Aperture Foundation Sixtieth Anniversary Photography Auction Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 6:00 pm Gotham Hall, 1356 Broadway, New York City
AUCTION CATALOG AND ABSENTEE BIDDING
Aperture Foundation Sixtieth Anniversary Gala Dinner & Photography Auction Tuesday, October 23, 2012 Gotham Hall, 1356 Broadway, New York City Auction Chairs Cathy Kaplan and Anne Stark Auctioneer Daile Kaplan, Swann Galleries Vice President and Director, Photographs and Photobooks Patron level—$1,500 single ticket/$15,000 table of 10 (includes deluxe benefits) Friend level—$1,000 single ticket/$10,000 table of 10 For complete details, including absentee bidding and ticket and table purchases, please visit www.aperture.org or contact benefit@aperture.org. Copies of this catalog are available by calling 212.946.7108. Aperture, a not-for-profit foundation, connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas, and with each other—in print, in person, and online. Design of the catalog is inspired by Issue 1 of Aperture magazine, 1952. All featured photographs are copyright the individual photographers or their estates. All dimensions indicate image size, unless otherwise noted, and all prints are framed. All lots with estimated retail values marked by [ ] are offered for sale subject to a reserve, which is the confidential minimum price below which such lot will not be sold.
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Celso Gonzalez-Falla / FOREWORD Dear Friends, It has been sixty years since Minor White, Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Nancy and Beaumont Newhall, and others led the creation of the first issue of Aperture magazine—to promote interest in, advance, and debate about photography. Since that day, the medium has been on an extraordinary journey. In 1952 photography was not considered an art form. Today it is very much recognized as a fine art—in part, because of the work of those who started Aperture Foundation. Collectors and museums treasure their photographs, many of which were taken or inspired by the original Aperture founders. Thanks to digital technology, cell phones, and the Internet, photography is an everyday language that billions use for daily communication. Aperture Foundation has made and will continue to make a significant impact on photographic consciousness. We celebrate this accomplishment, and have an opportunity to reflect on what has happened with photography, and what our future might be. There have been dramatic changes in the way we take images, share them, and publish the results of our work. Publishing photography also has changed dramatically and will continue to change. We need to draw inspiration from the vision of our founders to adapt to the new reality. The reasons for the creation of Aperture are every bit as relevant today. We must—as they had to— understand, navigate, and shape this new exciting landscape. We thank Aperture’s founders. We cannot overstate our appreciation for their vision and commitment. We strive to uphold and advance their legacy. We also thank Paul Strand and his wife Hazel for their immense contribution to Aperture. We thank the late Michael Hoffman, who led Aperture for thirty-five years and made us America’s leading photobook publisher. It is not possible to name the hundreds of individual photographers—many featured through their work in this catalog—whose contributions have defined Aperture, but please know that your work continually touches and inspires us in countless ways. When we celebrate Aperture, it is your vision, talents, and work that we celebrate. We also thank the hundreds of writers, editors, patrons, and subscribers who have been equally important members of our community. I know that many of you have played a direct role in shaping and supporting Aperture. We owe you a great debt of gratitude. Let us celebrate Aperture’s sixtieth anniversary, and, together, look forward to an exciting future. Sincerely,
Celso Gonzalez-Falla
Chairman, Board of Trustees
ansel adams / LAKE TENAYA, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, 1946, printed 1960 s gelatin - silver print ,
7 3⁄ 8
x
9¼
inches
signed by the artist courtesy of etherton gallery , tucson
Ansel Adams, one of Aperture’s founders and a visionary figure in the history of photography, was a master technician of the fine art print, helping bring recognition to photography as an art form and creating a body of work that would become the primary record of many of the country’s national parks, including Yosemite, where this image was taken. A close friend of both Minor White and Nancy Newhall (two other Aperture founders), Adams contributed both artistic and pragmatic leadership to the magazine’s early days—he frequently wrote for the publication, contributed photographs for reproduction, and even helped secure sponsorship from Polaroid, which was for many years one of the few advertisers featured in Aperture’s pages. estimated retail value :
LOT 01
[$5,000]
robert adams / UNTITLED, 1978 gelatin - silver print ,
6½ x 6
inches
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
Robert Adams has focused his remarkable life’s work in photography on the changing landscape of the American West. Adams is a longtime member of Aperture’s family, and Aperture has published more than ten of his books, beginning in 1980 with From the Missouri West. His other Aperture titles include Summer Nights (in which this image is featured), first published in 1985 and reissued with Yale University Art Gallery in 2009 in an expanded edition as Summer Nights, Walking. estimated retail value :
[$14,000]
LOT 02
manuel álvarez bravo / DOCTORES, HOSPITAL JUÁREZ, MÉXICO, 1935, printed later gelatin - silver print ,
9½
x
7
inches
initialed by the artist courtesy of asociación manuel álvarez bravo ac and rose gallery , santa monica
Manuel Álvarez Bravo is an iconic figure of Latin American photography whose work spans the course of the twentieth century. His work first appeared in Aperture magazine in 1953. The Mexican master was one of twenty international photographers selected for the classic Aperture book series Masters of Photography, and in 1997 Aperture also published a monographic issue and book, Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Photographs and Memories. estimated retail value :
LOT 03
$7,500
diane arbus / TRANSVESTITE AT HER BIRTHDAY PARTY, N.Y.C., 1969, printed later gelatin - silver print ,
14½ x 14½
inches ,
60/75
printed by neil selkirk and signed by doon arbus for the estate of diane arbus courtesy of fraenkel gallery , san francisco
