Joel Sternfeld | McLean, Virginia | December 4, 1978

Man Ray, Enigma II, 1935
Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 1/4 x 9 in. (21 x 22.9 cm)
Signed in ink within image, titled and dated in pencil with annotations in pencil and red ink on print verso.
8825
$68,000

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Man Ray, Enigma II, 1935

Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 1/4 x 9 in. (21 x 22.9 cm)

Signed in ink within image, titled and dated in pencil with annotations in pencil and red ink on print verso.

8825

$68,000

Exhibition history:
Hartford, CT, Wadsworth Atheneum, Man Ray: Rayographs & Photographs; Los Angeles, CA, Man Ray: Drawings and Photographs; Arts Center School; Barcelona, Spain, Galeria Adlan, Man Ray: Paintings & Photographs; Paris, Galerie des Cahiers d’Art, (objects and paintings), 1935
Paris and New York, Alexander lolas, Man Ray, 1974
Rome, Pallazo delle Esposizioni, Man Ray: L’occhio e il suo il doppio, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1975
Italy, Venice Biennale, Man Ray, testimonianza attraverso la fotografia, July 18-October 10, 1976
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Beyond Real: Surrealist Photography and Sculpture from Bay Area Collections, March-May 2006
London, Tate Modern, Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia, February-May 2008

Provenance:
The artist; The Lucien Anselmino Collection, Roma; Christie’s, New York, 18 April 2001, sale 9618, Lot 88; The Chara Schreyer Collection, acquired from the Christie's sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 10 April 2024, Lot 111; Private collection.

Litterature:
Man Ray: Photographs (New York, 1975), p.135
Man Ray: L’occhio e il suo doppio (Rome, 1975), p.113
Gruppo Editoriiale Electa, MAN RAY: l’immagine Fotografica, Italy; Ediziona “LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA,” Venezia, 1977
Arturo Schwartz, Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination (New York, 1980), pl.138, p.204 Janus, Man Ray: The Photographic Image, (New York, 1980)
Paris, Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Man Ray photographs, December 1981-April 1982; Thames and Hudson, Man Ray: Photographs, (New York 1982), P.135, pl.152
Jan Ceuleers, ed., Man Ray, 1890-1976) (Ghent, 1994), p.32
Fabbri ed., Man Ray: Photography, Painting, Sculpture, Cinema, Graphics, ed. Daniela Palazzoli, (Roma, 1995), p.155
Douglas Fogle and Hannake Skerath, eds., Making Strange: The Chara Schreyer Collection (New York, 2021, pp. 33 and 416.

Franz Roh, Untitled, c. 1930
Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (20.6 x 13 cm)
Photographer's stamp and handwriting in German script on print verso.
1111
$18,000

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Franz Roh, Untitled, c. 1930

Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (20.6 x 13 cm)

Photographer's stamp and handwriting in German script on print verso.

1111

$18,000

George Platt Lynes, Cyclops, Mythology Series, 1939
Vintage gelatin silver print, 9 5/8 x 7 9/16 in. (24.4 x 19.2 cm)
Numerical notations on print verso.
Illustrated: George Platt Lynes: Photographs, 1931-1955. Twelvetrees, 1981, p. 74.
8755
$8,500

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George Platt Lynes, Cyclops, Mythology Series, 1939

Vintage gelatin silver print, 9 5/8 x 7 9/16 in. (24.4 x 19.2 cm)

Numerical notations on print verso.
Illustrated: George Platt Lynes: Photographs, 1931-1955. Twelvetrees, 1981, p. 74.

8755

$8,500

George Platt Lynes, Elizabeth Gibbons, c. 1939
Vintage gelatin silver print, 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (33.7 x 26.7 cm)
Titled in unknown hand "Liz Gibson" (her later married name).
8754
$8,500

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George Platt Lynes, Elizabeth Gibbons, c. 1939

Vintage gelatin silver print, 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (33.7 x 26.7 cm)

Titled in unknown hand "Liz Gibson" (her later married name).

8754

$8,500

Roger Parry, Untitled, 1933
Vintage gelatin silver print with hand coloring, 7 1/4 x 7 in. (18.4 x 17.8 cm)
Mounted. Signed in ink on mount recto lower left corner. "Prisons de velours" (Velvet Prisons) and "Roubaud" in colored pencil on mount recto.
Design for book cover: Roubaud, Louis. La prison de velours. Paris: Gallimard, 1934.
Illustrated: Roger Parry: Photographies, dessins, mises en pages. Paris: Gallimard/Jeu de Paume, 2007 p. 104.
6864
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Roger Parry, Untitled, 1933

Vintage gelatin silver print with hand coloring, 7 1/4 x 7 in. (18.4 x 17.8 cm)

Mounted. Signed in ink on mount recto lower left corner. "Prisons de velours" (Velvet Prisons) and "Roubaud" in colored pencil on mount recto.
Design for book cover: Roubaud, Louis. La prison de velours. Paris: Gallimard, 1934.
Illustrated: Roger Parry: Photographies, dessins, mises en pages. Paris: Gallimard/Jeu de Paume, 2007 p. 104.

