20th CENTURY ART
AUCTION
Tuesday 6 November 2018
2.30 pm (CET)
Turin – Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17
VIEWING
From Friday 2 to Tuesday 6 November (Sunday included) from 10 am to 6 pm.
Saturday 3 from 10 am to Midnight
Turin – Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17
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Lot 101
LEO MATIZ 1917-1998
Frida Kahlo
Gelatin silver print, photographer's credit stamp recto and a label on the reverse.
9.45 x 7.09 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 700 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 102
LEO MATIZ 1917-1998
Frida Kahlo, Libreria del Congresso, Washington
Lot consisting of three gelatin silver prints, photographer's credit stamp recto and a label on the reverse.
11.81 x 8.27 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 103
LEO MATIZ 1917-1998
Frida Kahlo con un’allieva, Coyoacán, Città del Messico
Gelatin silver print, photographer's credit stamp recto and a label on the reverse.
10.83 x 13.78 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 104
LEO MATIZ 1917-1998
Frida Kahlo
Gelatin silver print, photographer's credit stamp recto and a label on the reverse.
13.78 x 10.83 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 105
LEWIS HINE 1874-1940
Group of Newsboys, Brooklyn New York
Gelatin silver print, printed on Kodak paper 1980 circa. Label on the passe-partout reverse.
8.07 x 10.04 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 400 - 600
Lot 106
VIVIAN CHERRY 1920
Hell's Kitchen
Gelatin silver print, later reprint. Signed and dated, photographer's credit stamp on the reverse.
10.24 x 10.98 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Estimate : € 400 - 600
Lot 107
BERENICE ABBOTT 1898-1991
Abraham De Peyster Statue, Bowling Green, Manhattan
Gelatin silver print, mounted on passe-partout. Signed in pencil and stamped 'Abbott, Maine' on the mount reverse.
13.39 x 10.63 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.200 - 1.600 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 108
ANONIMO
Charlie Chaplin, Marx Brothers and Larry Langdon
Seven vintage gelatin silver prints on mountboard, on the reverse stamp 'Raccolta Attilio Giovannini'.
Various measures from 7 x 5.5 to 9 x 6.2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Estimate : € 200 - 300 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 109
MICHEL SIMA 1912-1987
Pablo Picasso e Jaume Sabartés al Chateau Grimaldi, Antibes
Gelatin silver print, printed in 1959. Inscribed e label on the reverse.
7.48 x 9.84 in.
Starting price: € 900 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500
Lot 110
ROBERT DOISNEAU 1912-1994
Picasso e Françoise Gilot
Gelatin silver print, signed recto.
11.81 x 15.75 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 111
PHIL PALMER 1911-1992
Tram in California Street, San Francisco
Vintage gelatin silver print, photographer’s credit stamp on the reverse.
8.07 x 9.84 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Estimate : € 400 - 600
Lot 112
MAX YAVNO 1911-1985
Storefront
Gelatin silver print, printed 1978. Dated and noted on the reverse.
20.08 x 16.14 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 600 - 800
Lot 113
PHIL PALMER 1911-1992
Wing Lung Company, Chinatown, San Francisco
Vintage gelatin silver print, photographer’s credit stamp on the reverse.
9.49 x 7.52 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Estimate : € 400 - 600
Lot 114
PHIL PALMER 1911-1992
Pete's grocery & liquor, San Francisco
Vintage gelatin silver print, photographer's credit stamp on the reverse.
11.02 x 14.17 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Estimate : € 400 - 600 | Sold for : € 375
Lot 115
PHIL PALMER 1911-1992
San Francisco
Vintage gelatin silver print, photographer's credit stamp on the reverse.
9.45 x 7.48 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Estimate : € 400 - 600 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 116
PHIL PALMER 1911-1992
Post Street dall'alto, San Francisco
Vintage gelatin silver print, photographer's credit stamp and signature on the reverse.
7.48 x 9.06 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Estimate : € 400 - 600
Lot 117
ANDRÉ DE DIENES 1913-1985
Brothers
Vintage gelatin silver print, autograph inscription 'Looking at this photo always brings tears to my eyes A.D.' and photographer's credit stamp on the reverse.
13.39 x 10.63 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 600 - 800
Lot 118
HOWARD ZIEFF 1927-2009
Waiting Room
Gelatin silver print, photographer's credit stamp on the reverse, framed.
11.02 x 11.02 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 119
WEEGEE 1899-1968
New York Psycho Ward, Bellevue Hospital, New York
Vintage gelatin silver print. title, photographer's and Globe Photos credit stamps on the reverse.
12.80 x 10.24 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.200
Lot 120
ANONIMO
Ivy Mike Hydrogen Bomb Test
Vintage gelatin silver print, inscribed and labels on the reverse.
7.72 x 8.98 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 400 - 600 | Sold for : € 475
Lot 121
ALFRED WERTHEIMER 1929-2014
Good Bye America, Hello Germany
Gelatin silver print, printed 2006. Signed lower recto along the margin; signed, titled, dated and with photographer's credit stamp on the reverse.
10.83 x 13.98 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 122
ANONIMO
Taxi Driver
Vintage gelatin silver print, traces of paper lower on the reverse.
7.28 x 9.25 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 500
Lot 123
AGENZIA KEYSTONE
Brigitte Bardot
Vintage gelatin silver print, photographer's credit stamp on the reverse.
7.28 x 9.25 in.
Starting price: € 225 | Estimate : € 300 - 400
Lot 124
ANDRÉ DE DIENES 1913-1985
Nudo con pianta
Vintage gelatin silver print, photographer's credit stamp and autograph inscription by Shirley De Dienes dated February 16-02-2004 on the reverse.
9.84 x 9.65 in.
Starting price: € 850 | Estimate : € 900 - 1.200
Lot 125
BRIAN ARIS
Jane Birkin
Vintage gelatin silver print, Camera Press Ltd.'s credit stamp and label with the name of the photographer on the reverse. Minor defects.
11.81 x 8.07 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Estimate : € 400 - 600 | Sold for : € 350