20th Century Photography: The Emergence of Modernism

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Nov 26
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2023

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Dec 6
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2023

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John Moran Auctioneers is pleased to present 20th Century Photography: The Emergence Of Modernism, a sale featuring photographic works by Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Tina Modotti, Ansel Adams, and more, including eight previously unlocated images from Edward Weston’s 1920s repertoire. Selections from The Collection of Frederick W. Davis, and The Estate of Amy Conger, noted Edward Weston author and collector, represent key lots in the sale.

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Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Let's Play Hookey," 1911
Platinum print on paper mounted to a thin brown board mount
Signed lower right in pencil on the mount, lower right: E. Weston; dated on the image lower right; signed again in pencil, on the mount, verso
Image/Sheet: 6" H x 4.5" W; Mount: 9" H x 6.25" W
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,0002
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Enrique," 1919
Palladium print on paper
Unsigned
Image/Sheet: 9.5" H x 7.125" W; Mount: 20" H x 16" W
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,5003
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Bathing Pool," 1919
Palladium print on paper hinged to a thin board mount
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil at the lower edge of the mount: Edward Weston; signed and titled again, numbered, inscribed, and with the purple Københavns Fotografiske Amatør-Klub ink stamp (Denmark), all verso
Image/Sheet: 9.625" H x 7.5" H; Mount: 18" H x 14" W
Estimate: $50,000 - $70,0004
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Prologue To A Sad Spring," 1920
Palladium print on paper hinged to a thin board mount
Signed, titled, dated, and with a notation in pencil at the lower edge of the mount: Edward Weston / OX each; initialed and with a notation in pencil, verso: E.W. / 2; signed again, twice, and titled, dated, and with notations in ink on an exhibition label affixed to the verso of the mount: March 1920
Image/Sheet: 9.375" H x 7.375" W; Mount: 18" H x 14" W
Estimate: $60,000 - $80,0005
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Undulating Sand [Mather On Beach]," 1923
Palladium print on paper hinged to a thin board mount
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil at the lower edge of the mount: Edward Weston; signed and dated again, inscribed and with notations in pencil, all verso: California
Image/Sheet: 6.875" H x 9.187" W; Mount: 18" H x 14" W
Estimate: $50,000 - $70,0006
Dorothea Lange
1895-1965
Portrait Of Ruth Alden Langdon, 1921
Gelatin silver print on paper tipped to a thin board mount, as issued
Signed and dated in pencil on the mount, at right: Dorothea Lange; inscribed in pencil, presumably in another hand on the mount, verso: Florence Dunnum [sic] / S.F. Society
Image/Sheet: 8.125" H x 6" W; Mount: 9" H x 6.375" W
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,0007
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Little Boy In My Studio [Neil]," 1922
Palladium print on paper hinged to a thin board mount
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil at the lower edge of the mount: Edward Weston; with a notation in pencil on the mount, verso: 30
Image/Sheet: 9.5" H x 7.312" W; Mount: 18 " H x 14" W
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,0008
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Monna Alfau," 1924
Gelatin silver print on paper hinged to a thin board mount
Unsigned
Image/Sheet: 3.75" H x 2.75" W; Mount: 14" H x 11" W
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,0009
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Palma Cuernavaca, Mexico," 1924
Palladium print on paper hinged to a thin board mount
Signed and dated in pencil on the mount, at right: Edward Weston
Image/Sheet: 9.5" H x 7.5" W; Mount: 17" H x 13" W
Estimate: $100,000 - $200,00010
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Cuernavaca," 1925
Palladium print on paper hinged to a thin board mount