6864

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Eikoh Hosoe, Barakei #39, 1961
Early gelatin silver print; printed 1960s or early 1970s, 15 5/8 x 23 5/8 in. (39.7 x 60 cm)
Signed in English and Japanese, titled "Barakei/Ordeal by Roses #39," and dated in pencil on print verso.
Illustrated: Hosoe, Eikoh. Barakei. Shueisha, 1963, n.p. Tokyo: Shueisha Co., 1971, 2nd ed. Ba-ra-kei. Aperture, 1985, 3rd ed.
8651
$12,000

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Eikoh Hosoe, Barakei #39, 1961

Early gelatin silver print; printed 1960s or early 1970s, 15 5/8 x 23 5/8 in. (39.7 x 60 cm)

Signed in English and Japanese, titled "Barakei/Ordeal by Roses #39," and dated in pencil on print verso. Illustrated: Hosoe, Eikoh. Barakei. Shueisha, 1963, n.p. Tokyo: Shueisha Co., 1971, 2nd ed. Ba-ra-kei. Aperture, 1985, 3rd ed.

8651

$12,000

This work is a part of a series of images Eikoh Hosoe made over a 6-month period in 1961 of Yukio Mishima, a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, nationalist, and founder of the Tatenokai. Mishima presented as a person of apparent contradictions. He embraced and promoted traditional Japanese culture while also being rather cosmopolitan. His writing style had elements of both traditional Japanese and Western literary styles. His merging of ideas about beauty, eroticism and death shocked many and enticed others. Though married to a woman, it was unclear if he was gay or bisexual. It is said that he was very controlling about who he would allow to photograph him. Earlier in 1961, Hosoe made a portrait of him for Mishima's 1961 book of critical essays, The Attack on Beauty, after he had admired Hosoe's photographs of the dancer and founder of Butoh, Tatsumi Hijikata.

Hosoe asked Mishima to title the body of work and he chose Barakei, which was translated as Killed by Roses in English for the first publication in 1963. The title of the second edition (1971), which came out after Mishima's death, was translated in English as Ordeal by Roses.

Another interesting note is that during this time Daido Moriyama was Eikoh Hosoe's assitant.

LINK to trailer of Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, directed by Paul Shrader, 1985.

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Allen Frame, Alfredo, Mexico City, 2001

Gelatin silver print, 13 3/4 x 20 5/8 in. (34.9 x 52.4 cm)

Paper 20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
Edition of 9
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Illustrated: Frame, Allen. Detour. Kehrer Verlag, 2001, pg. 118.

3355

$4,500

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Allen Frame, Guy from Viena Cantina, Mexico City, 2002

Gelatin silver print, 13 7/8 x 21 in. (35.2 x 53.3 cm)

Paper 20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
Edition of 9
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.

7499

$4,500

Dan Estabrook, Bloom (Gift), 1999
Gum bichromate print with watercolor, 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
A/P from an edition of 1. Signed and dated in pencil verso.
Illustrated: Estabrook, Dan. Forever & Never. Artsuite, 2024, pl. 37. [variant]
Custom framed.
8806
$4,200

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Dan Estabrook, Bloom (Gift), 1999

Gum bichromate print with watercolor, 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

A/P from an edition of 1. Signed and dated in pencil verso.
Illustrated: Estabrook, Dan. Forever & Never. Artsuite, 2024, pl. 37. [variant]
Custom framed.

8806

$4,200

Dan Estabrook, The Blind, 2013
Carbon print with watercolor and pencil, 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm)
Unique. Signed and dated in pencil verso.
Custom framed.
8810
$4,500

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Dan Estabrook, The Blind, 2013

Carbon print with watercolor and pencil, 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm)

Unique. Signed and dated in pencil verso.
Custom framed.

8810

$4,500

Dan Estabrook, At Sea, 2007
Salt print with watercolor and gouache , 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Edition 3/3. Signed, dated and editioned in pencil verso.
Illustrated: Estabrook, Dan. Forever & Never. Artsuite, 2024, pl. 9.
Custom framed.
8801
$5,800

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Dan Estabrook, At Sea, 2007

Salt print with watercolor and gouache , 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Edition 3/3. Signed, dated and editioned in pencil verso.
Illustrated: Estabrook, Dan. Forever & Never. Artsuite, 2024, pl. 9.
Custom framed.