After Diane Arbus’s death in 1971 Aperture was the first publisher to publish her work in book form, releasing her first monograph in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art. Designed and edited by Marvin Israel and the artist’s daughter Doon Arbus, Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph (1972)—from which this image is drawn—is a landmark publication. Continuously in print ever since, with editions in five languages, it set the groundwork for Arbus’s international recognition. Subsequent Arbus titles published by Aperture are Magazine Work (1984), Untitled (1995), and A Chronology (2011). estimated retail value :
[$8,000]
LOT 04
dawoud bey / A BOY IN FRONT OF THE LOEW’S 125TH STREET MOVIE THEATER, 1976, printed 2012 gelatin - silver print ,
9½
x
6 5⁄ 8
inches
signed and dated by the artist courtesy of the artist and stephen daiter gallery , chicago
Aperture published Class Pictures in 2007 to accompany a touring exhibition of Dawoud Bey’s work. Featuring portraits of teenagers at school, along with their personal reflections, and gathered by Bey over fifteen years, the exhibition has toured to eleven venues across America, including the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, and Indianapolis Museum of Art. This image is from Bey’s earlier exploration of Harlem in the late 1970s; it was published in Aperture magazine in 2007. estimated retail value :
LOT 05
$3,000
harry callahan / CUZCO, 1974 gelatin - silver print ,
8¾ x 8¾
inches
signed by the artist courtesy of etherton gallery , tucson
Harry Callahan was an early member of the Aperture community. His work was first published in the magazine in 1956 and appeared frequently in its pages over the course of the next fifty years. In 1976, Aperture collaborated with the Museum of Modern Art on a major catalog of this work, Callahan, to accompany an exhibition curated by John Szarkowski. Callahan is also included in Aperture’s classic Masters of Photography book series, in which this image appears. His dual legacy of experimentation and commitment to an in-depth series featuring his wife Eleanor and daughter Barbara continue to inspire young artists today. estimated retail value :
$7,500
LOT 06
michal chelbin / NASTYA, RUSSIA, 2007 chromogenic print ,
37 x 37
inches ,
2/5
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
In 2008, Aperture published Israeli photographer Michal Chelbin’s first monograph, Strangely Familiar: Acrobats, Athletes, and Other Traveling Troupes, a book of compelling portraits of travelling performers working mainly in eastern European countries and Israel. This image is from that series. Chelbin’s photography draws out her individual subjects, separating their distinct identities from their roles as performers. estimated retail value :
LOT 07
$9,000
chuck close / KATE #14 , 2005 pigment print on hahnemühle satin ,
14
x
10½
inches ,
25
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and adamson editions , washington , d . c .
After publishing Chuck Close’s daguerreotype nudes in the magazine in 2001, Aperture published his monograph A Couple of Ways of Doing Something, in 2006, a series of portraits alongside praise poems by Bob Holman. (Note: This image is not included in the book.) This volume demonstrates this master of portraiture’s hyper-realistic style and his curiosity for exploring various means of representation. The accompanying exhibition, curated by Close and mounted and traveled by Aperture, has been shown at eleven venues to date, with two additional venues scheduled for 2013. estimated retail value :
$28,000
LOT 08
john cohen / Q’EROS PERU, 1956 gelatin - silver print ,
8½
x
12¾
inches
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and l . parker stephenson photographs , new york
Filmmaker, photographer, and performing musician John Cohen wrote his MFA thesis on contemporary weaving of the Peruvian Indians, while simultaneously documenting his research with a camera. A 1971 issue of Aperture magazine, exploring Latin America as a theme, included Cohen’s photographs as a central feature. estimated retail value :
LOT 09
$2,000
(IMAGE LEFT)
barbara crane / PRIVATE VIEWS, CHICAGO FEST, 1981 polaroid polacolor type
59, 4
x
5
inches ,
1/1
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist ; stephen daiter gallery , chicago ;
and higher pictures , new york
(IMAGE RIGHT)
barbara crane / PRIVATE VIEWS, CONEY ISLAND, NY, 1982 polaroid polacolor type
59, 4
x
5
inches ,
1/1
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist ; stephen daiter gallery , chicago ;
and higher pictures , new york
With a photographic career that spans more than fifty years, Barbara Crane has employed many formats and materials, continually experimenting with new ways of image-making and seeing. Private Views, published by Aperture in 2009, is concerned with intimacy, human gestures, and interaction, and was shot in the early 1980s during Chicago’s many summer festivals. Crane created the series using Polaroid film and an on-camera flash; the two images included here are unique prints that capture the unmatchable pop of both 1980s fashion and Polaroid’s exceptional color palette. estimated retail value :
$7,000
for both prints
LOT 10
bruce davidson / KISSING IN THE RAMBLE, CENTRAL PARK, 1992–95
gelatin - silver print ,
15
x
15
inches
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
From 1991 to 1995 Bruce Davidson photographed New York City’s Central Park, its wildlife, inhabitants, and those who were just passing though. The outcome, published by Aperture in 1995, was Central Park, a documentation of the vibrant and multifaceted heart of the city. An exhibition of this work was also held at Aperture at the time of the publication. Among Davidson’s other renowned publications is Subway, his seminal color essay of urban life published by Aperture in 1986 and reissued in 2012. estimated retail value :
LOT 11
$5,000
mitch epstein / BUSHEY DAM, LONAVALA, INDIA, 1985,
printed 2012
chromogenic print ,
14 1⁄8 x 21
inches ,
3/10
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and sikkema jenkins
&
co ., new york
Published in 1987, In Pursuit of India, in which this photograph appeared, reflects a time in Aperture’s publication history marked by a concerted interest in India and East Asia. It was also Mitch Epstein’s first book, offering a series of photographs that describe the daily lives of the people he encountered on his several journeys to India beginning in the late 1970s. Epstein is now widely regarded as one of the key figures of documentary art photography in America, and this early publication reflects his interest in bold color and composition as a means to communicate social conditions, both as they are written on the landscape and in the gestures and faces of people he encountered. estimated retail value :
$7,500
LOT 12
elliott erwitt / GRACE KELLY, NEW YORK CITY, 1955 gelatin - silver print ,
