Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2725, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 16, 2025 - December 16, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Edward Steichen, 1879-1973, M. | Auguste Rodin * Balzac--The Open Sky * Balzac--Toward the Light, Midnight, from Camera Work 34/35. |
1911 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 127 | Alfred Stieglitz. | Camera Work Number 41. |
1913 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,540.00 | |
| 128 | Arnold Genthe. | Portrait of George Luks, the American Ashcan School painter and illustrator. |
1922 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 129 | Berenice Abbott. | Portrait of Dorothy Whitney (Mrs. Raymond Massey). |
Circa 1925; printed circa 1970. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 130 | Tina Modotti. | Portrait of the Mexican artist Lola Cueto (1897-1978). |
Circa 1927. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 12,065.00 | |
| 131 | Gyorgy Kepes. | Self-portrait, Berlin. |
1930; printed 1990s. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 132 | Soichi Sunami. | Portrait of the modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham. |
1930s. | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 133 | A selection of approximately 50 stylish and detail-rich African American studio portrait and photo booth (7) photographs. | 1930s-circa 1950. |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,143.00 | ||
| 134 | Arnold Newman. | Igor Stravinsky. |
1946; printed 1960s. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,168.00 | |
| 135 | Irving Penn. | John Marin. |
1947 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,048.00 | |
| 136 | Carl Van Vechten. | Portrait of the writer and journalist Norman Mailer. |
September 13, 1948. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 137 | Philippe Halsman. | Jean Cocteau, New York. |
1949; printed before 1972. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,778.00 | |
| 138 | Herman Leonard. | Ella Fitzgerald, Down Beat Club, New York. |
1949; printed 1990. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,032.00 | |
| 139 | Herman Leonard. | Sarah Vaughan, N.Y.C. |
1950; printed 1990. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,778.00 | |
| 140 | Philippe Halsman. | Marilyn Monroe (Life magazine cover). |
1952; printed before 1972. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 141 | Inge Morath. | Mrs. Eveleigh Nash, seated and reviewing her engagement book. |
1953 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 142 | Man Ray. | Juliet with Glove * Juliet in Hat. |
1950s. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 143 | Horst P. Horst. | Portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier [Kennedy]. |
1953 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 144 | Roy Schatt. | James Dean, from the Torn Sweater series. |
1954; printed circa 1990. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,524.00 | |
| 145 | Andre Villers. | A pair of portraits of Pablo Picasso, Cannes. |
1956; printed 1970s. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 146 | Douglas Kirkland. | Photographing Marilyn Monroe on a white bed. |
November 1, 1961. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 147 | Ernst Haas. | Elliott Erwitt with black painted Leica M3, New York. |
1961 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 148 | Todd Webb. | Georgia O'Keeffe, Ghost Ranch. |
1962; printed 1984. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 149 | Todd Webb. | Georgia O'Keeffe's Studio. |
1963; printed 1984. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 | |
| 150 | Saul Leiter. | A trio of portraits of Jane and Peter Fonda. |
1960s. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df7dd9ac-f0d0-4cb3-a44d-2731758530e4.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c40bad29-8cb5-4347-a0fd-5361d39e84a5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b7fdee12-4803-4d32-9330-a5729091cb92.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a06cc0dd-7619-45e9-b155-5ad75ed7b2e5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7f9e9df2-b83a-40aa-a1b7-a535a02705d5.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1832c377-f148-4e66-ba22-33bef01d81a7.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df958814-0689-4876-8b73-cfe5c0c6ad24.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for <i>Belshazzar’s Feast,</i> [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5ac2876b-2794-47d3-9df7-c4a002016bd6.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for <i>Belshazzar’s Feast,</i> [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000")