8801

$5,800

Dan Estabrook, Double Mirror, 2018/2026
Cut tintype with silver-plated copper, 15 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (40 x 47.6 cm)
Unique. Signed and dated in ink verso.
Custom framed.
8820
$12,000

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Dan Estabrook, Double Mirror, 2018/2026

Cut tintype with silver-plated copper, 15 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (40 x 47.6 cm)

Unique. Signed and dated in ink verso.
Custom framed.

8820

$12,000

Chargesheimer, Monstra, 1961
Vintage gelatin silver chemigram, 15 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (39.4 x 29.5 cm)
Initialed and dated in ink recto. Signed, titled and dated in pencil with estate stamp on print verso.
5656
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Chargesheimer, Monstra, 1961

Vintage gelatin silver chemigram, 15 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (39.4 x 29.5 cm)

Initialed and dated in ink recto. Signed, titled and dated in pencil with estate stamp on print verso.

5656

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Jaroslav Rössler, Untitled, 1967-77
3 color transparent sheets, 14 5/8 x 6 1/2 in. (37.1 x 16.5 cm)
Taped to mount 15 x 7 in. (38.1 x 17.8 cm).
Signed in blued ink with Photographer's stamp on mount verso.
Illustrated: Birgus, Vladmír and Jan Mlčoch. Jaroslav Rössler: Czech Avant-Garde Photographer. MIT Press, 2004, Pl. 134.
8799
$15,000

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Jaroslav Rössler, Untitled, 1967-77

3 color transparent sheets, 14 5/8 x 6 1/2 in. (37.1 x 16.5 cm)

Taped to mount 15 x 7 in. (38.1 x 17.8 cm).
Signed in blued ink with Photographer's stamp on mount verso.
Illustrated: Birgus, Vladmír and Jan Mlčoch. Jaroslav Rössler: Czech Avant-Garde Photographer. MIT Press, 2004, Pl. 134.

8799

$15,000

Jean-Pierre Sudre, Matériographie, 1965-67
Vintage toned gelatin silver print; Mordançage, 23 15/16 x 19 3/4 in. (60.8 x 50.2 cm)
8582
$14,000

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Jean-Pierre Sudre, Matériographie, 1965-67

Vintage toned gelatin silver print; Mordançage, 23 15/16 x 19 3/4 in. (60.8 x 50.2 cm)

8582

$14,000

Christiane Feser, Nachbild 2, 2022
2 layer photo object; pigment prints, 32 1/8 x 23 3/4 x 3/8 in. (81.6 x 60.4 x 1 cm)
One print on 9 gram Japanese paper hand cut and mounted with distance on the other print on Hahnemühle fine art paper.
8300
$7,000

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Christiane Feser, Nachbild 2, 2022

2 layer photo object; pigment prints, 32 1/8 x 23 3/4 x 3/8 in. (81.6 x 60.4 x 1 cm)

One print on 9 gram Japanese paper hand cut and mounted with distance on the other print on Hahnemühle fine art paper.

8300

$7,000

Irving Penn, Milkman (A), New York, 1951
Platinum-palladium print, 16 5/16 x 13 3/16 in. (41.4 x 33.5 cm)
Paper 22 1/2 x 17 3/4 in.
Signed twice, titled, dated, numbered 3/3, with "Platinum-palladium print made 1967" and "p. 110" twice, each circled, in pencil with copyright stamp with "1951" and "renewed 1979" in pencil and 2 "IRVING PENN" and 1 "hand coated by the photographer" stamps and stamp "In addition to 3 [3 in pencil] numbered prints of this image in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver prints not exceeding a total of 7 [7 in pencil] may exist."
8828
$90,000

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Irving Penn, Milkman (A), New York, 1951

Platinum-palladium print, 16 5/16 x 13 3/16 in. (41.4 x 33.5 cm)

Paper 22 1/2 x 17 3/4 in.
Signed twice, titled, dated, numbered 3/3, with "Platinum-palladium print made 1967" and "p. 110" twice, each circled, in pencil with copyright stamp with "1951" and "renewed 1979" in pencil and 2 "IRVING PENN" and 1 "hand coated by the photographer" stamps and stamp "In addition to 3 [3 in pencil] numbered prints of this image in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver prints not exceeding a total of 7 [7 in pencil] may exist."

8828

$90,000

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Joel Sternfeld, McLean, Virginia, December 4, 1978

Dye transfer print, 15 1/8 x 19 5/16 in. (38.4 x 49 cm)

16x20 paper flush mounted to mat board. Signed, titled, dated, with negative and print date "March 1982" and inscribed "With deep gratitude and good wishes - 4/16/82" in ink in bottom margin on print recto.