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the mount, at right: Edward Weston; signed, titled, and dated again in pencil, verso: Nov. 1925
Image/Sheet: 9.625" H x 7.25" W; Mount: 18.625" H x 14.125" W
Estimate: $100,000 - $200,00011
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Chayotes," 1924
Palladium print on paper hinged to a thin board mount
Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed in pencil at the lower edge of the mount: Edward Weston / Mexico; with a notation in pencil at the upper left corner of the mount, verso: 35
Image/Sheet: 7.5" H x 9.625" W; Mount: 18" H x 14" W
Estimate: $50,000 - $70,00012
Edward Weston
1886-1958
Untitled [Nude], 1923
Gelatin silver print on paper hinged to a thin board mount
Signed, dated, and with a notation in pencil at the lower edge of the mount: Edward Weston / "B + O"
Image/Sheet: 9.5" W x 7.5" W; Mount: 18" H x 13.875" W
Estimate: $100,000 - $200,00013
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Nahui Olin," 1923
Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a board mount
Signed and dated in pencil on the mount, at right: Edward Weston; dated again and titled on an exhibition label affixed to the frame's backing board
Image/Sheet: 9.125" H x 6.875" W; Mount: 15" H x 13.125" W
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,00014
Tina Modotti
1896-1942
"William Spratling," 1929
Gelatin silver print on paper tipped to a board mount, as issued
Signed in pencil on the mount, lower right: Tine Modotti; inscribed and dated in ink on the image, lower right: To Fred Davis with the warmest regards and sincerest appreciation of his friendship / Wm. Spratling / Mexico May 7, 1929
Image/Sheet: 9.25" H x 7.375" W; Mount: 10.5" H x 8.5" W
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,00015
Imogen Cunningham
1883-1976
"Two Callas," 1925-1929
Silver bromide enlargement print on paper mounted to a thin board mount
Signed in pencil on the mount, at right: Imogen Cunningham; titled on the artist's Mills College label affixed to the verso of the mount
Image/Sheet: 9.75" H x 7.375" W; Mount: 16" H x 14" W
Estimate: $100,000 - $200,00016
Imogen Cunningham
1883-1976
"Rubber Plant 3" Circa 1929
Silver bromide enlargement print on glossy paper mounted to a thin board mount
Signed in pencil on the mount, lower right: Imogen Cunningham; titled on the artist's Mills College label affixed to the verso of the mount
Image/Sheet: 9" H x 7.25" W; Mount: 16" H x 14" W
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,00017
Imogen Cunningham
1883-1976
"Triangles," 1928
Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a thin board mount
Printed later, circa 1960
Signed and dated in pencil on the mount, at right: Imogen Cunningham; the artist's Green Street label with the printed signature and typed title and date, affixed to the mount, verso
Image/Sheet: 3.875" H x 2.875" W; Mount: 11.5" H x 8.625" W
Estimate: $12,000 - $18,00018
Imogen Cunningham
1883-1976
"Leaf Pattern," 1929
Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a board mount
Signed and dated in pencil on the mount, at right: Imogen Cunningham; titled and dated again on the artist's label affixed to the verso of the mount
Image/Sheet: 12" H x 8.625" W; Mount: 18.75" H x 15" W
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,50019
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Eroded Rock, Point Lobos," 1930
Gelatin silver print on paper
Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed in pencil on the sheet, verso: Edward Weston / 51R; with pencil notations along the lower edge of the back mat
Image/Sheet: 6.625" H x 9.5" W
Estimate: $7,000 - $9,00020
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Succulent," 1930
Gelatin silver print on paper mount to a thin board mount
Edition: 4/50
Initialed and numbered in pencil on the mount, at left: EW; inscribed in pencil on the verso of the mount: To Sally Flavin / a portrait of her garden / hung in my first New York exhibit / Edward Weston
Image/Sheet: 7.5" H x 9.5" W; Mount: 10" H x 13" W
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,00021
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Rock Erosion, Point Lobos," 1938
Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a board mount
Initialed and dated in pencil on the mount, at right: EW; dated again and with a notation in pencil on the mount, verso: PL-R-21g
