What: Auction of Photographs & PhotobooksWhere: Swann Auction Galleries, 104 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010When: October 25, 1.00 pmPublic Viewing: October 20-24, 12.00 pm – 5.00 pm, October 25, 10.00am - 12:00pmTop Lots of the Sale:The auction offers rare photographs and photobooks. The sale consists of lots comprising of the collections of Robert A. Taub, Ann Morse, Frances and Donald Werner, a New York Law Firm, and an American collector. The works of Francis Firth, Alexandre Bougault, Julia Margaret Cameron, Steve McCurry, and Yousuf Karsh among others are featured in the auction. Top lots of this sale are:*Robert Frank (1924- ), ‘Political Rally, Chicago,’ copyright hand stamp with Frank's credit and the date 1979, in ink, on verso. 1956; printed 1970s, silver print. Estimate: US$60,000 - US$90,000*Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), ‘Portrait of Kate Keown,’ with a gilt rule and an embossed Colnaghi stamp on mount recto. 1866, circular albumen print. Estimate: US$50,000 - US$75,000*Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971), ‘At the Time of the Louisville Flood, Kentucky,’ on mount verso. 1936; printed circa 1970, silver print. Estimate: US$ 40,000 - US$60,000* Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), ‘Karsh--Fifteen Portraits,’ Weston Gallery, 1941-70; printed 1983, silver prints. Estimate: US$ 40,000 - US$ 60,000*Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), ‘White Angel Breadline,’ on mount verso. 1933; printed 1960s, silver print. Estimate: US$ 30,000 - US$ 45,000Click on the slideshow for highlights of the sale.
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