Sothebys: Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1900–1990, N12005, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 21, 2025 - October 21, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Harold Edgerton | Harold Edgerton: Ten Dye Transfer Photographs |
1938-73, printed in 1985, | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 | |
| 18 | Dorothea Lange | Ditched, Stalled and Stranded, San Joaquin Valley, California |
1936, printed in 1965 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 | |
| 19 | Dorothea Lange | Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California |
1936, printed in 1955. | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 40,640.00 | |
| 20 | Dorothea Lange | Ma Burnham, Conroy, Arkansas |
1938, printed in 1949. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 21 | Dorothea Lange | No Rain, Idle in Town During the Great Drought, Sallisaw, Oklahoma |
1936, printed in 1962. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,080.00 | |
| 22 | Dorothea Lange | The Woman Called "Queen" on a Sunday Morning at Churchtime |
1938, printed no later than 1967. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 1,270.00 | |
| 23 | Dorothea Lange | "Skid Row," Howard Street, San Francisco, California |
1937, printed in 1962. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 2,794.00 | |
| 24 | Walker Evans | Allie Mae Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama (Alabama Tenant Farmer Wife) |
1936, printed in 1971 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 25 | Robert Frank | Tulip, Paris |
1950, printed in 1962. | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 | |
| 26 | Harry Callahan | Eleanor |
1948, probably printed in the 1950s | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 | |
| 27 | Andre Kertesz | Distortion #126 |
1933, printed no later than 1964. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 2,794.00 | |
| 37 | Yasuhiro Ishimoto | Untitled (Head in Silhouette) |
circa 1950. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 | |
| 38 | Yasuhiro Ishimoto | Selected Images of Children (6 photographs) |
circa 1950-1960. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 4,445.00 | |
| 39 | Yasuhiro Ishimoto | Boy with Starry Mask, Chicago |
1960, printed later. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 1,270.00 | |
| 40 | Yasuhiro Ishimoto | Untitled (Mask with Big Ears) |
circa 1950, printed circa 1953. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 889.00 | |
| 41 | Yasuhiro Ishimoto | Untitled (2 Masked Children) |
circa 1950, printed circa 1953. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,651.00 | |
| 42 | Helen Levitt | N. Y. (Three Kids in Masks) |
circa 1940, printed in 1995. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 43 | Helen Levitt | N. Y. (Masked Children in a Tree) |
circa 1942, printed later. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 | |
| 44 | Helen Levitt | New York City (Mother and Child on Street with Open Fire Hydrant) |
1939, printed no later than 1949. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 | |
| 45 | Helen Levitt | N. Y. (Girl with Arms Crossed) |
circa 1942, printed circa 1981. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 3,175.00 | |
| 46 | Helen Levitt | N. Y. (Spanish Harlem) |
1941, printed no later than 1967. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 1,651.00 | |
| 47 | Helen Levitt | N. Y. (Children in a Box) |
1938, printed later. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 48 | Helen Levitt | New York (Girl in Window) |
circa 1971. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 | |
| 49 | Louis Stettner | Manhattan from the Promenade, Brooklyn, New York |
1956, printed in 1978 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 5,080.00 | |
| 50 | Walker Evans | Main Street, Saratoga Springs, New York |
1931, printed in 1971 by James Dow. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