16
x
20
inches
(paper size)
signed and dated by the artist courtesy of the artist and edwynn houk gallery , new york
With a career that spans over sixty years to date, including notable achievements in film, photojournalism, and advertising, Elliott Erwitt has become best known for his “personal exposures”—his wry and witty photographic observations of the world around him. The author of many great photobooks, Erwitt has made regular appearances in Aperture magazine since 1988. estimated retail value :
LOT 13
[$4,500]
donna ferrato / JANICE CRYING, 1987 gelatin - silver print ,
16
x
20
inches
(paper size)
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
Donna Ferrato’s work was first published in the fall 1990 issue of Aperture magazine, “The Body in Question.” In Living with the Enemy (Aperture, 1991), her first monograph, Ferrato presented a harrowing documentation of women such as Janice, depicted here, in emotionally and physically abusive relationships. Intended as an advocacy tool for social change, the book received critical acclaim and Ferrato received numerous awards. The photographer remains a fierce campaigner for social justice and has continued to document many of the women and their children featured in Living with the Enemy. The book evolved into the Domestic Abuse Awareness Project and effected legislative change. Aperture also published Ferrato’s book Love and Lust in 2005. estimated retail value :
$2,400
LOT 14
larry fink / OSLIN’S GRADUATION PARTY, June 1977 gelatin - silver print ,
14
x
14
inches
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
This photograph is selected from Social Graces, Larry Fink’s first monograph, published by Aperture in 1984. It compared the lives of the wealthy, mingling at nightclubs and social events in New York City, and those of working-class Americans living in rural Pennsylvania. Social Graces established the powerful social commentary and raw, flash-powered documentary style for which Fink is now widely recognized. estimated retail value :
LOT 15
[$7,000]
ralph gibson / BIARRITZ, 1991 ink jet print ,
17
x
10¾
inches
signed and dated by the artist courtesy of the artist
Biarritz appears in Ralph Gibson’s L’Histoire de France, published by Aperture in 1991 to accompany an exhibition of the same name at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. Passionate about bookmaking and founder of his own artist’s imprint, Gibson also published several other titles with Aperture, including Tropism (1987) and The Spirit of Burgundy (1994). L’Histoire de France was Gibson’s first color publication and offers a meditation on details of color, gesture, and partial landscapes that are both surreal and strangely concrete. estimated retail value :
$3,000
LOT 16
john gossage / THE POND #14 (NEW EDITION), 1984 , printed 2012 gelatin - silver print ,
24
x
20
inches
(paper size)
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and stephen daiter gallery , chicago
In 1985 Aperture first published John Gossage’s monograph The Pond, consisting of landscape photographs made at a derelict pond behind a shopping center in Queenstown, Maryland. It has come to be regarded as a classic photo essay, one of the “monuments of the New Topographic mode,” according to critic Gerry Badger. The book was republished in a new Aperture edition in 2010 to critical acclaim; this gelatin-silver print from The Pond was printed by the photographer in 2012 in an edition of two in this size. estimated retail value :
LOT 17
$6,000
katy grannan / BRANDI, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY, 2003 gelatin - silver print ,
7
x
5½
inches ,
15/15
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
In 2005 Aperture published Katy Grannan’s diverse series of portraits together for the first time in Model American. This image is from her series Morning Call (named after the local paper in which Grannan placed ads for models) and draws inspiration from Walker Evans, in particular, his straightforward style of portraiture. Model American firmly established Grannan’s careful and direct mode of portraiture as a means of exploring both character and identity. estimated retail value :
[$7,500]
LOT 18
gail albert halaban / OUT MY WINDOW, CHELSEA, COSTUME SHOP, 2008 pigment print ,
20 x 24
inches
(paper size), 1/10
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and edwynn houk gallery , new york
The subject of Gail Albert Halaban’s first monograph, Out My Window (Powerhouse, 2012), which includes this image, focuses on the lives of others, caught through their New York windows, in a voyeuristic manner reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954). Her series My Name Is Mommy was published in Aperture magazine in 2006, and another photograph from Out My Window is a 2012 addition to Aperture’s limited-edition print program. estimated retail value :
LOT 19
$5,500
jacqueline hassink / THE MAIKO AS AN ARTIST, THE ARTIST AS A MAIKO, KYOTO, JAPAN, June 2004 chromogenic prints ,
11½ x 83⁄4
inches each
courtesy of amador gallery , new york
Jacqueline Hassink established her reputation as an influential contemporary artist working in photography with Tables of Power (Menno van der Koppel, 1996). In 2009 Aperture published Car Girls, which delves into the influence of culture and eroticism on the auto industry’s marketing around the world. Her work frequently finds ways to visualize the undercurrents of power, economics, and social forces. (She is shortlisted for the 2012 Prix Pictet for her work on the theme of power.) This image, a rare self-portrait in which she is dressed as a geisha, is drawn from her most recent, as yet unpublished work, View, Kyoto. estimated retail value :
[$4,000 for both prints]
LOT 20
takashi homma / PORTABLE RECORD PLAYER, 1995, printed later
chromogenic print ,
12 x 10
inches
(paper size), 1/3
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
In 2008, Aperture released Takashi Homma: Tokyo, the artist’s first monograph published outside of Japan. The book exemplifies Homma’s ability to capture the city and its youth culture, its changing architecture, and the interiors of family homes and their inhabitants, bringing together the best of his work from the 1990s and early 2000s. Homma draws inspiration from the New Topographic school, but also incorporates unique, personal perspectives drawn from both his life and from the Japanese cityscape he calls home. estimated retail value :
LOT 21
$1,000
eikoh hosoe / KAMAITACHI #8, 1965, printed 1997 gelatin - silver print ,
8 x 5½
inches
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
