichen's Family of Man, Saudek began to pursue art photography as a career. In Prague, he was forced to work in a clandestine manner to avoid the secret police, as his work turned to themes of eroticism, innocence and political corruption. From the late 1970s he gradually became recognised in the West as the leading Czech photographer, and also developed a following among photographers in his own country.
 $2,950
160 Jeanloup Sieff (French, 1933-2000)
Nu Pompier (Pretentious Nude With Self-Portrait), 1962. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 30.6 x 24.9cm. Laid down on original backing.
Variant image in Sieff: 40 Years of Photography, 1990, p59. Born in Paris in 1933, Sieff began his career in 1954 after giving up the idea of working in cinema. After working for Elle magazine and the Magnum agency, he lived and worked in New York from 1961 to 1966 before returning to Paris. Sieff's work has appeared in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, as well as in many other publications.
$9,900
161 Robin Smith (Australian, b.1927)
Adolescence, 1955/2007. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in ink verso, 38.5 x 30.3cm.
 $1,100
162 Robin Smith (Australian, b.1927)
Solarised Nude, 1956/2007. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in ink verso, 38.5 x 30.3cm.
 $1,100
163 Robin Smith (Australian, b.1927)
Nude - Mood, 1956/2007. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in ink verso, 38.5 x 30.3cm.
 $1,100
164 W. Eugene Smith (American, 1918-1978). Nurse Midwife Maude Callen (Outside Portrait With Child), 1951. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 34 x 26.4cm.
Illustrated in W. Eugene Smith: Master of the Photographic Essay, 1981. Provenance: Juanita Smith, Eugene Smith's daughter. Smith was a brilliant, difficult and complicated man who drove himself relentlessly to create evocative portraits and images to inspire people to fight against social injustice and poverty. He left behind a legacy of some of the most powerful photographs in the history of journalism, and his personal approach to integrating his life into the lives of his subjects revolutionized the new form of photojournalism known as the photo essay.
 $8,800
165 Bert Stern (American, b.1929)
Marilyn Monroe, From The Last Sitting, Crucifix II, 1962/2007. C-type photograph, editioned 17/50, titled "Marilyn" and signed in orange crayon on image lower left to right, photographer's copyright stamp and date of printing in orange crayon verso, 37.5 x 37.9cm.
Illustrated in Stern, The Last Sitting, London, 1982, p177; and Marilyn Monroe: La Dernière Séance, Paris, 2006, p59. The "cross" appearing in the negative was drawn by Monroe.
 $7,900
166 Alfred Steiglitz (American, 1864-1946)
From "The Photographic Journal Of A Baby", c1902. Photogravure, photo-grapher's name, publisher "Photochrome, NY" and title in text in lower margin, 9.3 x 13.9cm.
 $1,100
167 Henry Talbot (Australian, 1920-1999)
Torso I, 1963/1991. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil on mount below image and in lower margin, 38.7 x 28.8cm. Minor spots to surface, cracks to lower right corner of margin.
 $2,200
168 Henry Talbot (Australian, 1920-1999)
[Back Of Nude With Long Hair], 1966. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in ink on image lower right, 25.3 x 20.4cm.
 $2,200
169 Henry Talbot (Australian, 1920-1999)
[Two Nudes], 1970. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in ink on image lower right, 42.9 x 35cm. Minor scuffs and crinkles to image, slight discolouration and handling creases to edges and lower left of image.
 $2,800