Image/Sheet: 7.625" H x 9.625" W; Mount: 14.875" H x 15.625" W
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,00022
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Zohmah And Jean Charlot, [Honeymoon]" 1939
Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a thin board mount
Initialed and dated in pencil on the mount, at right: EW; signed and dated again, and numbered in pencil on the mount, verso: P039-CH-1
Image/Sheet: 7.625" H x 9.625" W; Mount: 14" H x 15.5" W
Estimate: $12,000 - $18,00023
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Sandstone Erosion, Point Lobos," 1942
Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to board mount
Initialed and dated in pencil on the mount, at right: EW; inscribed in pencil on the mount, verso: PL42-R-2
Image/Sheet: 7.625" H x 9.5" W; Mount: 14" H x 15.5" W
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,00024
Edward Weston
1886-1958
"Cypress And Stone Crop, Point Lobos," From The "Fiftieth Anniversary Portfolio," 1946
Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a thin board mount
Edition: Printed 1951, from an edition of 100
Initialed and dated in pencil on the mount, at right: EW; with an ink stamp and number notation in pencil on the mount, verso: Portfolio Print No. 9
Image/Sheet: 9.5" H x 7.5" W; Mount: 16" H x 13.75" W
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,00025
Edward Weston
1886-1958
Portraits Of Enrique (Enrica) Jackson
Nine gelatin silver prints on paper
Each signed in ink in either an upper or lower corner of the image: Weston
(9 pieces)
Image/Sheet of Smallest: 6.375" H x 4" W; Image/Sheet of Largest: 6.75" H x 4.75" W
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,00026
Eva Paxton Lorillard
1860-1929
Portraits Of Enrique (Enrica) Jackson
Five palladium prints on paper
Each unsigned; two notations in ink, and possibly in the hand of Eva Paxton Lorillard, along the lower right sheet edge: Lorillard; three sheets with a pencil notation of "Enrica" and two sheets with the black ink address stamp of Eva Paxton Lorillard, all verso
(5 pieces)
Image/Sheet of Smallest: 10.75" H x 5.5" W; Image/Sheet of Largest: 9.5" H x 7.5" W
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,50027
Josef Sudek
1897-1976
The Window Of My Studio, Circa 1940-1950
Gelatin silver print mounted to a board mount
Signed in pencil on the mount at lower right: Sudek
Image/Sheet: 9" H x 6.625" W; Mount: 11.375" H x 9" W
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,00028
Paul Strand
1890-1976
"France," 1950
Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a board mount
Signed, titled, and dated in ink, verso: Paul Strand
Image: 4.625" H x 5.875" W; Mount: 14.625" H x 12.125" W
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,00029
Ansel Adams
1902-1984
"Half Dome, Blowing Snow," Circa 1955
Silver gelatin print on paper mounted to illustration board
From the edition printed in 1976 for "Portfolio VII"
Signed in pencil on the illustration board, lower right: Ansel Adams; titled and dated in ink, and with the artist's Carmel studio ink stamp, all on the verso of the illustration board
Image/Sheet: 15.5" H x 19.5" W; Sight: 16.25" H x 20" W
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,00030
Ansel Adams
1902-1984
"El Capitan"
Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a board mount
Edition: 529 of S.E.Y. [special edition Yosemite], printed 1958-1972
Signed in ink on the mount, at right: Ansel Adams; titled, numbered and inscribed No. 3, all in ink in the corresponding blanks of the special edition Photographs of Yosemite black ink stamp on the verso of the mat board mount
Image/Sheet: 9.75" H x 7" W; Mount: 16.5" H x 13.375" W
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,00031
Ansel Adams
1902-1984
"El Capitan - Winter"
Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a board mount
Edition: 498 of S.E.Y. [special edition Yosemite], printed 1958-1972
Signed in ink on the mount, at right: Ansel Adams; titled, numbered and inscribed No. 17, all in ink in the corresponding blanks of the special edition Photographs of Yosemite black ink stamp on the verso of the mat board mount
Image/Sheet: 9.75" H x 7.5" W; Mount: 16.375" H x 13.5" W
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,00032
Ansel Adams
1902-1984
"Mirror Lake" (Yosemite Valley And Mt. Watkins)
Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a board mount
Edition: 417 of S.E.Y. [special edition Yosemite], printed 1958-1972
Signed in ink on the mount, at right: Ansel Adams; titled, numbered and inscribed No. 6, all in ink in the corresponding blanks of the special edition Photographs of Yosemite black ink stamp on the verso of the mat board mount
Image/Sheet: 7.75" H x 9.75" W; Mount: 13.5" H x 16.375" W
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,00033
Brett Weston
1911-1993
Fifteen Plates From The "Fifteen Photographs Of Japan" Portfolio, 1970
Each: Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a board mount
Each: Signed and dated in pencil near the lower corners of the board mount: Brett Weston; Brett Weston, Carmel, CA, self-published
Image/Sheet of each: 9.5" H x 7.75" W; Mount of each: 15" H x 13.25" W
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,00034
Richard Avedon
1923-2004
"Vladimir Horowitz, Pianist, New Milford, Connecticut," 1975
Gelatin silver print on paper
Edition: 5/50
Signed 'Avedon' and numbered '5/50' and neg. no '11' in ink, with the ink stamp title, date, edition information, copyright credit, and reproduction limitation, all on the sheet, verso
Image/Sheet: 10" H x 8" W
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,00035
Eugene Smith
1918-1978
Untitled [Night View Of River, Bridges, And City Lights]
Gelatin silver print on paper mounted to a board mount
Signed in pencil on the mount, at right: Eugene Smith; inscribed in pencil and with the artist's copyright ink stamp on the mount, verso: 8 Pittsburgh / PT-44-A2
Image/Sheet: 10.125" H x 13.125" W; Mount: 20" H x 16" W
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,00036
Scott B. Davis
b. 20th Century
Ten Plates From The "Nocturnes Portfolio," 2001
Each platinum/palladium print on white wove paper
Edition of each: 1/10
Each signed, titled, and numbered in pencil in the lower margin, and with the artist's blindstamp in the lower left margin corner
Image of each: 7.5" H x 9.5" W ; Sheet of each: 14" H x 17" W
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,00037
Thomas Eakins
1844-1916
"Study For Pushing Rail," 1874
Contact gelatin silver print on paper
Appears unsigned; titled on an exhibition label affixed to the frame's backing paper
Sight: 5" H x 3.75" W
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,50038
Thomas Eakins
1844-1916
"Study For Marsh Scene," 1875
Contact gelatin silver print on paper
Appears unsigned; titled and dated on an exhibition label affixed to the frame's backing paper
Sight: 4.875" H x 3.875" W
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,50039
Dr. Amy Conger's Reference Books On Edward Weston
Comprising two boxes containing approximately 50 photography auction catalogues with Conger's marginalia on various lots, and approximately 52 hardcover and paperback monographs, other staple-bound pamphlets, and reference books on Edward Weston, some profusely annotated by Conger
Estimate: $800 - $1,20040
Dr. Amy Conger's Books And Research Files On Tina Modotti
Comprising approximately 45 reference books, hardcover, and paperback monographs, staple-bound pamphlets, and periodicals on Modotti with Conger's marginalia, as well as Conger's extensive research papers, file folders, bound and unbound manuscripts, and correspondence between Conger and galleries, publishers, and various research sources
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,50041
Merle Armitage
1893-1975
"The Art Of Edward Weston," 1932
Hardcover book
Armitage, Merle. "The Art of Edward Weston." New York: E. Weyhe, 1932
Edition: 261/500
Signed and numbered to colophon: Edward Weston
13.75" H x 10.5" W x 0.875" D
Estimate: $800 - $1,20042
Henderson, G. C.; Oliver, Robt. A.; And Weston, Edward
"Tropico: The City Beautiful," 1915
Multi-page promotional booklet illustrated with numerous sepia-tone photographs by Weston, in-texte, on smooth off-white paper, and brown paper covers with letterpress image and title printed in colors, with stitch binding; according to the title page, this was an "Official Program and Souvenir of the Knights of Pythias Carnival, given by Visor and Miraderia Lodges at Tropico, California, Thursday, June 24, 1915;" The Valley Press, Tropico, CA, pub.
Booklet: 9.5" H x 6" W x 0.25" D
Estimate: $300 - $500Sale Picture

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