Eikoh Hosoe, known for his psychologically charged images, often addresses subjects such as death, erotic obsession, and irrationality. His series Kamaitachi was created in collaboration with the late dancer Tatsumi Hijikata, the founder of butoh performance. The collaboration consisted of Hosoe photographing Hijikata’s spontaneous interactions with the land and the inhabitants of a small farming village in northern Japan. This image features Hijikata poised on a village fence, and appeared on the cover of Eikoh Hosoe: Masters of Photography (Aperture, 1999). It is also included in both editions of Kamaitachi published by Aperture, a limitededition facsimile (2005) and a standard edition (2009). estimated retail value :
$3,500
LOT 22
graciela iturbide / HEROES DE LA PATRIA / NATIONAL HEROES, CUETZALAN, PUEBLA, 1993 gelatin - silver print ,
12 7⁄8
x
8½
inches
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
Graciela Iturbide is considered one of the most significant and influential Latin American photographers of the past half-century. Her first major monograph published in the U.S., Images of the Spirit (Aperture, 1996), evolved out of an Aperture magazine feature. Working in a photographic style rooted in Mexican history and culture, Iturbide explores ritual, ceremony, and daily life in her photographs. This image, Heroes de la Patria/National Heroes, Cuetzalan, Puebla, is featured on the book’s cover. Like many of her other images, it seems to reference early Mexican studio photography and the making of “portraits within portraits.” estimated retail value :
LOT 23
$2,000
robert glenn ketchum / MEADOW BELOW LAKE TIORATI, 1983 cibachrome print ,
30
x
40
inches , ap
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
Known for his color photographs of the natural world and his passion for wildlife and land conservation, Robert Glenn Ketchum has used his photography as a potent advocacy tool for North American environmental issues. This image is from Hudson River and the Highlands (1985), the first of seven books published by Aperture over the span of more than a decade. Other titles include Legacy of Wilderness (1993) and Rivers of Life: Southwest Alaska, the Last Great Salmon Fishery (2001). estimated retail value :
$8,000
LOT 24
barney kulok / UNTITLED (JOINT FILLER), 2012 gelatin - silver print ,
29½
x
40 inches, 2/6
with
4 ap
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and nicole klagsbrun gallery , new york
Barney Kulok’s photographic work often addresses the intangible and formal qualities of the architectural and the ordinary. For his first monograph, Building: Louis I. Kahn at Roosevelt Island, published by Aperture this fall (in which this photograph is featured), Kulok was granted special permission to create photographs at the construction site of Louis I. Kahn’s Four Freedoms Park in New York City. Commissioned in 1970 as a memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt, it was the last design Kahn completed in his lifetime. estimated retail value :
LOT 25
$6,000
dorothea lange / MIGRATORY COTTON PICKER, ELOY, ARIZONA, 1940, printed 2002 platinum print ,
7½ x 9½
inches
printed by sal lopez for the aperture founders and friends portfolio
Dorothea Lange, one of the founders of Aperture, wrote in the second issue of the magazine: “The great photograph first asks, then answers, two questions. ‘Is that my world? What, if not, has that world to do with mine?’” This photograph of a migratory cotton picker exemplifies her documentary philosophy and her belief that photography could open people’s eyes to the world around them. It is included in Aperture’s Founders and Friends portfolio along with work by Minor White, Edward Weston, Barbara Morgan, and Paul Strand. Lange’s Aperture monograph Photographs of a Lifetime was published in 1982. estimated retail value :
$1,500
LOT 26
gillian laub / BEN AND GIL ON A BREAK, ROSH HANIKRA, ISRAEL, 2004 chromogenic print ,
19 x 23
inches ,
2/8
signed by the artist courtesy of bonni benrubi gallery , new york
Aperture published Gillian Laub’s first monograph, Testimony, in 2007, featuring portraits of Israeli Jews, Israeli Arabs, and Palestinians, along with their testimonies about everyday life in a disputed land. The image featured here is from this series. Laub continues to focus on family narratives in her work—currently in a series of photographs shot in the American South, called Southern Rites. estimated retail value :
LOT 27
$3,500
david levinthal / UNTITLED, FROM THE SERIES WILD WEST,
2012
pigment print ,
15 x 20
inches ,
1/5
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
David Levinthal uses small toys and props to construct miniature environments that are decidedly grown-up in their intention, capturing the scenes through large-format Polaroid photography. The work challenges and alludes to social and political ideas embedded in American Pop culture—his series The Wild West is inspired by the legends and grandeur of 1950s Westerns. In these images, Levinthal assembles his figures into poses to depict the rugged heroism of Western film stars. Levinthal’s work first appeared in Aperture magazine in 1988; Aperture is working with the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., on a thematic survey of his work. estimated retail value :
$3,000
LOT 28
sally mann / UNTITLED, 1983–85 gelatin - silver print ,
10
x
8
inches ,
8/25
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and gagosian gallery , new york
This image is drawn from At Twelve (1988), Aperture’s first collaboration with Sally Mann, which presents a cohesive body of portraits of girls on the threshold of becoming young women. Subsequently, Aperture published and exhibited Immediate Family in 1992, comprised of photographs of Mann’s children, many of which were taken at or around her home in rural Virginia, where Mann herself spent much of her childhood. Sally Mann’s work has also appeared frequently in the magazine and has been published in three other Aperture books. Through her idyllic, lyrically beautiful, sometimes dark, and often psychologically provocative photographs of her family, Mann has established her reputation as one of the central figures of contemporary photography. estimated retail value :
LOT 29
$7,000
robert mapplethorpe / LISA LYON, 1982 gelatin - silver print ,
20
x
16
inches
copyright robert mapplethorpe foundation . used by permission . estate stamped donated by the robert mapplethorpe foundation ,
courtesy of sean kelly gallery , new york
Robert Mapplethorpe had a major impact on the New York art scene in the 1980s and ’90s, and on the recognition of photography as a contemporary art form. He was first published in Aperture in 1985, in an article and portfolio called “Mapplethorpe’s Human Geometry: A Whole Other Realm.” This image of model Lisa Lyon, the first women’s bodybuilding champion, is emblematic of one of Mapplethorpe’s interests—presenting the female body as physically powerful. estimated retail value :
