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170 Mark Tedeschi (Australian, b.1952). Pru Hawke, Artist,
Milthorpe, 2006/2007. C-type photograph, signed and dated in
ink in lower margin, titled in ink verso, 36.1 x 54.1cm. |
$1,200 |
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171 Max Thorek (American, 1880-1960) Helen Of Troy, c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, 23.7 x 31.5cm. Chips and silvering to edges of image, laid down on slightly distressed original backing. Max Thorek was both a Chicago surgeon and a leading Pictorialist photo-grapher in the 1930s and 1940s. Thorek preferred working indoors, and specialized in portraits and female figure studies. |
$4,900 |
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172 Charles H. Traub (American, b.1945) California [San Francisco], 1975. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 25.7 x 26cm. Illustrated in Charles H. Traub, 2006, p27. An academic leader in photography, Traub was influenced by Arbus and Friedlander. His work often captures the humour of the moment, and he made compelling pictures of what was often banal and not inherently visual. |
$4,400 |
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173 Charles H. Traub (American, b.1945) Chicago, 1976. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 39.7 x 39.7cm. Illustrated in Charles H. Traub, 2006, p15. An academic leader in photography, Traub was influenced by Arbus and Friedlander. His work often captures the humour of the moment, and he made compelling pictures of what was often banal and not inherently visual. |
$5,500 |
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174 Weegee (American, 1899-1968) The Critic, 1943/c1950s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, inscribed, signed and dated in ink in lower margin, gallery label and photocopy of note from Henry Rothman attached to frame verso, 23.2 x 19.3cm. Cracks to upper and lower left corners and slight cockling to upper edge of image, ink in lower margin has bled. Inscription reads "To Henry - 'The Picaso' [sic] of the camera. Weegee. 1976." Rothman's note advises that he received this photograph from Weegee in 1956, and not 1976, as inscribed. Illustrated in Barth, Weegee's World, p172. Provenance: Henry Rothman. This image was first used in Life magazine, December 6 1943. Hungarian born, Weegee was a pseudonym for Arthur Fellig. |
$16,500 |
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175 Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993) [Underwater Nude], c1980. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil on backing below image, 34.7 x 24.3cm. Minor dents to lower right edge of image. Weston produced a series of underwater nudes from 1979 to 1982. The second son of photographer Edward Weston, Brett's photographs often approach abstraction, with subjects that are difficult to decipher. He is best known for his work in the dunes around Oceano, California, a subject that he shared with his father. |
$6,600 |
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176 Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958) Nude, 1920/posthumous printing. Platinum photograph, titled and dated in pencil in another hand, posthumous stamp and signed in pencil by Cole Weston on backing verso, 19.7 x 23.7cm. Laid down on backing. Stamp reads "Negative by Edward Weston. Printed under the supervision of [Cole Weston]." Weston was renowned as one of the masters of 20th century photography. His legacy includes several thousand carefully composed, superbly printed photographs which have influenced photographers around the world for 60 years. |
$9,900 |
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