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175 Masterworks To Celebrate 175 Years Of Photography: Property from Joy of Giving Something Foundation

11 December 2014 - 12 December 2014 | 6:00 PM EST | New York

SALE TOTAL

21,325,063USD
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  • 11
    Alvin Langdon Coburn
    ‘SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS, VENICE’
    LOT SOLD.965,000USD
  • 4
    Alfred Stieglitz
    EVENING, NEW YORK FROM THE SHELTON
    LOT SOLD.929,000USD
  • 15
    László Moholy-Nagy
    PHOTOGRAM WITH PINWHEEL AND OTHER SHAPES
    LOT SOLD.773,000USD
  • 42
    Gustave Le Gray
    THE PONT DU CARROUSEL SEEN FROM THE PONT ROYAL (PONT DU CARROUSEL, VU DU PONT ROYAL)
    LOT SOLD.773,000USD
  • 16
    August Sander
    'HANDLANGER'
    LOT SOLD.749,000USD
  • 41
    Gustave Le Gray
    THE PONT DU CARROUSEL SEEN FROM THE PONT DES ARTS (PONT DU CARROUSEL, VU DE L'EST)
    LOT SOLD.725,000USD
  • 49
    Edward Weston
    CHARIS, SANTA MONICA
    LOT SOLD.653,000USD
  • 40
    Eugène Atget
    'CORSETS' (BOULEVARD DE STRASBOURG)
    LOT SOLD.509,000USD
  • 39
    Robert Frank
    'SOUTH CAROLINA' (CHARLESTON)
    LOT SOLD.497,000USD
  • 47
    Tina Modotti
    WORKERS' PARADE
    LOT SOLD.485,000USD
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Sale Number: N09275 Lots : 175

SALE TOTAL

21,325,063USD DOWNLOAD RESULTS

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  • Session 1: 11 Dec 2014 | 06:00 PM | Lots 1 - 50
  • Session 2: 12 Dec 2014 | 10:00 AM | Lots 51 - 175
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On 11 and 12 December 2014, the single-owner sale 175 Masterworks To Celebrate 175 Years of Photography: Property from Joy of Giving Something Foundation at Sotheby’s New York brought the outstanding total of $21,325,063, comfortably exceeding the pre-sale estimate of $13/20 million, with 90% of lots sold. World auction records were set for Alvin Langdon Coburn, August Sander, Tina Modotti, Julia Margaret Cameron, Lee Miller, Walker Evans, Martin Munkácsi, and others. The total exceeds the previous record for a Photographs auction by over $6 million.

AUCTION DETAILS

175 Masterworks To Celebrate 175 Years Of Photography: Property from Joy of Giving Something Foundation, a single-owner auction of the most significant collection of photographs in private hands, will take place at Sotheby's New York on 11 & 12 December 2014.  Comprised of works from photography’s earliest years in the 1840s to contemporary 21st-century color images, the auction will feature major photographs by many of the medium’s most important practitioners. The collection was put together over several decades by financier and philanthropist Howard Stein (1926-2011), a legendary collector whose vision and keen understanding of photography informed his choices. Mr. Stein donated the collection to the Joy of Giving Something, Inc. (JGS), a not-for-profit organization founded by him to further the photographic arts and arts education. JGS is the sole beneficiary of the sale.

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Emily Bierman
Vice President
Head of Department, Photographs
+1 212 894 1149
emily.bierman@sothebys.com
   
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