[$8,500]
LOT 30
mary ellen mark / TINY IN HER HALLOWEEN COSTUME, SEATTLE, WA, 1983, printed later gelatin - silver print ,
24
x
20
inches
(paper size), 15/75
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
Mary Ellen Mark has earned her status as one of America’s best-known photographers with her iconic work about the human condition. In 1988, Aperture published Streetwise, her groundbreaking portrayal of a community of kids and teenagers living on the streets of Seattle. Mark has continued to follow the life of many of the subjects—including Tiny, depicted in this image (also the cover of the book)—ever since. Subsequent books by the artist published by Aperture include American Odyssey (1999) and Twins (2003). Mark is also a contributing editor to Aperture magazine. estimated retail value :
LOT 31
[$10,000]
ralph eugene meatyard / UNTITLED, 1968–70, printed 2001
gelatin - silver print ,
9 1⁄ 8 x 9 1⁄ 8
inches ,
2/25
printed by christopher meatyard and estate stamped courtesy of diane and christopher meatyard and fraenkel gallery , san francisco
Ralph Eugene Meatyard worked as an optometrist in Kentucky while pursuing his interest in photography on weekends and holidays. His strange, unique work was not widely appreciated until Aperture’s publication Ralph Eugene Meatyard: An Aperture Monograph. A monographic issue of the magazine that was also released in book form, it was assembled by his friends and published in 1974, two years after his death. This is a modern print by the artist's son Christopher Meatyard from the original negative. estimated retail value :
[$4,000]
LOT 32
joel meyerowitz / VINEYARD, LATE AFTERNOON, AUTUMN, 2002
hp archival print ,
20½
x
50
inches
signed by the artist copyright joel meyerowitz , courtesy of howard greenberg gallery , new york
This photograph is featured in Tuscany: Inside the Light, Meyerowitz’s Italian essay, first published in 2003. A pioneer of color documentary photography since the 1960s, Meyerowitz’s work is both lyrical and socially committed. Aperture first published a selection of his work in the magazine in 1977, shortly before the publication of his landmark book, Cape Light (1978). Later, Aperture published his Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks in 2009. Meyerowitz currently serves on Aperture’s board of trustees. estimated retail value :
LOT 33
$18,000
lisette model / SAILOR AND GIRL, SAMMY’S BAR, 1949,
printed 1979
gelatin - silver print ,
183⁄4 x 15½
inches , ap
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
One of twentieth-century photography’s classic figures and an influential teacher of the medium, Lisette Model is best known for her raw, expressionistic portraits of wealthy and poor alike. This image exemplifies Model’s distinctive style of social commentary and was selected by Minor White to accompany an essay he contributed to the very first issue of Aperture magazine—an essay he credited as having been inspired by Model’s lectures. Aperture was the first to publish a monograph collecting Model’s best photographs. Lisette Model (1979) was designed by Marvin Israel, with a preface by Berenice Abbott. This volume was reissued by Aperture in 2007, in its original size and design, to accompany the Aperture exhibition Lisette Model and Her Successors. estimated retail value :
$2,500
LOT 34
matthew monteith / MILOVICE, April 2002 archival pigment print ,
19 x 24
inches ,
1/12
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
This image is from Czech Eden, a collection of photographs taken by Matthew Monteith in and around Prague, including interior spaces, portraits, and both land and cityscapes, published as his first monograph by Aperture in 2007. Inspired by found Czech postcards from the 1920s and ’30s, Monteith’s work applies a similar sentiment to contemporary life, creating moods of isolation and the uncanny that resonate with a sense of the country’s long and complex history. estimated retail value :
LOT 35
$2,000
andrew moore / BOB-LO BOAT, 2009 archival pigment print ,
30
x
40
inches
(paper size), ap 1/2
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and yancey richardson gallery , new york
Andrew Moore often addresses the decline of cities and the costs of modernization in his large-scale color photography. In his Detroit series, from which this image was chosen, Moore captures the American city following the downfall of the auto industry after World War II and presents the details of a metropolis in ruins, more often than not devoid of the presence of people. A selection of work from Detroit appeared in Aperture magazine in 2009. estimated retail value :
$8,000
LOT 36
barbara morgan / MARTHA GRAHAM, LAMENTATION (OBLIQUE), 1935, printed 2002 platinum print ,
9½
x
7½ inches
printed by sal lopez for the aperture founders and friends portfolio
In the mid-1930s photographer Barbara Morgan, one of the founding members of Aperture, moved to New York, where she met the dancer Martha Graham. Morgan began what would become a major artistic collaboration, photographing Graham and her company in the controlled environment of her studio, each picture intended to capture the most vital moments of movement in the dance. Morgan is perhaps best known for her photographs of dancers, but she experimented with many different formats and styles, and she also painted. Aperture magazine published a monographic issue of her work in 1964 and she is included in the Masters of Photography book series. estimated retail value :
LOT 37
$1,500
richard mosse / COME OUT (1966) VI, 2011 digital chromogenic print ,
20 x 24
inches ,
1/5
with
1
ap
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and jack shainman gallery , new york
A documentary photographer committed to challenging the visual codes associated with photojournalism, Richard Mosse is now best-known for his body of work, Infra, his first monograph, published by Aperture in 2012. (This work first appeared in the magazine in 2011.) Infra’s scenes from the conflict in the Congo were recorded on infrared film, which is normally used for the purpose of surveillance. The challenging realism of his remarkable large-scale prints, with their palette of pinks, has helped establish Mosse as a powerful voice in contemporary photography. In 2013, one of the films Mosse shot as part of this project will represent Ireland at the Venice Biennale. estimated retail value :
[$5,500]
LOT 38
vik muniz / SUNFLOWERS (AFTER VAN GOGH), 2002 dye destruction print ,
20¼
x
15¼
inches , ap
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