8829

$38,000

Robert Adams, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1976
Gelatin silver print; printed 1988, 5 x 5 in. (12.7 x 12.7 cm)
Signed, titled and dated with print date and copyright date within copyright stamp in pencil on print verso.
Illustrated: Adams, Robert. Summer Nights. Aperture, 1985. unpag.
8842
$30,000

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Robert Adams, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1976

Gelatin silver print; printed 1988, 5 x 5 in. (12.7 x 12.7 cm)

Signed, titled and dated with print date and copyright date within copyright stamp in pencil on print verso.
Illustrated: Adams, Robert. Summer Nights. Aperture, 1985. unpag.

8842

$30,000

Lewis Baltz, Columbia, S.C., 1972
Vintage gelatin silver print, 6 x 8 15/16 in. (15.2 x 22.7 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated on print verso.
8844
$25,000

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Lewis Baltz, Columbia, S.C., 1972

Vintage gelatin silver print, 6 x 8 15/16 in. (15.2 x 22.7 cm)

Signed, titled, and dated on print verso.

8844

$25,000

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Lewis Baltz, Fayetteville, Arkansas #1 (Muzak), 1976

Vintage gelatin silver print, 6 x 9 in. (15.2 x 22.9 cm)

Signed, titled, and dated on print verso.

8843

$25,000

Iwao Yamawaki, Bauhaus Dessau, Interior, 1930
Vintage gelatin silver print, 4 3/8 x 6 1/8 in. (11.1 x 15.6 cm)
Signed, titled and date in pencil with photographer's stamp on print verso.
8841
$7,500

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Iwao Yamawaki, Bauhaus Dessau, Interior, 1930

Vintage gelatin silver print, 4 3/8 x 6 1/8 in. (11.1 x 15.6 cm)

Signed, titled and date in pencil with photographer's stamp on print verso.

8841

$7,500

Iwao Yamawaki, Building and Cars, 1930-32
Vintage gelatin silver print, 4 9/16 x 3 3/8 in. (11.6 x 8.6 cm)
Photographer's red circular stamp and “foto 10” in red pencil on print verso.
8840
$4,800

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Iwao Yamawaki, Building and Cars, 1930-32

Vintage gelatin silver print, 4 9/16 x 3 3/8 in. (11.6 x 8.6 cm)

Photographer's red circular stamp and “foto 10” in red pencil on print verso.

8840

$4,800

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Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, Geometric Lady, California, 1982

Vintage gelatin silver print, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11.4 x 8.9 cm)

8766

$2,500

From the series Expeditions (1976-1984) which alludes to 19^th century photographs of Egypt and recapture a sense of wonder of seeing monumental ruins of early civilizations. Thorne-Thomsen toned much of this work to echo salt prints and albumen prints from that period.

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Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, Niobe, New Mexico, 1987

Vintage gelatin silver print, 4 5/8 x 3 3/4 in. (11.8 x 9.5 cm)

Illustrated: Miller-Clark, Denise. Within this Garden: Photographs by Ruth Thorne-Thomsen. Museum of Contemporary Photography/Aperture, 1993, p. 123, pl. 71, cat. 72.

8777

$5,000

From the series Views from the Shoreline (1986-1987) which references 15th century Florentine profile paintings by Piero della Francesca and his compression of space between the portrait and the landscape behind. Yet Thorne-Thomsen uses that familiar construction to create images that evoke a surrealist landscape of the unconscious juxtaposed with the land, not the land owned by the figure but rather a symbol of earth and the continuum of time.

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Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, Pacifica, New Mexico (version 2), 1986

Vintage gelatin silver print, 4 5/8 x 3 3/4 in. (11.8 x 9.5 cm)

8779

$4,000

From the series Views from the Shoreline (1986-1987) which references 15th century Florentine profile paintings by Piero della Francesca and his compression of space between the portrait and the landscape behind. Yet Thorne-Thomsen uses that familiar construction to create images that evoke a surrealist landscape of the unconscious juxtaposed with the land, not the land owned by the figure but rather a symbol of earth and the continuum of time.

Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, c. 1964
Vintage gelatin silver print, 7 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (18.1 x 19.4 cm)
Photographer's stamp with “Vintage Pre 1967" and “850" in pencil on print verso.
Illustrated: Ralph Eugene Meatyard, 1925-1972. New York: Steidl, 2004, p. 161.
8380
$10,000

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Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, c. 1964

Vintage gelatin silver print, 7 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (18.1 x 19.4 cm)

Photographer's stamp with “Vintage Pre 1967" and “850" in pencil on print verso.
Illustrated: Ralph Eugene Meatyard, 1925-1972. New York: Steidl, 2004, p. 161.

8380

$10,000