PHOTOGRAPHY
Iconic pictures taken by the most prominent members of the world of photography, including "Alpe di Siusi" by Luigi Ghirri, as well as a fine selection of shots by Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Annie Leibovitz, Robert Doisneau and Alexander Rodchenko.
3.00 pm | lots 1-221
VIEWING
Milan, via Manzoni 7, from Saturday 1 to Friday 7 April by appointment +39 0249488863 (Sunday excluded)
Turin, via Cavour 17, Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 April | 10.00 am - 6.00 pm
Lot 51
GUGLIELMO VON PLÜSCHOW 1852 - 1930
Giovane in posa su capitello c. 1890
Albumen print. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 8.6 x 6.4
Starting price: € 400
Lot 52
ALESSIO NEBBIA 1896 - 1975
Monte Bianco c.1920
Vintage gelatin silver print. Blind stamp "Bottega d'Arte Alpina".
in. 14.8 x 11.1
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 53
VITTORIO SELLA 1859 - 1943
"K2" e "Mischabel e Weisshorn dalla vetta del Castore" c. 1885
Two gelatin silver prints printed c. 1950. "Mischabel e Weisshorn dalla vetta del Castore" credit stamp Istituto di Fotografia Italiana V.Sella verso, "K2" only pencil notes verso.
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Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 54
NANNI GADENZ 1900 - 1978
Scalata della Pala di S. Martino 1927
Three gelatin vintage prints mounted on original cartboard, signed and dated recto.
in. 11.1 x 8.6 (in. 16.4 x 12.3)
Starting price: € 200
Lot 55
VITTORIO SELLA 1859 - 1943
K2 con gli autografi degli alpinisti della spedizione italiana del 1954 1909/1954
Gelatin silver print. Credit stamp Istituto di Fotografia Alpina "V. Sella".
in. 15.4 x 11.6
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 56
SILVIO POZZINI
Passo del Tonale c. 1930
Two vintage gelatin silver print. Signed recto.
in. 7.4 x 10.9
Starting price: € 150
Lot 57
ALBERT STEINER 1877 - 1965
Winterschonheit c. 1920
Vintage gelatin silver print. Signed and titled on cardboard.
in. 8.8 x 6.4 (in. 15.0 x 11.7)
Starting price: € 1.800
Lot 58
EDWARD & COLE WESTON (XX-XXI)
Church door 1940
Gelatin silver print printed c.1970. Framed. Signed by Cole Weston verso.
in. 7.0 x 9.4 (in. 14.4 x 16.0)
Starting price: € 1.500 Ordinary vat
Lot 59
ANSEL ADAMS 1902 - 1984
Tree 1950
Vintage gelatin silver print on original cardboard. Signed on cardboard. "Print N.11 Of Set N.81 Of Portfolio Two" verso.
in. 9.4 x 7.4 (in. 17.7 x 13.8)
Starting price: € 4.500
Lot 60
MAX BAUER 1886 - 1951
Germany "Das Schone Deutschland" c.1930
Fifteen vintage gelatin silver prints mounted on thin cardboard, all signed and titled recto.
Sizes from in. 4.7 x 3.3 to in. 7.8 x 6.6.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 61
P. APERS
Mistinguett 1931
Vintage gelatin silver print. Signed and dated by Mistinguett.
in. 11.7 x 9.4
Starting price: € 100
Lot 62
EMILIO SOMMARIVA
Vittorio Emanuele III c.1930
Vintage carbon print. Photographer's blind stamp on both print and cardboard.
in. 8.8 x 6.0 (in. 10.7 x 8.2)
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 63
ANONIMO
Charlie Chaplin , Marx Brothers and Larry Langdon c. 1930
Seven vintage gelatin silver prints on mountboard. Stamp "Raccolta Attilio Giovannini" verso.
Sizes from in. 7 x 5.5 to in. 9 x 6.2
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 64
STEFANO BRICARELLI 1889 - 1989
In cantina ad Asti 1939
Vintage gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit stamp and label with title and date.
in. 15.6 x 11.7
Starting price: € 800
Lot 65
MAN RAY 1890 - 1976
Ritratto di André Derain 1927
Vintage gelatin silver print mounted on thin cardboard.
in. 9.0 x 6.6
Starting price: € 1.200
Lot 66
ALEXANDER RODCHENKO 1891 - 1956
Risacca 1934
Gelatin silver print printed c.1960. Label typewritten with Cyrillic notes.
in. 10.9 x 15.2
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 67
ALEXANDER RODCHENKO 1891 - 1956
Girl with Leica 1934
Gelatin silver print printed c.1960. Label with typewritten Cyrillic notes.
in. 15.4 x 11.1
Starting price: € 1.100 | Sold for : € 4.200
Lot 68
BERENICE ABBOTT 1898 - 1991
New York Under the El 1936
Gelatin silver print on original cardboard, printed c.1970. Signed on cardboard recto, photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 9.9 x 13.1 (in. 14.4 x 17.0)
Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 69
FOSCO MARAINI 1912 - 2004
Pescatrici d'Awabi dell'isola di Hèkura, Giappone 1954
Vintage gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit stamp.
in. 11.7 x 15.6
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 70
ED VAN DER ELSKEN 1925 - 1990
Hong Kong, Water Carrier 1960
Vintage gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 9.4 x 11.7
Starting price: € 450 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 71
STANISLAO FARRI 1924
Cantiere 1957
Vintage gelatin silver print. Signed, dated and photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 15.6 x 11.7
Starting price: € 600
Lot 72
ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN 1915 - 1985
Artelia Bendolph, Gee's Bend, Alabama 1937
Gelatin silver print printed c.1970. Signed recto.
in. 10.9 x 13.8
Starting price: € 1.200
Lot 73
FRANÇOIS KOLLAR 1904 - 1979
Pavillon du cinéma sous laTour Eiffel, Paris, Exposition Universelle 1937
Vintage gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 10.1 x 8.6
Starting price: € 500
Lot 74
VINCENZO CARRESE 1952 - 1980
La "bicicoppia" 1948
Gelatin silver print printed c.1970. "Publifoto" stamp verso.
in. 7.0 x 9.4
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 75
VINCENZO CARRESE 1952 - 1980
Alberto Pirelli, Vittorio Valletta, Gianni Agnelli e Giuseppe Bianchi con la prima Autobianchi Bianchina Trasformabile 1955
Gelatin silver print printed c.1970. "Publifoto" credit stamp verso.
in. 7.0 x 9.4
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300