In 2005, Aperture published Reflex: A Vik Muniz Primer, a highly personal and entertaining account of the artist’s life and work. In this image, inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers, Muniz has reinterpreted the artist’s painting through meticulously placed Pantone color swatches. Sunflowers (After van Gogh) is from the 2002 series Pictures of Colors. For over a decade, Muniz has created a multilayered body of work by photographing drawings and collages inspired by iconic art historical images. He is also one of the artists featured in the sixtieth-anniversary exhibition Aperture Remix. estimated retail value :
LOT 39
$4,000
michael nichols / BLACKMANE LION, SERENGETI, TANZANIA, 2012 archival inkjet print ,
20
x
24
inches
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
Michael “Nick� Nichols has photographed wildlife throughout the world, principally for National Geographic magazine, where he is now editor at large of photography. Nichols has published two books with Aperture; his first, Gorilla (1992), with text by George Schaller, and Brutal Kinship (1999), an exploration of the relationship between humans and chimpanzees in the wild, in confinement, and in protective havens. Working directly with Jane Goodall, who contributed text for the book, he and Goodall have used Brutal Kinship and an accompanying Aperture traveling exhibition as an effective tool for advocacy. This image is from his current project for National Geographic on lions and was made in the Serengeti. estimated retail value :
$1,200
LOT 40
erwin olaf / THE KEYHOLE 3, 2011 chromogenic print ,
235⁄8 x 175⁄8
inches ,
4/10
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and hasted kraeutler , new york
Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf has crafted a highly individual brand of discomfiting photographic artifice, through a career that began in the late 1980s, as a successful advertising photographer, filmmaker, and artist. Aperture published his eponymous monograph in 2008, bringing together three series of images—Hope, Grief, and Rain—and showcasing his “Vermeer-noir” aesthetic. This image is from one of his latest series, Keyhole. estimated retail value :
LOT 41
$5,600
ruth orkin / AMERICAN GIRL IN ITALY, 1951,
printed later
gelatin - silver print ,
16
x
20
inches
(paper size)
posthumous photo signed and titled by mary engel , director of archive courtesy of orkin / engel film and photo archive
and howard greenberg gallery , new york
Travelling in Florence, Ruth Orkin and fellow artist Jinx Allen (the “American girl” depicted) collaborated to make American Girl in Italy, which became one of Orkin’s most recognized and published images. It was first published in Cosmopolitan magazine, and was part of a series originally titled Don’t Be Afraid to Travel Alone, about what the two experienced in Europe after World War II. In a 2011 issue of Aperture magazine, Neil LaBute contributed a Mind’s Eye piece about this image, commenting: “An American Girl makes me feel, makes me think, and makes me gasp. I can ask for nothing more.” estimated retail value :
$1,500
LOT 42
martin parr / WEST BAY, 1996 chromogenic color print ,
19½
x
29½
inches ,
8/25
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and janet borden , inc ., new york
Martin Parr’s sharp and witty documents of everyday life, alongside his work as a collector and curator, have established him as a key and highly influential figure in contemporary photography. Parr’s books for Aperture include Mexico (2006), Parrworld: Objects and Postcards (2008), and Life’s a Beach (2012). Parr is also a contributing editor to Aperture magazine, and his response to a 1986 issue of Aperture magazine will be part of the sixtieth-anniversary exhibtion, Aperture Remix. estimated retail value :
LOT 43
$6,000
matthew pillsbury / MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE, 2011
archival pigment ink print ,
31½ x 39½
inches ,
2/10
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and bonni benrubi gallery , new york
Matthew Pillsbury is recognized for his large-format black-and-white cityscapes, multilayered, contemplative photographs created using long exposures. His series City Stages features photographs taken in and around New York City and will be included in his first monograph, to be published by Aperture in 2013. estimated retail value :
$5,000
LOT 44
sylvia plachy / SELF PORTRAIT AT ZONE ZERO IN CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI, 2009 digital ink - jet print ,
7
x
5
inches
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
Aperture has published several books with Sylvia Plachy, including her first, Unguided Tour (1990), which won the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography for best publication in 1991. A regular contributor to the New Yorker, Plachy was also for many years a staff photographer at the Village Voice. Much of Plachy’s work deals with memory and a sense of place and is marked by her ability to make reference to multiple ideas in a single photograph. Plachy’s other Aperture books include Self-Portrait with Cows Going Home (2004) and Goings on About Town (with the New Yorker, 2007). estimated retail value :
LOT 45
$800
richard renaldi / EAST BROADWAY, 2010, printed 2012 archival pigment print ,
16
x
20
inches ,
1/7
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
East Broadway is from Richard Renaldi’s series Manhattan Sunday, images of the city’s streets and portraits of people he came across on his walks in New York between 2010 and 2012. Maintaining an enduring interest in unfamiliar relationships, his ongoing series Touching Strangers, planned for publication by Aperture in 2013, explores the connection of strangers and how they interact with one another. Aperture published a selection of the artist's portraits and landscapes taken across the United States as Richard Renaldi: Figure and Ground (2006). estimated retail value :
$3,500
LOT 46
eugene richards / HOWE, NEBRASKA, FROM THE PORCH, May 2004
digital chromogenic print ,
20 x 24
inches
(paper size), 2/25
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
For his series The Blue Room, from which this image was chosen, Eugene Richards travelled for three and half years on back roads throughout middle America, photographing the abandoned houses and farms he came across. The result is a body of work capturing quickly vanishing structures and landscapes in rural America. This work was published in Aperture magazine in 2009, in conjunction with its publication as a book by Phaidon Press. Early in his career Richards studied with Minor White, and he has been a regular collaborator with Aperture on many books, including Exploding into Life (1986), Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue (1994), Americans We (1997), and Stepping Through the Ashes (2002). estimated retail value :
LOT 47
$2,500
august sander / YOUNG FARMERS, 1914, printed 1998 gelatin - silver print ,
10Âź x 7
inches ,
5/12
blind stamped courtesy of julian sander of feroz gallery , bonn , germany ,
and edwynn houk gallery , new york
August Sander’s epic series People of the Twentieth Century was the culmination of a lifelong devotion to methodically photographing the people in his hometown of Westerwald, Germany. Though never completed, the body of work comprises an unparalleled document of the recent history of the German people and has an omnipresent influence on the genre of portraiture. Aperture published August Sander in the Masters of Photography book series in 1976 and a monographic issue of the magazine was dedicated to Sander in 1980. estimated retail value :
$6,000
LOT 48
only , not for sale
2011—sample handprint portrait of david goldblatt ,
gary schneider / HANDPRINT PORTRAIT COMMISSION pigmented ink on paper ,
10 x 8
inches , ap 1 ; edition available to the subject
signed by the artist not available to the market ; courtesy of the artist
In 2005, Aperture published and exhibited Gary Schneider: Nudes, which featured a unique approach to the nude in which each body appears to float above a black ground and is rendered through a long exposure. In 2010, Aperture released the artist’s limited edition HandBook, a collection of “portraits” of hands created from body moisture and heat imprinted onto film emulsion—photographs produced without the use of a camera. Schneider has created portraits of his friends and family—and also of leading collectors, artists, and curators, including Helen Gee, Lynne Tillman, the Richard Menschel family, Henry Buhl, and William Kentridge. For this lot, Schneider will create a unique portrait for the winning bidder. estimated retail value :
LOT 49
$5,000
stephen shames / PANTHERS ON PARADE
(BLACK PANTHERS SERIES), 1968 gelatin - silver print ,
11
x
14
inches
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and stephen kasher gallery , new york
Stephen Shames is a tireless advocate for marginalized people and social causes as demonstrated in his Aperture books Outside the Dream: Child Poverty in America (1991) and Pursuing the Dream: What Helps Children and Their Families Succeed (1997) and through his work as founder of LEAD Uganda, a nonprofit educational initiative. The roots of his commitment can be traced to his student days working with the Black Panthers, when he was the only photographer allowed unfettered access to the group. Shames has said, “What I learned from the Panthers about leadership and community has greatly influenced the work I do today.� This photograph was included in The Black Panthers (Aperture, 2006). estimated retail value :
$2,000
LOT 50
stephen shore / UNTITLED, 1972/2012 digital chromogenic print ,
24
x
30
inches
(paper size)
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and
303
gallery , new york
This piece is a unique print created by Stephen Shore exclusively for Aperture’s sixtieth-anniversary auction. The four images come from Shore’s American Surfaces, the precursor to the series that would become best known as Uncommon Places. First published in 1982, Uncommon Places was Aperture’s first monograph printed entirely in color. A highly influential contribution to the the acceptance of color during the 1970s and early ’80s, as well as to Shore’s recognition as a master, the book was later rereleased by Aperture in an expanded and remastered edition in 2004. The accompanying exhibition traveled to fourteen venues in eight countries, including the Jeu de Paume, Paris; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and International Center of Photography, New York. estimated retail value :
LOT 51
$15,000
paul strand / REBECCA, 1923, printed 2002 platinum print ,
7½ x 9½
inches
printed by sal lopez for the aperture founders and friends portfolio
In 1983 Aperture formally merged with the Paul Strand Foundation to create the Paul Strand Archive, which consists of the entire life’s work of one of the key figures of twentieth-century photography and art. Today, Aperture works in partnership with the Philadelphia Museum of Art (the new home of the Paul Strand Collection) to protect and promote his legacy. Aperture has published numerous books, among them Paul Strand: Sixty Years of Photographs (1976), Un Paese: Portrait of an Italian Village (1997), Southwest (2004), Paul Strand in Mexico (with Fundación Televisa, 2010), and The Garden at Orgeval (2012). The series of notable portraits Strand made of his first wife Rebecca Salsbury was created over the span of more than a decade, and is the only instance in his career where he used his photography to investigate the components of a personal and intimate relationship. estimated retail value :
$1,500
LOT 52
jock sturges / THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER #2, MONTALIVET, FRANCE, 1989 epson digital pigment print ,
40 x 30
inches ,
3/10
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and bernarducci - meisel gallery , new york
This sensitive portrait graces the cover of Jock Sturges’s first monograph, The Last Day of Summer, featuring images taken in Northern California and on the naturist beaches of France’s Atlantic coast. The book was published in 1991, after the FBI had confiscated the artist’s negatives and other materials from his studio in a raid. (This incident was discussed in the 1990 “Body in Question” issue of Aperture magazine.) The case was eventually dismissed and the materials returned. Aperture was proud to join in Sturges’s defense and to continue to publish his work, including Radiant Identities (1994), Jock Sturges: Notes (2004), and Misty Dawn: Portrait of a Muse (2008). estimated retail value :
LOT 53
$5,200
penelope umbrico / SIGNALS STILL FROM TVS FROM CRAIGSLIST, August 2012 digital chromogenic prints on kodak metallic paper ,
8½
x
11
inches each
unique piece signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
Signals Still features images of the screens of televisions for sale on Craigslist and is emblematic of Penelope Umbrico’s practice of reappropriating online imagery, including images of screens, for artistic and philosophical purposes. Aperture published the artist’s first monograph Penelope Umbrico: Photographs in 2011. Umbrico is also included in the sixtieth-anniversary exhibition Aperture Remix, which features her response to Aperture’s Masters of Photography book series. estimated retail value :
$5,000
LOT 54
hellen van meene / UNTITLED #301 FROM THE SERIES POOL OF TEARS, 2008 chromogenic print ,
15 x 15
inches ,
2/10
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist and yancey richardson gallery , new york
Aperture published Hellen van Meene’s monograph, Portraits, in 2004, a collection of intimate, precisely composed photographs of adolescents. Developing personal relationships with her young subjects, the photographer collaborates with her sitters. Van Meene speaks to the mindset of her subjects in the transition from child to adult, often placing them in awkward or uncomfortable poses, emulating their intricate emotional states. estimated retail value :
LOT 55
$5,500
paolo ventura / FIRE EATER, 2009 chromogenic print ,
30
x
40
inches ,
4/10
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
After first publishing Paolo Ventura’s work in the magazine in 2006, Aperture published his second book of photographs, Winter Stories (2009), a body of work that draws on memories of his Italian childhood. Ventura creates mise-en-scènes for his camera using tiny figures and carefully detailed sets. As with much of his work, this image from Winter Stories draws and coalesces inspiration from the great figures of Italian film and literature, such as Italo Calvino and Federico Fellini. estimated retail value :
$6,500
LOT 56
alex webb / GRENADA, 1979, printed 2012 digital chromogenic print ,
18½ x 28
inches ,
3/20
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
The Suffering of Light (2011), from which this early Alex Webb photograph is chosen, is the first comprehensive monograph of Webb’s work, underscoring the influence he has had on contemporary reportage photography with his signature handling of form, color, and light. The Suffering of Light summarizes his thirty-year career to date. Grenada, 1979, highlights Webb’s facility for creating complex compositions using reflections, frames within frames, and sumptuous splashes of contrasting colors. estimated retail value :
LOT 57
$3,500
william wegman / LOOK OUT, 1997 gelatin - silver print ,
9
x
7
inches ,
4/7
signed by the artist courtesy of the artist
Painter, filmmaker, photographer, and conceptual artist William Wegman is best known for his series of photographs of his Weimaraner dogs, begun in the 1970s. Humorous, surprising, and poignant, Wegman’s photographs of Man Ray, Fay Ray, and Fay Ray’s offspring have become central characters in the canon of contemporary photography. Wegman’s work has appeared several times in Aperture magazine, beginning in the mid-1990s. estimated retail value :
$3,000
LOT 58
edward weston / CHARIS, 1936, printed 2002 platinum print ,
9½
x
7½
inches
printed by sal lopez for the aperture founders and friends portfolio
Over the course of its first four decades, Aperture published more than eight volumes of Edward Weston’s work, including The Flame of Recognition (issued simultaneously as two issues of the magazine in 1964) and The Daybooks of Edward Weston (edited and abridged by Nancy Newhall) in 1973. Charis Wilson, depicted in this iconic image, was Weston’s wife and muse. For many of his contemporaries, Weston epitomized the “fine art photographer,” and as curator Peter Bunnell notes in Photography PastForward, the celebration of Aperture’s fiftieth anniversary, Minor White and those around him firmly believed that, “if you sat down for an hour and looked at a great photograph such as Weston’s Pepper No. 30, or a Siskind or a Sommer print, you’d be changed, and you’d be changed for the better.” estimated retail value :
LOT 59
$1,500
minor white / WINDOWSILL DAYDREAMING, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, July 1958, printed 2002 platinum print ,
9½ x 7½
inches
printed by sal lopez for the aperture founders and friends portfolio
Minor White was one of Aperture’s founders, and worked as the first editor of the magazine until his death in 1976. His contemplative and metaphorical work was shaped by his relationships with Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, and Nancy Newhall. He believed implicitly in photography’s power as a personally expressive, transformative medium. White had a major impact not only on the medium of photography through his visionary leadership of Aperture magazine, but also by his influence as an editor and teacher. Windowsill Daydreaming is one of his iconic images. estimated retail value :
$1,500
LOT 60
sixtieth anniversary auction RAFFLE Taking place the night of October 23, 2012. ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF APERTURE’S MOST POPULAR LIMITEDEDITION PHOTOGRAPHS. This is the last available print in the edition.
robert capa / PABLO PICASSO AND FRANÇOISE GILOT, GOLFE-JUAN, FRANCE, 1948 gelatin - silver print ,
14 7⁄16 x 11 3⁄8 inches
initialed by cornell capa aperture limited - edition photograph
Aperture published Robert Capa: Photographs in 1996 with a foreword by Henri Cartier-Bresson. This photograph of Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot appears on the cover alongside an image of an industrial worker in Saarland, Germany from 1934. As the first true retrospective of Capa’s photographs, the book encompasses the diversity of his life’s work, featuring the war images for which he earned critical and popular acclaim, as well as his memorable peacetime photographs. Aperture also published Heart of Spain: Robert Capa’s Photographs of the Spanish Civil War in 1999. estimated retail value :
$2,500
One raffle ticket for each donation of $100. The raffle winner will be announced at the event and online on Wednesday, October 24. The winner need not be present.
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INDEX OF ARTISTS
Lot 01 Ansel Adams Lot 02 Robert Adams Lot 03 Manuel Ă lvarez Bravo Lot 04 Diane Arbus Lot 05 Dawoud Bey Lot 06 Harry Callahan Lot 07 Michal Chelbin Lot 08 Chuck Close Lot 09 John Cohen Lot 10 Barbara Crane Lot 11 Bruce Davidson Lot 12 Mitch Epstein Lot 13 Elliott Erwitt Lot 14 Donna Ferrato Lot 15 Larry Fink Lot 16 Ralph Gibson Lot 17 John Gossage Lot 18 Katy Grannan Lot 19 Gail Albert Halaban Lot 20 Jacqueline Hassink Lot 21 Takashi Homma Lot 22 Eikoh Hosoe Lot 23 Graciela Iturbide Lot 24 Robert Glenn Ketchum Lot 25 Barney Kulok Lot 26 Dorothea Lange Lot 27 Gillian Laub Lot 28 David Levinthal Lot 29 Sally Mann Lot 30 Robert Mapplethorpe Lot 31 Mary Ellen Mark
Lot 32 Ralph Eugene Meatyard Lot 33 Joel Meyerowitz Lot 34 Lisette Model Lot 35 Matthew Monteith Lot 36 Andrew Moore Lot 37 Barbara Morgan Lot 38 Richard Mosse Lot 39 Vik Muniz Lot 40 Michael Nichols Lot 41 Erwin Olaf Lot 42 Ruth Orkin Lot 43 Martin Parr Lot 44 Matthew Pillsbury Lot 45 Sylvia Plachy Lot 46 Richard Renaldi Lot 47 Eugene Richards Lot 48 August Sander Lot 49 Gary Schneider Lot 50 Stephen Shames Lot 51 Stephen Shore Lot 52 Paul Strand Lot 53 Jock Sturges Lot 54 Penelope Umbrico Lot 55 Hellen Van Meene Lot 56 Paolo Ventura Lot 57 Alex Webb Lot 58 William Wegman Lot 59 Edward Weston Lot 60 Minor White Raffle Robert Capa